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help the northwoods!

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About Me

"Help the northwoods" is a conservation awareness and action organization striving to preserve and restore the majestic natural areas of Minnesota and surrounding areas. These natural areas include: lakes, rivers, wetlands, praries, forests and all other areas that serve as wildlife habitat and ecosystem balance in our natural environment. Our mission at "help the northwoods" is to promote awareness of the current state of our natural areas and how they can be preserved and restored from private ownership, to areas managed or proposed to be managed by state or federal means. Education and awareness are key aspects of the "help the northwoods" mission as well as creating a network of nonprofit agencies, state and federal agencies, and conscientious citizens to aid in spreading awareness as well as funding projects dealing with awareness as well as research, restoration, and protected land acquisition for the benefit of our natural world.One goal of "help the northwoods" is to focus on one specific project in Minnesota concerning funding for research, restoration, and protected land acquisition at any given time to ensure the projects success is not out of reach. This goal will be achieved through other locally donating nonprofit affiliates as well as through state and federal grants obtained by the help the northwoods network as well as any possible "help the northwoods" fundraising activities.

"Several things are essential for conservation of natural habitats to exceed their destruction: education, raising funds for research, restoration, and refugia.... and some way to bring all of this to the people."-Jesse Amo ~ founder of "help the northwoods"

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We would like to share thoughts with people who are interested in learning more about our natural environment, as well as what we can do to ensure its continued healthy existence, as well as restoration where needed. People passionate about conserving and restoring our natural areas in the Northwood’s are welcome friends in the "help the northwoods" community.

My Blog

Minnesota Dedicated Funding for Conservation

Minnesota Dedicated Funding for ConservationThis November, Minnesota voters have a chance to secure dedicated funding for conservation as a constitutional amendment.  This is an amazing chance for us,...
Posted by help the northwoods! on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:46:00 PST

Sign the Vermilion State Park funding petition

Check out and sign our new E petition for proposed Vermilion State Park funding.  For more info on the park proposal check our previous blog on "Vemilion Needs Us".  The petition is qui...
Posted by help the northwoods! on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:32:00 PST

Vermilion NEEDS US!

Vermilion needs us! Some of you may have heard about the proposal for a new state park in Minnesota.  The proposal is for a 3,000 acre park on the shoreline of Lake Vermilion, a beautiful iconic ...
Posted by help the northwoods! on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:04:00 PST

A Need for Conservation

Minnesota and the surrounding Northern environment is an astonishing place, as anyone who has ever visited these pristine locations can appreciate.  These iconic places are what Minnesota is know...
Posted by help the northwoods! on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:24:00 PST