Laurentian Resource Conservation and Development Council (LRCD)

Laurentian RC&D (LRCD) is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization sponsoring resource conservation and rural development projects in Minnesota. Laurentian services six northeast counties; Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis County, and the Grand Portage Reservation.



Council Mission: “To develop and promote economic, human, and natural resources through cooperative efforts.”

Council Vision: “A Northeast Minnesota community with a diversity of jobs and people, living, working, and playing in harmony with the environment.”