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Gov. Mark Dayton released a $775 million in bonding recommendations January 17, mostly focused on projects he says can create jobs across the state. His recommendations included only $10 million for parks and trails: $5 million for the Department of Natural Resources and $5 million for Metro parks and trails.

Thanks 10,000 times over to everyone who voted for the Parks & Trails Council's project in Midwest Mountaineering's Wildlands Acquisition online voting contest, which ended at noon Dec. 28, 2011. We learned from Midwest Mountaineering Founder and Owner Rod Johnson earlier today that the Parks & Trails Council's Mill Towns Trail project had received the most votes and that we had won the $10,000 grant to help make the project possible.

Help the Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota secure land for a connection between Lake Byllesby Regional Park and Goodhue County Park. A $10,000 grant from Midwest Mountaineering can help give the Parks & Trails Council the chance to secure land for one of our top trail projects: completing a critical link between Lake Byllesby Regional Park in Dakota County to Goodhue County Park and along the Cannon River, known as the Mill Towns State Trail Project.

Bill Morrissey, 67, died December 1, leaving a legacy of more than 30 years of dedication and love for Minnesota’s state parks and trails.  Morrissey helped create several state parks and served on the Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota board from 2007 to 2010. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year.