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Action to protect Minnesota's future needed before session end

(May 5, 2008) - Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP), the statewide coalition of more than 80 conservation and environmental organizations, today joined efforts to restore funding for the Central Corridor light rail line and to create Lake Vermilion State Park.

In a climactic and fitting end to a legislative session that produced record capital bonding investments in Minnesota's parks and trails, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and leaders in the House and Senate reached an 11th hour agreement on a $105.5 million supplemental bonding bill (HF4072) that included $20 million to acquire land for Lake Vermilion State Park.