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Border Route Trail photo by Stephanie Herington/P&TC Photo Contest

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Legislative Recap

Check out the projects that received funding this legislative session

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  • the "kettle"
  • winter lighthouse
  • man in snow
  • The falls and the big dipper
  • person and dog sitting on lake shore in winter
  • bison
  • woman looking toward Lake Superior
  • rocky river
  • columbine
  • waterfall
  • photographer and horseback riders
  • Yellow Warbler by Jon Wood
  • Kim and I on the trail at Magney. By Jon Wood
  • sunset on the swinging bridge
  • aurora borealis
  • Cascade River State Park Sunrise & Kiana by Katlyn Benson
  • snowy river in Camden State Park
  • Sunrise in the North. Lake Superior.
  • Colorful autumn trees reflecting in lake at Camden State Park
  • A least weasel with his freshly captured garter snake lunch near the MN River
  • Bald eagle soaring
  • Barred owl in tree
  • Female Belted Kingfisher
  • Great Horned Owl sitting on a nest
  • Piebald deer
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Bison mother and her calf at Minneopa State Park,
  • waterfall in June 2018
  • Beautfiul Indigo Bunting having a snack.
  • Minneopa falls
  • Tettegouche High Falls Crossing by Katlyn Benson
  • Early morning view of Lake Superior at Cascade River State Park
  • Baby raccoon
  • One of the lady slippers near the park office by Susan Gravelle
  • kid riding bike through puddle

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Mapping Our Land Protection Projects

Click a dragonfly on the map to explore these stories

Each place has a unique story that led to it becoming part of Minnesota's parks and trails. Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota steps in when most needed, sometimes that has been to create an entire park, other times, to purchase a small yet invaluable parcel, without which, the park or trail would have lost part of what makes it so special.

Tour Our Land Projects

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