In the News
Read about the The Trust for Public Land in the media, near you and across the country.
06/05/2013
[by Larry Copeland,
USA Today]
Minneapolis, where 94% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park, has the U.S.' best park system, according to new rankings by a national non-profit conservation group.
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08/20/2011
[by Bill Marchel,
The Star Tribune]
This story actually started more than a dozen years ago when Minnesotans with foresight enough to realize this state needed to do more to protect our valuable natural resources began an effort to add a dedicated sales tax to our existing sales tax. The dedicated tax would go directly to the outdoors.
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01/07/2011
[by John Myers,
Duluth News Tribune ]
Minnesota conservation groups released reports which they say show the state benefits greatly from conservation and public lands. The reports also show that money aimed for those projects shouldn???t be diverted to solve the state???s budget mess, the conservationists say.
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