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September 13, 2016

Friends of Nerstrand Big Woods State Park

Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota is proud to act as the fiscal sponsor for Friends of Nerstrand Big Woods State Park.Friends of Nerstrand Big Woods Mission A community organization devoted to preserving and enhancing the experience of Nerstrand Big Woods State Park. This group ...

Group walking through prairie and looking at plants

September 1, 2016

Sibley State Park Improvement Association

Parks & Trails Council is proud to partner with this independent friends group and act as fiscal sponsor for their land acquisition fund.Sibley State Park Improvement Association Mission To promote public interest in Sibley State Park and Glacial Lakes State Trail and to help enhance ...

Group of volunteers from Sibley State Park Imrprovement Association sitting around

August 18, 2016

Glendalough Park Partners

Parks & Trails Council is proud to partner with this independent friends group.Parks & Trails Council cannot accept donations on behalf of this friends group. Glendalough Park Partners Mission To assist the MnDNR in preserving and utilizing Glendalough State Park. Key Activities Raise community funds ...

June 22, 2016

DNR Release: DNR decides not to rebuild Blue Mounds State Park dam

The Department of Natural Resources has decided against rebuilding the dam and lake reservoir at Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne in southwestern Minnesota, citing concerns about water quality, endangered species and other factors.

May 23, 2016

Legislative Session Closes with Mixed Results for Parks & Trails

The 2016 Legislative Session came to a close late Sunday with a flurry of activity as legislators worked to pass bills before the mandatory midnight deadline. While legislators were able to strike deals on a supplemental budget and a tax bill, the two sides couldn’t …

March 30, 2016

Dave Lais

Lifelong park manager to the core

February 19, 2016

Friends of Itasca State Park

Parks & Trails Council is proud to partner with this independent friends group.Parks & Trails Council cannot accept donations on behalf of this friends group. Friends of Itasca State Park Mission An all-volunteer group that raises money for projects that are needed at the park. ...

Two people kneeling to install playground structure

December 17, 2015

Friends of Lake Maria State Park

Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota is proud to act as the fiscal sponsor for Friends of Lake Maria State Park.As a fiscal sponsor, we partner to advance their cause and provide the tools and building blocks to run a nonprofit, including receiving, holding and ...

Dramatic sunset over a marsh at Lake Maria State Park

May 24, 2015

Friends bring programs to this wooded wonder

The Friends of Lake Maria was officially organized in 1996, but their actual work began in 1992. That’s when the inaugural “March for the Parks” event began to raise money for programming at Lake Maria State Park.

December 9, 2014

Friends build a trail connecting Glendalough State Park to nearby Battle Lake

The small, northwestern Minnesota city of Battle Lake is undergoing a transformation. It is quickly becoming a bustling community with an abundance of people zipping along on two wheels. The impetus for this change: the Glendalough Trail. The new, hard-earned trail starts in downtown Battle …

bikers on trail through prairie with Glendalough Trail sign and Legacy sign

September 21, 2014

Making a vital trail connection while restoring a prairie

So close, and yet so far. For years the 22-mile Glacial Lakes State Trail has been just five miles from the popular Sibley State Park. For bicyclists visiting the park, that’s five miles too many. In 2011 park supporters decided that connecting the Glacial …

The rolling grasslands with pond at Sibley State Park

October 1, 2013

Persistence in fulfilling the vision for a trail in southwestern Minnesota

Fast forward 46 years and you may be surprised to see that only 11 miles of the 110-mile trail corridor for the Casey Jones is paved and another 9.5 miles is natural surfaced. “You could look at it as not much done over 40 years, or you could look at it as a lifetime’s work,” explained Bruce Johnson, a board member for the Friends of Casey Jones Trail.

Casey Jones State Trail sign for Currie Loop

October 1, 2013

Making friends

The Friends of Nerstrand Big Woods State Park officially formed in September of this year. A driving force behind the creation of the new friends group was Emily Nesvold, a P&TCM board member and Northfield resident. “I saw the need for this group back in …

August 20, 2013

Friends of Minneopa State Park

Parks & Trails Council is proud to partner with this independent friends group.Parks & Trails Council cannot accept donations on behalf of this friends group. Friends of Minneopa State Park Mission Work with Minneopa State Park to preserve, manage, and promote the resources of the ...

June 1, 2013

Spurred to action to action by a threat

As is often the case with the formation of Friends Groups, it took the threat of development to spur organized action. For Minneopa, that threat was the National Guard, who had proposed building a firing range along the western border of the park. When local activist, Brand Frentz got word of the proposed firing range he realized