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Article: ALMANAC; Can state afford to pass on buying park?(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 13, 2008
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Byline: Doug Smith; Staff Writer
Minnesota must balance the need to improve its existing state parks with the opportunity it now faces to buy and develop a new state park on Lake Vermilion, several legislators said last week.
But despite pressing maintenance needs in state parks, the state shouldn't reject the opportunity to buy and develop a new state park on Lake Vermilion - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - said DNR Commissioner Mark Holsten.
"We have to make this investment in the future," Holsten said. "It's a no-brainer."
The DNR is negotiating with U.S. Steel Corp. on the purchase price for the 2,500 acres near Tower. The DNR ...