Action Team

Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota continues to spread the word through the media that the Legacy funds cannot be substituted for general fund cuts proposed in the Legislature and that those budget cuts will have real impacts on Minnesotans who visit the state's parks and trails. The citizens and the newspapers are responding strongly.

When the Soo Line Railroad abandoned its track by Peter Seed’s home in Grant, he and his family hiked along the tracks in summer and skied on the tracks in winter.

The impact on Minnesota’s state parks from proposed deep budget cuts is quickly becoming clear and Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota has been alerting the public through the media.

Cuts to parks and trails budgets appear to have grabbed the attention of key legislators in recent days. Apparently, the possibility of 26 parks being closed this summer because of the budget cuts has them concerned.