Trust for Public Land

Trust for Public Land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.

Our Work  

Never has getting into the great outdoors been more important than during this new and uncertain time of isolation and social distancing. For many, the ability to stroll to a nearby park, walk on a trail, or drive to a regional or state park has become as important to our physical and mental health as food and water. Unfortunately, all Minnesotans don't have the same easy access to parks, trails, and open space. 

For this reason, Trust for Public Land continues to be a champion for land and water protection across our rural and urban landscapes, and a leader in park creation in cities large and small. 

We’re Leading a Movement of Americans United for the Outdoors

We were founded in 1972 on the conviction that all people need access to nature and the outdoors, close to home, in the cities and communities where they live. We work with communities to create parks and protect public land where they’re needed most, as a matter of health, equity, and justice. 

Spending time outdoors improves people’s health, nurtures their joy, and strengthens their connection to nature and one another. That’s why we’re on a mission to create and protect places that bring us outside—parks, trails, playgrounds, and public lands—and make them available to everyone, everywhere.

Support Trust for Public Land

Spending time outdoors improves people’s health, nurtures their joy, and strengthens their connection to nature and one another. That’s why we’re on a mission to create and protect places that bring us outside—parks, trails, playgrounds, and public lands—and make them available to everyone, everywhere. 

Your gift to Trust for Public Land is critically needed to support our work in communities where parks and public lands are needed most — connecting everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors.  This year, we are focusing on our fundraising efforts on supporting our work in the Northwoods of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.  To learn more about our work in the Northwoods, click on the Northwoods tab above.  To make a gift to the Northwoods Land Protection Fund, click on the link below.  

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Thank you for your support of Trust for Public Land - Minnesota and the Northwoods!