Reducing Air Pollution over Voyageurs National Park

Clean Air Groups, Voyageurs National Park Association File Lawsuit Against EPA over Emissions at Minnesota Sherco Plant Following years of delays by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require Xcel Energy’s Sherburne County Generating Station (Sherco) to meet modern emission standards, Voyageurs National Park Association joined a group of clean air advocates suing the EPA in federal court [...]
Volunteers help Minnesota’s national park

Thank you to our 2012 Rendezvous volunteers! Click here to see photos from the 2012 Volunteer Rendezvous. Over 30 volunteers from all parts of Minnesota braved the rain and helped Voyageurs National Park September 7 and 8. The annual two-day volunteer blitz brings together park stewards while providing tangible project results for Voyageurs. This year, the [...]
Teen Ambassadors Paddle Voyageurs National Park and Advise the Park Service

National Park Teen Ambassadors from the Twin Cities and International Falls recently returned from an outdoor learning expedition in Voyageurs National Park. Staff from partner organizations Wilderness Inquiry, Voyageurs National Park Association and the National Park Service guided the group on the wilderness excursion. Most had never visited the park before. The teens paddled canoes, [...]
For sale no more! VNPA acquires 61-acre property for the Park

Voyageurs National Park Association has purchased a 61.55-acre property on the Kempton Channel of Rainy Lake on behalf of Voyageurs National Park. The recently purchased tract encompasses boreal forest and several hundred feet of sand beach shoreline. It is located on the north side of the Kabetogama Peninsula, a 75,000 acre roadless area, which provides [...]
VNPA Sponsors Park’s Night Explorer Series

VNPA is sponsoring Voyageurs National Park’s 2012 astronomy programs for all ages. Join a “Dark” Ranger and learn about the night sky. View celestial objects through high-powered telescopes, safely view the sun through a solar telescope, see meteor showers, witness the transit of Venus, and learn constellations. To find out more about “Dark” Ranger programs, call the Rainy Lake Visitor Center at (218) 286-5258. For [...]

About VNPA

Voyageurs National Park Association’s mission is to protect and promote the natural, recreational, and historic resources of Voyageurs National Park. Our Vision An ecologically and historically significant Park where people can enjoy scenic, educational, scientific, and recreational treasures in a natural setting and in balance with the natural resources and uses of the Park, leaving it [...]

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Support Voyageurs

Anyone Can Help Voyageurs National Park What do you love about Voyageurs National Park? Perhaps it is the chance to experience seemingly endless blue lakes and quiet forests. Or to see bald eagles soar and hear timber wolves howl. You can enjoy Voyageurs National Park today because past generations worked hard to protect this extraordinary [...]

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Projects & Issues

At Voyageurs National Park Association, we work hard to protect and promote Voyageurs National Park, and it gets us involved with a number of diverse projects relating to the land you love. Our current work is focused primarily on three key programs to address challenges facing the Park. Current Projects The Voyageurs National Park Land [...]

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How we Help

Kids

K12 Education | Creating future stewards. In 2011, VNPA provided travel grants allowing over 700 students to play and learn in Minnesota’s greatest outdoor classroom. We are dedicated to expanding K12 education programs, arts and cultural experiences and park accessibility for youth who might not otherwise have the opportunity. We strive to build a community dedicated [...]

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Community

Promotion & Community Engagement. In 2011, VNPA was a key catalyst for a four-day conference with the Heart of the Continent Partnership on public lands, tourism and local economic development in northern Minnesota and Ontario. We partnered to develop an on-the-ground strategy for driving more visitors to the Park to support gateway communities.

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Science

Science & Research | The Park as a Laboratory. Voyageurs is a hub for scientific research—current studies are being conducted on moose, wolves, and water quality, just to name a few. VNPA sponsored a ground-breaking conference on moose and climate change, and sponsors boat tours for 4th-grade field trips to the Kabetogama Peninsula for pond studies.

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Volunteers

Each year, we organize volunteers to participate in a weekend-long conservation event—in 2011, our group donated more than 300 hours of labor to build the Park’s new ethnobotanical gardens at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center.

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Advocacy

Policy & Protection | The Park’s Advocate. We monitor key policy issues and advocate on behalf of the Voyageurs’ resources, because we believe visitors and wildlife deserve clean air and clean waters in a National Park and each new generation has the right to experience large tracts of natural spaces.

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Land

Land Preservation Completing the New Park We work with willing sellers to complete public ownership of private lands within the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park, with the goals to restore developed acreage to a pristine natural state, improve scenic views, and open the spaces for all Park visitors to enjoy.

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VNPA helped establish Voyageurs National Park in 1975 and today is their nonprofit partner dedicated to protecting, promoting and enhancing the park for you and each new generation.

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