Bob@midwest.social to Ask the Midwest@midwest.socialEnglish · 3 years agoIf We Had to Turn One Midwest State Into a National Park, Which Would You Choose and Why?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up110
arrow-up110message-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 · 3 years agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareArgentCorvid [Iowa]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-23 years 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-up4·3 years agoOh my god, yes! A plan ready to go! If we could make Driftless National Park a thing we could reintroduce bison west of the Mississippi!
minus-squareJackalopeHunter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoI cannot upvote this enough. What a great investment in our future.
minus-squareBob@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years 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/
Oh my god, yes! A plan ready to go! If we could make Driftless National Park a thing we could reintroduce bison west of the Mississippi!
I cannot upvote this enough. What a great investment in our future.
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