DNR Asks Minnesotans to Support Wildlife When Filing Taxes

UNDATED (WJON News) -- Looking for some last minute tax deductions ahead of the April 15th filing deadline? The Department of Natural Resources is reminding Minnesotans of the Nongame Wildlife Fund Tax Checkoff program.

Animal lovers and others looking for deductions can donate to the fund by using the M1 form through their individual income tax filing or the M1PR Homestead Credit Refund.

All donations are tripled with matching funds from the Reinvest in Minnesota critical habitat license plates.

The Nongame Wildlife Fund supports field research, habitat enhancement projects, educational programs and popular wildlife cameras like the DNR EagleCam and FalconCam.

To learn more, visit the Nongame Wildlife Fund webpage on the DNR's website.

LOOK: 20 photos of shipwrecks from WWI and WWII

Stacker compiled research from news sites, wreckage databases, and local diving centers to provide context for a series of striking images of WWI and WWII shipwrecks.

Gallery Credit: Elias Sorich

LOOK: Stunning vintage photos capture the beauty of America's national parks

Today these parks are located throughout the country in 25 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The land encompassing them was either purchased or donated, though much of it had been inhabited by native people for thousands of years before the founding of the United States. These areas are protected and revered as educational resources about the natural world, and as spaces for exploration.

Keep scrolling for 50 vintage photos that show the beauty of America's national parks.

Gallery Credit: Alexander Raeburn

Check Out the Best-Selling Album From the Year You Graduated High School

Do you remember the top album from the year you graduated high school? Stacker analyzed Billboard data to determine just that, looking at the best-selling album from every year going all the way back to 1956. Sales data is included only from 1992 onward when Nielsen's SoundScan began gathering computerized figures.

Going in chronological order from 1956 to 2020, we present the best-selling album from the year you graduated high school.

Gallery Credit: Jacob Osborn

Filed Under: minnesota department of natural resources