Join Clean River Partners, Great River Greening, and the Trust for Public Land to honor the Hruska Family's contribution of 152 acres to create the Horseshoe Lake Wildlife Management Area, and learn about our habitat protection and restoration efforts in Southern Minnesota.
Purchased by Trust for Public Land in 2024, this new Wildlife Management Area is a mosaic of forest, wetland and grassland habitats, offering a multitude of outdoor recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy. Conservation of this WMA adds to a larger protected habitat block near Horseshoe Lake, including the adjacent Horseshoe Lake Aquatic Management Area. From hunting and fishing to observing wildlife, this new WMA will be a treasured destination for many Minnesotans.
Accessibility Information
Parking (look for signs)
Portable restroom
How To Get There
The property does not have a physical address yet, but is located near the corner of 466th Street and 141st Avenue near Kilkenny, MN. The GPS Coordinates are: 44.275734, -93.540261. We’ll have signs to guide you to the area for the event!
Learn about our Habitat Protection and Restoration Program
We are part of a long-term collaborative conservation project to acquire and restore land for protection and public access. Our partnership involves our organization, a local partner with community ties, Trust for Public Land for land acquisition expertise, and Great River Greening for restoration experience. Together, we protect and restore specific parcels of land that contribute to larger forests, prairies, wetlands, lakeshores, and river shorelines. So far, we have protected 18 areas in the Cannon River watershed, totaling over 3,100 acres, and have restored or improved 498 acres, with more work in progress.
This work is supported through funding from the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, which was established by the legislature to provide annual funding recommendations to the legislature from the Outdoor Heritage Fund. The Outdoor Heritage Fund, one of four funds created by the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment, receives one-third of the money raised by the tax increase.
Questions?
Contact Maggie Stahley (she/her), our Conservation Program Assistant
Email: maggie@cleanriverpartners.org
Phone: (507) 200-0267
Thank you to our event supporters!
