Blue Thumb – www.bluethumb.org
Blue Thumb aims to encourage homeowners to use native plants in gardening, raingardens, and shoreline stabilization to reduce runoff from their home landscape in an effort improve water quality. Friends of Eden Prairie Parks – www.friendsofEPparks.org Their mission is to assist the city of Eden Prairie to improve and maintain the biodiversity and enhance the ecosystems within our natural spaces, including parks and preserves. Friends of Minnetonka Parks – www.mtkaparks.org Their mission is to work with the City of Minnetonka to ensure that all park visitors can experience high quality, biodiverse places that provide a multitude of positive nature-based interactions, thereby improving the quality of life and the sustainability and ecological resiliency of our parks, park system and community. Friends of the Mississippi River – www.fmr.org Seeks to preserve and restore the river’s fish and wildlife, its vital floodplains and scenic bluffs, its natural and cultural treasures, its beauty and its romance. Great River Greening – www.greatrivergreening.org Great River Greening leads and supports community-based restoration of natural areas. Izaak Walton League – www.minnesotaikes.org The Izaak Walton League is a diverse group of over 35,000 people dedicated to protecting our nation’s soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife. Minnesota Native Plant Society – www.mnnps.org A non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and appreciation of Minnesota’s native plants and plant communities through education and public awareness. The Prairie Enthusiasts – www.theprairieenthusiasts.org The Prairie Enthusiasts (TPE) is a non-profit organization committed to the protection and management of native prairie and savanna of the Upper Midwest. Saint Paul Audubon Society – www.saintpaulaudubon.org Their mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. |