Author: Ashley Pethan
Meet Friends of Zippel Bay State Park
Meet the Minnesota Trail Riders Association
Keeping Our River Clean – Annual St. Croix River Cleanup
Music Fills the Air at Maplewood State Park
Volunteers install 400 tree cages at Itasca State Park
Friends respond to emerald ash borer by planting maples at Maplewood State Park
BSA Scouts Join Friends of Wild River to Protect Young Oak Trees
On National Get Outdoors Day, youth with a troop of Boy Scouts of America put on their sunscreen and bug spray and “got outdoors” at Wild River State Park. They joined the Friends of Wild River and a DNR naturalist to tackle a conservation project …
$750,000 Trail Center Bonding Approved – Glendalough State Park
The Glendalough Citizens Advisory Board was recently informed that Governor Mark Dayton signed the 2018 bonding bill which includes $750,000 for pre-design, design and construction for a new trail and visitor facility in Glendalough State Park. The bonding will augment more than $200,000 of private …
Planting Party Set for June 2nd
On Saturday, June 2, Frontenac State Park Association is hosting a volunteer planting party as part of an oak savanna restoration in the park. Anyone with a willingness to dig in the dirt and get a little sweaty is welcome to volunteer between 9am – …
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park being enhanced with two volunteer projects this summer
Leaf Mountain Foot Race at Glacial Lakes State Park on 9/22/18
P&TC awards $5,000 grants to Friends Groups for restoration projects in state parks
Five volunteer-led Friends Groups have each received a $5,000 grant from Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota to spearhead habitat restoration projects within state parks. Parks & Trails Council worked with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to identify potential projects and overlap them with …
Glendalough State Park hosts annual walk April 21
By Glendalough Park Partners — The 22nd annual Walk for Glendalough will be Saturday, April 21, at Glendalough State Park. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the historic Glendalough lodge, which will be open for tours. There is no fee to enter the park on …
Cleanup the Park at Lake Maria State Park
By Friends of Lake Maria State Park — Volunteer Park Cleanup Day Saturday, April 28 from 10am to 2pm Please join other park volunteers as we help prepare the park for the summer season. Volunteers will be raking, working on trails and planting trees. Lunch …
Totally turtles program at Lake Maria State Park
By Friends of Lake Maria — Totally Turtles! On Saturday, April 14, naturalist Emily Roberts’s program covered all of Minnesota and Wisconsin’s native turtles. Kids learned what makes turtles so unique when a volunteer “transformed” into one! Kids even had the opportunity to hand-feed a …