Community-Led Trail Projects
Each year, we invite our Friends Group Partners to share their park or trail investment priorities with us so we can work together to advance them as part of the 2026 bonding bill.
Each year, we invite our Friends Group Partners to share their park or trail investment priorities with us so we can work together to advance them as part of the 2026 bonding bill.
Years of steady advocacy achieved key trail segment constructions for Mill Towns, Blazing Star, and Gitchi Gami State Trails in 2025.
A decades-long effort to build a segment of the Gateway State Trail between Scandia and William O’Brien State Park is at stake.
Parks & Trails Council grant program supported field trips to the park for local 2nd-grade class
Last week’s abrupt termination of at least 1,000 National Park Service (NPS) employees is both heartbreaking and short-sighted.
2025 Priorities Strong Budget for Parks and Trails General Fund Affordable State Park Fees State Park Land Replacement State Trail Rehabilitation Community-Driven Park and Trail
Parks & Trails Council decided to pilot an updated version of its youth engagement grant in 2024. Two Friends Groups were selected for this initial
In 2021, the DNR constructed a trail segment between Grand Marais and the Cut Face Creek State Wayside. While this was good news for the
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota is proud to offer a grant program designed to support Friends Groups with the implementation of onsite youth engagement
Due to very unique circumstances, two Minnesota state parks were de-authorized during the 2024 legislative session and have closed to the public.