And it appears to be working: State park visitation has increased 22% since 2003 – that’s twice as fast as the state’s population has grown – and revenue from state park permit sales, helped in part by a fee increase, has jumped more than 80% in the past six years.
This week’s cool temperatures seem to have accelerated the change in colors. Parks recommended for good fall color this week are Scenic, Maplewood and Minneopa state parks. Peak fall color typically arrives in the northern one-third of the state in mid-September to early October. The central third of the state is most colorful between late
It’s become an annual early-spring tradition for the Minnesota DNR – a tour of a popular Minnesota state park. But it’s not necessarily a tour embracing all that is the iconic Minnesota state parks system. Quite the contrary. This year, in an effort to attain funding to fix state parks and associated buildings, roads and
Participants learn how to identify and tap the right kind of tree as well as how to boil the sap collected until it is ready to enjoy.
The 2017 “I Can!” programs start this weekend.
It’s hoped the newly-acquired bull will strengthen the herd’s genetic similarities with its free-ranging ancestors from two centuries ago.
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