Minnesota Conservation Volunteer Magazine Digitization

Partner Organization: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Through a partnership with the Minnesota DNR, the Minnesota Historical Society is digitizing the full run of the DNR's Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine. When the project is completed in summer 2011, all issues of the publication dating back to 1940 -- or 28,000 pages -- will be available to the public online. Making these publications available online, complete with a searchable online index of the archive, will provide a picture of the gradual evolution of Minnesotans' interest in natural resources and outdoor recreation from the 1940s through the present day. In addition, this project captures changes in public interest in environmental issues and in the resource management policies of the DNR, making that content available to students, scientists, policy makers, journalists and the general public.