Local coverage of the Sand Coulee SNA

As we first reported in July 2007, a new Scientific and Natural Area was recently formed in the Sand Coulee prairie, located south of Hastings in Dakota County. FMR has played a pivotal role in securing this important new SNA.

The Minnesota DNRs SNA website contains a web page devoted to this new unit.

The Hastings Star Gazette published an article on this new SNA as well: Dakota County gains second Scientific and Natural Area, remnant of prairie

Upcoming Events

Tend the prairie at Pine Bend Bluffs SNA [FULL]
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific & Natural Area, Inver Grove Heights
FMR calls the meat (and hat!) raffle
Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Wabasha Taproom, St. Paul
Paddle, restore and learn from Otsego to William H. Houlton Conservation Area [WAITLIST]
Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 8:30am to 4:00pm
William H. Houlton Conservation Area, Elk River

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