Restoring Healthy Land and Water Across Minnesota
Who We Are
As Minnesota’s leader in community-based restoration, Great River Greening is devoted solely to stewardship. We engage volunteers on a scale no other environmental organization can match.
What We Do
Since 1995, Great River Greening has engaged with organizations, communities, businesses and volunteers on hundreds of projects in Minnesota. We began in St. Paul, and our reach continues to grow.
Westwood Hills Nature Center, 2017. Photo by Kent Duryee.
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Corporate Sponsorship
Great River Greening believes that collaboration and community-building are essential to solve our environmental problems. Greening has no political agenda, but rather a partnership-building agenda, and we do not get involved with legislation, policy or advocacy. We put all our efforts toward engaging individuals and communities in on-the-ground work that improves our land and waters.
“GRG is a great organization with very enthusiastic staff who are committed to their goal — to make more green space and bring back our wildlife. It is a great way for kids to be involved alongside their parents.”
— GRG Volunteer
Minnesota Funding
Great River Greening’s work in the Anoka Sand Plain and Metro Big Rivers is supported by the Outdoor Heritage Fund. At the recommendation of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, funding supports projects that “…restore, protect, and enhance Minnesota’s wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.”
The Anoka Sand Plain program protects, enhances, and restores the lands and waters of the Anoka Sand Plain region. Contact: Wiley Buck
The Metro Big Rivers program protects, restores and enhances high priority wildlife habitat within the three big river corridors in the Twin Cities metropolitan urbanizing area – the Minnesota River, Mississippi River and St. Croix River. Contact: Todd Rexine
Great River Greening’s work throughout the greater metropolitan area is supported by the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. At the recommendation of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR), funding supports projects “for the public purpose of protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.”
The Metro Conservation Corridors program engages community volunteers, restores upland and shoreline habitat, and applies restoration techniques and evaluations to advance restoration practices.
Contact: Wiley Buck