Should the Minnesota Legislature OK money for a state park on Lake Vermilion?
By Parks & Trails Council President Tim Farrell Minnesota is a vast garden of natural resources. Our parks, trails, prairies, forests, lakes, rivers and streams define who we are as Minnesotans as much as they define our great state. For more than 50 years, the Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota has worked with elected officials to create and protect some of our most treasured outdoor places. We have witnessed defining moments in our state’s history where our leaders triumphed over difficult challenges to protect the special places we Minnesotans love. We are on the brink of one of those defining moments right now. In a matter of days, the fate of the proposed Lake Vermilion State Park will be decided. Located in Northeastern Minnesota on the eastern shores of Lake Vermilion, five miles of postcard-perfect lakeshore and 3,000 pristine acres will either become the state’s newest and perhaps most spectacular park — or it will become a private, 150-unit luxury home development called Thr
