Press Releases
- July 10, 2024: Belwin Conservancy Announces Transformative Campaign to Expand Access
- June 20, 2024: Musicians Take to the Trees at Belwin This August
- March 21, 2024: Bison Are Back at Belwin Conservancy
- Dec 7, 2023: A Night of Midwinter Family Fun
- Oct 26, 2023: Belwin Celebrates the Winter Solstice
- Aug 1, 2023: Urban Indigenous School Partnership Receives Support to Expand Reach to More Indigenous Agencies and Schools
- June 23, 2023: Belwin Partners with MAAHMG to Award Artist Residencies
- June 20, 2023: “Music in the Trees” at Belwin This August
- May 31, 2023: Belwin Educator Receives National Award
- April 25, 2023: Oxbow Trails Grand Opening
- February 21, 2023: Bison are Back at Belwin Conservancy
- Dec 6, 2022: A Night of Midwinter Family Fun at Belwin
- Oct 11, 2022: Belwin Celebrates the Winter Solstice
- July 22, 2022: Land Art to Be Unveiled on August 21st
- July 5, 2022: “Music in the Trees” Returns to Belwin
- May 15, 2022: Belwin Bison Festival Returns Saturday, May 21
- November 23, 2021: Winter Solstice Bonfire moves to Lucy Winton Bell Athletic Fields
- September 21, 2021: All of Belwin’s trails open for 50th Celebration Open House
- July 21, 2021: Anishinabe Academy in Minneapolis and Belwin Conservancy announce new partnership made possible by state funding
- July 14, 2021: Music in the Trees event is August 14-15
- December 21, 2020: “Belwin at 50” anniversary show on display at The Phipps January 15, 2021-February 21, 2021
- July 28, 2020: Belwin partners with city, county and DNR to create conservation area park in Afton
Belwin In the News
- July 10, 2024: Pioneer Press | Belwin Conservancy launches $10M Capital Campaign to Expand Access
- July 10, 2024: KARE 11 | Afton’s Belwin Conservancy launches initiative to make natural spaces more accessible
- May 19, 2024: Bison Bash! Hundreds gather to see the spring release of the 2024 Belwin Conservancy herd (Kare11)
- March 11, 2024: Forest Stories to Observe or Imagine (Clean River Partners)
- March 9, 2024: Bugs Below Zero: Minnesota researchers dive into the world of winter-active insects (Kare11)
- February 28, 2024: Converging Consciousness: A Plant & Human Co-creation (Minnesota Women’s Press)
- December 26, 2023: Sacred solstice: Embracing the dark to re-enter the light (Kare11)
- November 14, 2023: County board of commissioners approves purchases and extends appreciation (Stillwater Gazette)
- July 30, 2023: Music in the Trees (Minnesota Bound; aired on Kare11)
- July 13, 2023: Bison and Belwin Conservancy (Minnesota Bound Podcast)
- July 8, 2023: Musicians 16 feet up: Belwin Conservancy to host ‘Music in the Trees’ (Pioneer Press)
- July 6, 2023: Black artists at Belwin Conservancy challenge racial stereotypes (Pioneer Press)
- June 25, 2023: For the love of forests (Stillwater Gazette)
- June 13, 2023: Afton: Belwin’s new nature trails open Thursday (Pioneer Press)
- April 14, 2023: Still dealing with downed branches? Washington County residents can drop tree debris at Belwin (Pioneer Press)
- April 7, 2023: Nine scenic spots along the Minnesota and Wisconsin border (MPR News)
- February 3, 2023: SciGirls in Space: Dakota Stars (PBS; filmed at Belwin)
- December 2, 2022: Roaming Stone Sculpture Recalls A Memory of the Prairie (St. Croix Valley Mag)
- October 6, 2022: Belwin’s new nature preserve in Afton opens to the public this weekend (Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com)
- August 4, 2022: Music in the Trees: Belwin’s bird’s-eye view (The Low Down)
- May 12, 2022: Belwin Bison Festival returns (The Low Down)
- May 9, 2022: Bison return to Afton’s Belwin Conservancy this month (Pioneer Press)
- October 5, 2021: Belwin Conservancy Marks 50 Years (Star Tribune)
- August 1, 2021: Bison Management at the Belwin Conservancy (Minnesota NRCS)
- September 25, 2020: Play this fall: Ideas for where to hike… (Star Tribune)
- August 15, 2020: Bored with your walking routes? Try these Twin Cities hidden… (Star Tribune)
- May 22, 2020: Watch: Bison are back at Belwin (St. Croix 360)
- May 2020: Belwin Conservancy is a hidden treasure in Afton (Woodbury Magazine)
- May 18, 2019: A big, hairy solution to restoring Minnesota’s prairies (MPR News)
- May 16, 2019: Bison return to Afton’s Belwin Conservancy this weekend (Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com)
- May 16, 2019: Bison festival welcomes herd this weekend (The Gazette)
- January 3, 2019: Valley Creek flows clear and cold on a midwinter’s night (East Metro Water)
- August, 7, 2018: Kids learn through discovery with citizen science apps, as do the teachers (Star Tribune)
- January 3, 2017: Finding light in the darkness (East Metro Water)
- June 8, 2016: Giants of the prairie (East Metro Water)
- June 2020: The bison at Belwin have become a beloved … (St. Croix Valley Magazine)
- June 15, 2015: Belwin Conservancy offers bison, trails and sports… (RiverTowns.net)
- June 7, 2013: Give me a home where the buffalo roam (East Metro Water)
Contact
For media inquiries, please contact:
info@belwin.org
651-436-5189
About Belwin Conservancy
Belwin Conservancy is a nonprofit organization with a mission of inspiring connection and engagement with the natural world. At Belwin, we spark passion for wild places through a variety of innovative experiential programs that include the arts, astronomy, athletic fields, bison, education, and public access to our restored lands. Through land protection and habitat restoration, we revive threatened ecosystems so wildlife can thrive for generations to come. Located in Afton, Minnesota, on the ancestral home of the Wahpekute Dakota people, Belwin’s 1,500 acres of permanently protected land includes woodland, prairie, oak savanna, ponds, streams, and wetlands.
