Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC)

The Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission was established in 2013 to carry out system planning and provide recommendations to the legislature for grants funded by the Legacy Parks and Trails Fund to counties and cities outside the seven-county metropolitan area for parks and trails of regional significance.
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Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo, Olmsted County, MN (video above)

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Commissioner vacancies in Districts 5 and 6.

2022 Policy and Planning Report Released.
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2022 Parks and Trails Legacy Partners Usage Report

The Parks and Trails Legacy Partners have embarked on a research project to count visitors to the three system's parks and trails.  Please know that the system park information study is complete, but trail research is still underway and will be released in the first quarter of 2023.

Report information and download HERE.

IMPORTANT LINKS

- GMRPTC Facebook
- GMRPTC Twitter
- GMRPTC Instagram
- GMRPTC BLOG
​- GMRPTC Strategic Plan, 2021
- Minnesota Great Outdoors
- Parks and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee
- 25-year Parks & Trails Legacy Plan
- About the Legacy Parks and Trails Fund
- Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails
- Minnesota DNR Recreation
- Minnesota DNR Grants