The Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota
Exists to acquire, protect and enhance critical land for the public's use and benefit. We value and promote:
Sustainable, long-term statewide land stewardship and conservation
Outdoor recreation for its educational, health & community benefits
Openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and volunteerism
Service as an independent, honest and forthright voice for parks and trails
Decisions informed by the best available science and data
Exists to acquire, protect and enhance critical land for the public's use and benefit. We value and promote:
Sustainable, long-term statewide land stewardship and conservation
Outdoor recreation for its educational, health & community benefits
Openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and volunteerism
Service as an independent, honest and forthright voice for parks and trails
Decisions informed by the best available science and data
Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion radio show led a column of bikes into Osakis during the Wobegon Central Bike In to the Pretty Good Trail Connection Celebration on Sunday, August 26, 2007.
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Legislative session provides about $12.3 million in bonding for parks and trails
May 14, 2012 -
In the last week of the 2012 legislative session, the Minnesota Legislature passed a $496 million bonding bill with about $12.3 million for parks and trails. Although that was significantly less than proposals from the DNR or the Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota, only a couple of weeks earlier it had seemed likely that there would be no bonding bill at all.
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