Sabin Adams grew up hunting pheasants. Now, he works to protect their habitat as the Minnesota Coordinator for Pheasants Forever, which partners with the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society to conserve the ecosystems of pheasants and other prairie game birds.
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This is Minnesota's Legacy, a look at the organizations and the people who have benefited from Minnesota's Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.
Julie Censullo: Like a lot of Midwesterners, Sabin Adams grew up hunting.
Sabin Adams: When you start out as a kid and you're hunting, you know, you just want to go out and get one of these things to hold it,
Julie Censullo: The things that Sabin is talking about here aren't deer or other large game animals. He's talking about pheasants.
Sabin Adams: As you get older, it starts to become like just something that you appreciate and love so much, and then it turns into, I have to do something to protect this.
Julie Censullo: Sabin has channeled his love for pheasants and other prairie wildlife into his work with an organization called Pheasants Forever, which helps conserve pheasant habitat.
Sabin Adams: Prairies in North America are the most threatened ecosystem that there is, because they're very valuable soil.
Julie Censullo: With support from Legacy Amendment funds, Pheasants Forever partners with the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society to make sure pheasants, prairie chickens and other grassland game birds have healthy ecosystems where they can thrive.
Sabin Adams: And so that's where I've settled myself is working towards protecting the prairies and I think it's a very worthy cause.
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