All Projects

Provide expanded state trail safety and efforts to protect the integrity of the paved surfaces. This included erecting larger stop and stop ahead signing to be consistent with national standards. Also included additional crack sealing efforts in a more timely manner, increase effort in mowing to increase user safety, reduce woody vegetation close to the trail and reduce the damage to trail surface caused by root suckering. More mowing and timely mowing also reduces the threat of invasives be spread by seeds by mowing prior to that.

to construct a .3 mile section of trail and tunnel/underpass under State Highway 200/371 completing the Shingobee Connection Trail, which connects the Paul Bunyan and Heartland State Trails to the City of Walker

Develop patio with seating and grills, covered walkway and redevelop existing game room/bathroom to provide ADA-accessible toilets and showers in 366-acre park.

Conversion of land with a retiring agricultural lease at Frontenac state park to restored upland prairie.

This program is to increase prescribed burning on Division of Parks and Trails (PAT) lands in order to meet shortfalls in achieving PAT restoration and management objectives.

Develop second swimming quarry to relieve pressure on existing swimming quarry. Construct T-dock access platform, a cantilevered access platform, informational and safety signage, restroom, picnic shelter and landscaping.

Pond enhancement project to repair and expand an existing man made pond to improve outdoor recreational opportunities for park visitors that use the pond for fishing, boating and wildlife viewing.

Acquire approximately 39.5 acres adjacent to the existing 643-acre Quarry Park and Nature Preserve and the DNR's 300-acre Quarry Park SNA. This key acquisition will open up a southern entrance serving the rapidly expanding St. Cloud metro area.

to replace failed stream crossing structures on the Red-Dot trail system

To complete a critical .52 mile segment of recreational trail along the Mississippi Riverfront that will connect Levee Park in Red Wing's Historic Downtown to the local and regional trail system

to design and construct .91 miles of 10 foot wide bituminous trail along County Road Ditch 52, no construction can begin until all environmental documentation has been approved by the DNR

Purchase and install fishing piers at priority lake and river sites in Region 3

Purchase and install fishing piers at priority lake and river sites in Region 2

Purchase and install fishing piers at priority lake and river sites in Region 1

Purchase and install fishing piers at priority lake and river sites in Region 4

to improve 6.16 miles of paved trails, including reconstruction, widening, and enhancements to improve parking and signage

to rehabilitate the trestles on the Soo Line Trail in Moose Lake by replacing the decking and installing new steel post guard rails and chain link fencing

This program focuses on the rehabilitation or replacement of existing state trail bridges, including structural engineering inspections of all trail bridges . Of the more than 300 existing bridges on State Trails, the majority are wood or masonry former railroad structures of which more than 1/3 exceed 100 years old. Starting in fiscal year 2014, future PAT reporting will not separate bridges from trails outcomes reporting, as they are part of the same system of recreational use.

This project works to reduce energy consumption and model renewable energy methods on state park, state recreation area, state forest and trail facilities. The DNR Parks and Trails Division is working to increase the use of energy conservation and renewable energy technologies.

This program funds rehabilitation and renewal of buildings and other recreational facilities in Minnesota State Parks and Recreation Areas.

Install fishing piers at 20 statewide locations (15 replacements and 5 new) with the goal of improving fishing opportunities especially for people with disabilities, children, elderly and those without a boat.

Renewal of existing State Trail surfaces, parking areas, and trail wayside areas, improving accessibility, enhancing user safety and implementing current best management practices. MNDNR Parks and Trails Division has a identified approximately 85 miles of existing state trail in need of rehabilitation and upgrading. This program also focuses on the rehabilitation or replacement of existing state trail bridges, including structural engineering inspections of all trail bridges .

State law (M.L. 2011, First Special Session, Ch. 6) directs restoration evaluations to be conducted on habitat restoration projects completed with funds from the Parks and Trails Fund (M.S. 85.53). The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is responsible for convening a Restoration Evaluation Panel containing at least five technical experts who will evaluate a sample of up to 10 habitat restoration projects annually. The Panel will evaluate the restorations relative to the law, current science, stated goals and standards in the restoration plans, and applicable guidelines.

to design and install a grid-tied, fixed, roof-mounted solar electric PV system at the Richardson Nature Center

Acquisition of 34.75-acre addition to existing 140-acre River Bluffs Regional Park.

Develop outdoor recreation facilities including a nature study/observation area, roads and trails, information boards and signs. Park includes shoreline adjacent to the Mississippi Wild & Scenic River. The new trails will provide safety and accessibility along the bluff line overlooking the river and prevent erosion caused by existing, informal earthen trails.

Acquire a 16.2 acre addition to existing 175 acre River Bluffs Regional Park.

to install three solar lighting fixtures at Riverside Park at the public water access parking lot/portable restroom area

Acquire 20 acres that would provide an essential corridor between the original park and the recent expansion.

Construction of a 2.1 mile trail connecting the Chester Woods State Trail System to the Rochester Regional Trail System.

Develop parking area, rest room, bridge, observation deck, open play field, trails and horseback riding facilities.

to acquire 3 miles of the Rocori Trail, connecting the cities of Richmond and Cold Spring, and eventually connecting to the Glacial Lakes State Trail

Extensions and connections to the Rocori Trail.

Rehabilitation of State Trail Bridges along the Root River State Trail between the communities of Lanesboro and Rushford.

Rehabilitation of State Trail Bridges along the Root River State Trail between the communities of Lanesboro and Rushford.

Rehabilitation of State Trail Bridges along the Root River State Trail between the communities of Lanesboro and Rushford.

This project entailed reconstruction and renewal of 5.7 miles of the segment of the Root River State Trail that runs from Lanesboro to Whalan.

to install a 16 panel photovoltaic system located on the northwest side of the Ruby Rupner Auditorium including a data acquisition monitoring system to help educate students and the public

to construct 1 mile of new trail connecting the 42 mile Root River State Trail to the Rushford Area

Replacement of State Trail Bridge over a unnamed tributary to the Cannon River, within the boundaries of Sakatah State Park.