By Mark Abner, MNTU Development Associate Minnesota Trout Unlimited would like to express our appreciation to each of the record 288 generous donors who donated during our last fiscal year, which ran from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. Your collective contributions totaled an impressive $130,000 for the mission! Regardless...
MNTU is proud to be a part of an effort to add the highest level of protections to over 1,100 acres of land in the City of Duluth now called the Lester–Amity–Hawk Ridge Natural Area as a part of Duluth’s Natural Area Program (DNAP). The area includes a large segment...
April 30, 2025 In 2024, the Minnesota Legislature adopted language to provide clarity and reinforce DNR’s longstanding interpretation that a specific waterway could be a public water even if it was not listed on the Public Waters Inventory. The language reinforces the DNR’s and Court’s interpretation and affirms that it is...
THE DR. THOMAS WATERS AWARD FOR MINNESOTA CONSERVATION: MARK REISETTER For his lifetime of achievements in coldwater conservation, MNTU presented the 2025 Dr. Thomas Waters Award for Minnesota Conservation to Mark Reisetter. A deeply dedicated teacher and conservationist, Mark has been a member of TU since the late 1970s. He served as...
April 8, 2025 Keeping up with all of the important opportunities to advocate for protection of coldwater fisheries is nearly impossible right now with attacks on our natural resources coming at all levels of government. It’s important to continue speaking up against legislation that will impact what you hold dear, as...
The thousands of tiny, neon orange eggs students welcomed in December have now gone through two additional life cycle stages: alevin and swim up fry. As alevin, the trout are not yet eating regular food or swimming. Instead, they flop around on their sides in the egg basket, piling up...
DATE: 01/28/25 CONTACT: Sarah Horner, MCEA, shorner@mncenter.org, 612-868-3024 Saint Paul, Minn – Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to fortify Minnesota’s commitment to addressing the longstanding nitrate pollution problem impairing drinking water in the southeastern region of the state as the federal administration changes hands. The suit was filed against the Minnesota...
On October 5 close to 40 individuals joined us for a day-long behind the scenes tour of sites where MNTU has completed habitat improvement projects. Our Executive Director John Lenczewski and Habitat Director, Jennifer Biederman led the trip, sharing their knowledge of how a project is planned, executed and monitored....
Our Minnesota Trout in the Classroom program has benefited from support from through the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. On this year’s November ballot you have the opportunity to vote to renew the state constitutional amendment that directs lottery proceeds be placed in the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund...
