Mission & Vision

Strategic Framework 2019-2024

Our Strategic Framework 2019-24 calls for the Trust to assist the USFWS in making the Refuge a premier urban wildlife refuge that:

• Protects, restores, and enhances large blocks and corridors of habitat to provide sustainable landscapes for people and wildlife and improve water quality in the Minnesota River

• Provides opportunities for Twin Cities residents to access the Refuge and connect with wildlife, plants and the Minnesota River in a diversity of ways meaningful to them

• Increases connections with a diversity of residents in the Twin Cities through outreach programming that meets residents of all ages and backgrounds in their communities, introduces them to the natural world and draws them to visit and experience the Refuge themselves

• Engages a diversity of people as volunteers, interns and employees to improve Refuge habitat, meet Refuge educational objectives and build a conservation ethic throughout the community

• Introduces children to the wonders of the natural outdoors through educational and interpretive programming, thereby building a pool of future conservationists, employees, volunteers, advocates and philanthropists

Today, the Trust engages in the following priority activities:

• Invests in strategic land acquisition and habitat restoration and enhancement for the Refuge

• Supports special projects and investments to provide a positive, inspiring experience on the Refuge for a diversity of visitors

• Invests in activities to connect more people and a diversity of people with the Refuge

The Trust’s current strategic framework is available here.

To learn more about our current work, see some of our land restoration projects.