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Building a 21st Century park system

Sep 2

Walking along the Creek at Minneopa State Park outside of Mankato, you’ll see a beautiful two-tiered waterfalls roaring over the limestone cliffs  You’ll see trout jumping under the crashing water and sweethearts next to the pool, where a mother duck leads her young.

Courtland Nelson, Director of the Minnesota State Parks and Trails Division for the Department of Natural Resources, sees all these things, but he also sees a crumbling and unsafe Depression-era concrete bridge.

 

BWCAW: Lake of the Woods to Lake Superior

Sep 2

Mary and Joy like things that have a beginning and an end and are challenging.  This was for Mary Tuchscherer and Joy Zasadny to paddle 360 miles BWCAW last August.

Birding on bike trails

Aug 26

Diana Doyle doesn't log high-speed miles on her bicycle.  Biking with Julian Sellers would also disappointment to serious speedsters.

            If you bike with these members of Audubon Society, crank your seat down to allow for many stops, bring your binoculars and don't talk too much because they will be listening to bird songs.

Aug 3

Cuyuna Mtn Bike Trails coming

Construction is moving along on the first 22 miles of the single-track mountain bike trails at Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area near Crosby and they hope to be done by mid-October.

Jul 17

Maggie Lee Trail dedicated

The riverside trail, linking the Mill Towns Trail to downtown Northfield, was dedicated to Maggie Lee, who cut the purple ribbon officially opening the trail.  

Jul 16

Root River begins resurfacing

A long-awaited overlay of new asphalt is the focus of maintenance work on the Root River Trail this summer. Parts of the original trail are being rehabilitated between Fountain Lanesboro.

Trailhead blog

      Over the years we've looked at tents, sleeping bags, water filters, stoves, all the usual stuff.  But, no matter how you slice it, there is a finite amount of stuff that anyone needs to get outside.  That ineluctable fact leads to a question: what, besides gear, is essential? 

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