Leech Lake feature | Love Our Lakes campaign

FEATURE Share your love of the lakes in photo campaign

We all love our lakes, right?

Share the love by participating in the Northern Waters Land Trust’s second annual Love Our Lakes social media campaign, featuring a different theme and prize each year.

The inaugural campaign’s theme was appreciation for the lakes in northern Minnesota - the beautiful views, fun activities on the lakes, nature, etc. More than 50 individuals representing at least 17 lakes participated in the photo-sharing campaign illustrating why they love our lakes.

Winners shared photos on Kid, Wabedo, Round, Webb and Gilbert lakes. Photos showed breathtaking lake views, fishing and wildlife, among others.

This year’s theme is promoting pollinators - gardens or plants people have put in near their lake, pictures of pollinators and other natural landscapes that promote pollinators.

People are encouraged to share their favorite picture depicting pollinators on the organization’s Facebook page. Eligible participants will be put into a drawing for prize packages.

Additionally, if the participant mentions a lake association or similar organization in the four-county area (Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin and Hubbard), that organization has a chance to win a conservation grant. The more times an organization is mentioned, the more chances it gets. To learn more about the campaign and rules for participating, check out Northern Waters Land Trust Facebook page.

The Northern Waters Land Trust is a nonprofit conservation organization working to protect water quality and preserve environmentally sensitive lands and water resources. Formerly the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation, NWLT serves the watersheds in Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and Aitkin counties, and represents 2,235 lakes, 3,400 miles of rivers and streams and nearly 4.2 million acres.

For more information, go to northernwaterslandtrust.org.

TOP TO BOTTOM: Gail Klein shared this photo of Rabbit Lake in last year’s photo campaign. Jane Peck Freeberg won a prize in the 2020 Love Our Lakes campaign for this serene photo of Round Lake. Liz Lynch Anderson was a winner in the augural Love Our Lakes photo campaign for this photo showing Webb Lake on the 2020 fishing opener.

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