The Longspur Prairie Fund

The Longspur Prairie Fund The Longspur Prairie Fund was founded in 2009. LPF is beginning a new chapter of its legacy in partnership with The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum.
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The Longspur Prairie Fund is dedicated to fostering the experiences, insights, and pleasures found in the native landscapes of the Red River Valley by way of advocacy, education, and conservation. Its mission was simple: To foster the experiences, insights, and pleasures found in the native landscapes of the Red River Valley by way of advocacy, education, and conservation. The Rourke will host LPF

’s work and will continue its mission by way of exhibits, educational activities, grants, and sustainability initiatives that explore and amplify the common ground between the arts and our shared ecology.

Look closer. 👀Just a pocket of prairie can provide habitat for critters of all sizes. (Pictured: South micro-prairie at ...
07/09/2026

Look closer. 👀

Just a pocket of prairie can provide habitat for critters of all sizes.

(Pictured: South micro-prairie at The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, Moorhead, MN)

Do you own or manage prairie in Western Minnesota? We have 4 free copies of the Prairies of Minnesota Landowner Handbook...
06/23/2026

Do you own or manage prairie in Western Minnesota?

We have 4 free copies of the Prairies of Minnesota Landowner Handbook, compliments of the MN DNR, to give away.

This handbook is a foundation for taking care of your prairie and connecting your property to the larger landscape. From learning about plant communities to connecting with local prairie professionals and sources of funding, this book shows you how to develop a management plan for your prairie so that your dreams can become reality.

Please email our program coordinator, Cady Rutter, at [email protected] to claim your copy.

01/12/2026

A happy 2026 to one and all from The Rourke! With the old year now behind us, we're pleased to announce that the 2025 Member Gift Art—"Kettle Pond" by photographer Chris Mortenson —is en route to our members' mailboxes right now.

Chris describes how he came to select and capture the image: "(. . .) I knew I wanted to make a photograph paying homage to the landscape of Clay County and Northwest Minnesota (. . .) I had been hunting pheasants with Dwight Mickelson and a couple other friends on the Mickelson family homestead, north of Rollag. We had just walked in pairs around the pond seen in this image, trying to flush birds. I stopped on the south end of the pond before heading toward the next pond and turned to the north toward this view. The land seemed to straddle the present and the past as the grass blew in the wind and as it took on the look of velvet as it extended into the distance. I felt a pang in my chest that all artists know when they see something that speaks to them."

For our current members: a numbered and signed silver gelatin print is on its way to you now with our gratitude for your support. If you are not currently a member, but are interested in owning this work that celebrates our native landscapes, you can take out a Rourke membership from now until 31 January 2026 and receive this limited edition print as our thanks to you.

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