Volunteers install 400 tree cages at Itasca State Park
DNR upgrades outdoor recreation maps for mobile devices
From MnDNR – Navigating Minnesota’s woods and waters with a mobile device is now easier than ever with new digital maps available from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Cartographers in the Parks and Trails Division have recently upgraded nearly all of the maps for Minnesota …
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 …
Vermilion Ridge Campground Grand Opening
Frontenac to celebrate National Get Outdoors Day on June 9
From Frontenac State Park Association — Volunteers from Frontenac State Park Association are partnering with park staff to celebrate National Get Outdoors Day on Saturday, June 9 from 1 – 3 pm. The park will offer guided nature walks, information about the park’s bluebird nesting …
Photos from the June 2 planting party
Nineteen projects receive funding during 2018 legislative session
Overall, the 2018 legislative session was a fairly good one for parks and trails. On May 30, Gov. Dayton signed the bonding bill, which included funding for 19 of the 25 projects we were advocating for in our legislative agenda this year. Projects receiving full …
2018 Legislative Recap
The 2018 legislative session closed with a flurry of activity over its final weekend, and a host of bills were passed in the final hours of session that impact Minnesota’s parks and trails. Now that the legislature is adjourned until next year and all the …
Superior Hiking: trail enhancements
Planning for enhancement projects and creating a map-based inventory, and updating trail maintenance standards.
Glendalough: center & trailhead
Mississippi Blufflands: trail development
Harmony-Preston: trail development
Chester Woods: trail development
Build a trail connecting Rochester to Chester Woods Regional Park
