TNC Midwest (@naturemidwest)

Need a break? Take a deep breather and enjoy 20 seconds of natural sights and sounds before you scroll on. 😌🍂 #nature #midwest #naturebreak #autumn

75 years later, TNC (and the nature we protect) are still going strong💪💚 Learn more about how we grew our smallest seeds from decades ago into bigger solutions for people and nature at the link in our bio. 🔗 #nature #conservation #midwest #howitstartedvshowitsgoing

On this day in 1951, The Nature Conservancy made protecting nature its mission—starting with a small gorge outside New York City. Now, 75 years later, we’ve made bold progress in our work to protect the lands and waters that connect us across places and generations in Wisconsin, across the…

Welcome to a jet-setting year in the life of a mallard duck 🦆📅 This incredible timelapse follows a single GPS-tracked drake (a.k.a. male) mallard duck and his movements from November 2024 through November 2025, representing some of the epic migration routes that millions of ducks take each year as…

autumn, where the heck have you been loca???? 😌🍁🌲🍂 if you’re looking for all the #twilight vibes, look no further than one of our preserves near you at nature.org/preserves📍 #nature #autumn #fallvibes #hiking

This #WorldRiversDay, we're celebrating one of the most iconic ecosystems in the Midwest: the mighty Mississippi River basin. 💧 Encompassing 1.245 million square miles across two Canadian provinces and 31 U.S. states, the Mississippi River and its tributaries nourish crops, transport goods…

disturbing, but make it 🍃natural🍃 What do we mean by naturally disturbing? Our staff at Ohio’s Kitty Todd Preserve share more about how we used naturally disturbing conservation tools to restore habitat through a 4-year National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant. Learn more at the link in our bio…

Just like the sea, the Great Lakes are full of mysteries and magic. ✨🌊 Carved out by ancient glaciers, the five Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—are woven into the fabric of Midwestern life, supporting people and wildlife alike by providing drinking water and habitat…

When we come together for conservation, even the rarest of flowers can blossom. 🌸 Painted Trillium, or Trillium undulatum, is a unique wildflower native to the eastern United States. For our Midwestern neighbors in Ohio, it is considered state-endangered and can only be found in one county across…

Our love letter to the beauty of Midwest nature inspired by #Spiderman #BrandNewDay ☀️💌🕷️ #nature #midwestern #outdoors

Meet me in da club (moss)✌️ Nope, these aren't pine seedlings, they're an ancient and fascinating variety of vascular plants called club moss (aka lycopodiopsida, aka firmoss, spikemoss, or quillworts). Despite their name, clubmosses are not true mosses. They are, however, the oldest group of…

we ❤️ woodcocks 🙂‍↕️ 📹 Philip Rudolph/TNC #midwest #nature #woodcock #birds #birdtok

Welcome to Wildlife Corridors 101 with TNC. 🐾💡  Get to know the corridors near you and the many wildlife species they help protect at nature.org/MidwestCorridors #nature #midwest #wildlife #outdoors #animals

Need a nature break? Take a virtual walk through more than 12,000 acres of forest and freshwater habitat we recently protected north of Two Harbors, Minnesota. This land features wetlands teeming with wildlife, winding rivers, clean lakes and vast forests, including peatland forests that are home…

Snow geese are soooooo back, and they’re back in the hundreds of thousands. 🪿🌷 📹 Snow geese video by Taylor Sipp captured at TNC’s Emiquon Preserve in Illinois #birds #midwest #nature #birdtok #migration

Red-tailed hawks turn courtship into an extreme sport. 🦅🏆 These hawks may be some of the most common hawks that can be spotted across North America, but their mating rituals are anything but common! Meet more of the Midwest’s smoothest operators, show-offs, and adorable “romantics” at the link in…

Coming through 😤💥 #nature #outdoors #wetlands #conservation #midwest

There was a baby boom of snowy owls this year thanks to a good summer in the Arctic—and that means the youngsters are moving further south this winter, down into the Midwest. Have you seen a snowy owl around your area? Learn more about snowy owls and other Midwest winter birds at the link in our…

Me when I’m just a stupid wolf bird. 😌🦆 #heatedrivalry #birds #nature #conservation #outdoors

Just some suggestions for your 2026 resolutions 💡 #nature #newyear #2026 #outdoors #midwest

Winter is *that girl* when it comes to birding. 🦅❄️ Get our best Midwest winter birding tips at the link in our bio. 🔗 #birds #winter #midwest #nature

Midwest winter core 🦫❄️✨ Happy holidays from TNC, our beaver friend and the many other species you can help us protect. 🤍 📹 Derrick Cooper/TNC

#WinterSolstice has entered the chat. ❄️ Today, the sun travels the shortest path through the sky, marking the longest night and shortest day of the year for us here in the Midwest. Despite the short hours of sunlight we'll get today, we can look forward to longer and longer days now through the…

Beaver says bring it on, winter. ❄️🦫 📹 Vicki Asmus and Jenny Ryan #nature #midwestnature #midwest #beaver #wildlife

✨ From frogs to fields, from ripples to roars — YOU made 2025 unforgettable! 💚🌍🐸 #wrapped #yearinreview

It’s a canon event 🙂‍↕️ Thanks to the steadfast support of our partners and people like you, we’ve been working for more than 60 years to protect and preserve the heartland’s rich natural heritage. Visit nature.org/Midwest to learn more about our work and our vision to shape a more resilient…

Hibernation szn is upon us, chat. 🥱 This sleepy groundhog will join several animals across the Midwest for a big winter sleep like bats, bears, and some squirrel species like the Franklin’s Ground Squirrel. Reptiles like snakes and wood frogs will also brumate, which is basically shack up into a…

Fill awkward dinner silences this Thanksgiving with fun facts about wild turkeys. 🦃 Bonus fact: wild turkeys can (and will) swim! #Thanksgiving #WildTurkeys #FunFacts #Birds #nature Video of turkeys in a tree at dusk courtesy of USFWS National Conservation Training Center

Dive into the Great Lakes reefs with our scientists in celebration of #NationalScienceDivingDay🤿🌊 Hear from Phillipa Kohn, Great Lake Fisheries Project Director at The Nature Conservancy in New York, about how every dive uncovers vital clues about the health of these ecosystems thanks to hands-on…

Mallards make the world go round. 🦆 📹 Andrea Torres/TNC #nature #midwest #wildlife #outdoors #ducks