The Minnesota Conservation Federation’s decade-long effort to secure dedicated funding for wildlife and habitat protection in the North Star State culminated in the passage of a constitutional amendment in November. “This is the biggest conservation proposal to ever pass a state ballot test,” says Gary Botzek, executive director of the NWF affiliate, which worked with more than 300 other groups to promote the amendment. It guarantees a projected annual investment of $250 million for the next 25 years.