Minnesota Trails

The Cuyuna Range business community felt the addition of a 25-mile mountain bike system to the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area would only attract 30-year-old adrenalin junkies that would only benefit the hospitals and bars.

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.

            What better way to spend a summer morning or evening in the Land of 10,000 lakes than fishing?

Fishing is the great Minnesota pastime.

A popular new naturalist program at Minnesota’s State Parks teaches the basics of fishing. From novices to those brushing up their fishing skills, it’s a great way to learn fishing skills.

by Kim Sampson, Range News Now                                                                                      After the nation has voted with more than 13 million votes, Soudan State Park, was voted second place for the Coca Cola “America Is Your Park” contest for a prize of $50,000. The promotion is part of Coca Cola’s “Live Positively” program.

    Harmony–to be at peace with nature–is one reason people visit Minnesota state parks.            

    Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park, unique among Minnesota parks having neither a body of water for recreation nor a registered historic site, has nearly 3,000 acres of beauty, all of its own.

   It was one of those perfect Minnesota spring days, lush green leaves on the trees, brilliant blue sky and a slight breeze cooling the 65-degree air.

            According to lobbyist, Judy Erickson, the last day of the 2008 legislature was a perfect day to pass a last minute $20 million appropriation bill to establish Lake Vermilion State Park.

Duluth News Tribune

“We’re 400 miles away from home,” said one father at the entrance to Gooseberry Falls State Park at midday today as his children piled out of a van ready to walk down to see the falls. The family, not willing to identify themselves, said they had been in the region this week and were staying in Duluth with plans to see the falls.

Minnesota’s forests have stories to tell.

            On Wednesday, Rachael Nicoll, a member of Itasca State Parks Naturalist Corp, told a few of those story to a group of visitors along the Dr. Roberts Nature Trail.

     These questions and answers are intended to provide information for DNR customers — citizens, regulated parties, grantees, localgovernments, and others — on DNR services potentially affected by a state government shutdown.

Stephanie Hemphill: MPR News

St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota's state parks will close at 4 p.m. June 30 if there is no budget agreement before then, the state Department of Natural Resources says.