Bob@midwest.social to Ask the Midwest@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agoIf We Had to Turn One Midwest State Into a National Park, Which Would You Choose and Why?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf We Had to Turn One Midwest State Into a National Park, Which Would You Choose and Why?Bob@midwest.social to Ask the Midwest@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareArgentCorvid [Iowa]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoCarve out the SE corner of Minnesota, SW Wisconsin, and NE Iowa. Bang: you got Driftless National Park https://www.driftlessnationalpark.org/
minus-squareBob@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhelp, whoever was pushing for Driftless gave up. The usual “we don’t want the government to come in here and tell us what to do” fears killed it. :( https://www.winonapost.com/news/why-the-driftless-national-park-proposal-was-scrapped/article_c466a230-1129-11ee-8865-a7fccf7a1d87.html
Carve out the SE corner of Minnesota, SW Wisconsin, and NE Iowa. Bang: you got Driftless National Park
https://www.driftlessnationalpark.org/
Whelp, whoever was pushing for Driftless gave up. The usual “we don’t want the government to come in here and tell us what to do” fears killed it. :(
https://www.winonapost.com/news/why-the-driftless-national-park-proposal-was-scrapped/article_c466a230-1129-11ee-8865-a7fccf7a1d87.html