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Meet our Friends Group Partner

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

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Mission

Work with Minneopa State Park to preserve, manage, and promote the resources of the park.

Friends Since

1998

Website
Two friends members work on buckthorn removal
Friends pose with their food and a bike in front of the picnic shelter
Waterfall with bridge
The falls at Minneopa State Park by Randy Wood
Friends hang out on a bench in front of a camp fire

Friends of Minneopa State Park

Events

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2021 Scavenger Hunts

MN Parks
June - Sep. 12, 2021
luminaries lighting the hike and snowshoe trail

Winter Fest

Minneopa State Park
January 11, 2020
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News

"Squirrel watching me camp from his perch."By Kevin Bubach

April 3, 2024

Three Friends Groups receive funding for habitat restoration in 2024

Kids bike away from the park building

February 3, 2021

2019-2020 Youth Engagement Grant Projects In Review

friends and youth celebrate having planted a tree

January 29, 2020

Partnership restores patches of habitat at seven state parks

luminaries lighting the hike and snowshoe trail

January 23, 2020

Minneopa Messenger – January 2020 Newsletter

Friends pose under their banner

October 29, 2019

A wide range of support from Friends of Minneopa

kids wading in the river with nets

October 25, 2019

Getting more kids outside through youth engagement grants

volunteers planting trees

July 25, 2019

Working with Friends to improve landscapes at seven state parks

By Sarah Denn

June 24, 2019

Friends of Minneopa State Park celebrate summer solstice

Oak savanna restoration project tree planting on June 2, 2018

March 15, 2019

P&TC Issues Grants to Seven Friends Groups to Complete Habitat Restoration Projects

screenshot of webpage with 2018 investment projects

May 31, 2018

Nineteen projects receive funding during 2018 legislative session

Old, brick mill with wildflowers

June 1, 2013

Spurred to action to action by a threat

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Our Partner Grant Project

Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota offers grants to support friends groups' projects.

Our Related Advocacy Work

Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota is a strong voice at the state capital working to ensure Minnesota’s parks and trails are protected and cared for. We work with friends groups to identify critical projects that need government support.

2018

Minneopa: land acquisition

$250,000 expected
Minneopa: land acquisition

To acquire 80 acres within Minneopa State Park along a key habitat corridor

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