Each spring, Conservation Minnesota and GreenStep Cities and Tribal Nations work together to host a tour for volunteer city commissioners and staff whose focus is on environment, sustainability, energy, parks, and trails. Earlier this month, we gathered at the Capitol Region Watershed District Learning Center in St. Paul to tour the traveling We Are Water exhibit and get a firsthand look at their LEED Gold certified building.
As the 2025-26 school year comes to a close, we’re excited to announce the results for this year’s Conservation Crew Awards. For the first time, our People’s Choice Award, was open to voting by the public.
The Minnesota Legislature must act this session or lead pipe removal programs could end. On May 6th, legislative and trade leaders, members of the Coalition of Greater MN Cities, and allies held a press conference to explain the stakes.
The Minnesota Senate's energy omnibus bill brings Minnesota closer to meeting our 2040 clean energy standard by using the Renewable Development Account to support efforts in electrification and decarbonization of the energy sector. That's just one of the reasons we support it.
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) announced its annual Call for Funding Request from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, with approximately $160 million available in grants for statewide and metro-area projects.
This year’s winners demonstrate the positive impact local governments can have at home and beyond their borders, whether that’s reinvesting in accessible playgrounds that strengthen community connection or raising awareness about threats to our natural resources. We hope these stories encourage others to take bold action at the local level and beyond.
Conservation Minnesota's James Lehner delivers constituent postcards to Travis Urness, Legislative Assistant to Senate Assistant Majority Leader Nick Frentz
We received more than 6,300 postcards to Minnesota legislators, asking them to keep Minnesota's promise of 100% clean energy by 2040. Our policy associate, James Lehner, delivered those messages in person at the Capitol.
Paraquat, a weed killer, is already banned in 70 countries, but not in the United States. A new bipartisan bill in the Minnesota Senate would end the use of paraquat in Minnesota.
There is no safe level of lead consumption. But lead water service lines remain a persistent problem in Minnesota. Our own James Lehner spoke at the House and Senate Capital Investment Committees on the importance of this funding.
