It’s my great honor to announce that the Nicollet Conservation Club has been named winner of Outdoor News’ 2023 Outdoor Leaders Award. The NCC joins a growing and distinguished list of organizations bestowed the award in past years, beginning with the Christina-Ina-Anka Lake Association in 2012, the first year of the award.
Minnesotans who consider themselves serious waterfowlers are well aware of the waterfowling resource in southern Minnesota known as Swan Lake. Well, if you think NCC, think Swan Lake.
Streams of Thought: Nicollet Conservation Club a worthy recipient of Outdoor Leaders Award, and what is South Dakota doing?
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