Water Legacy Program News Today

Once the purchase is completed this summer, the park will be 526 acres in all.

Eventually, the county will purchase 685 acres of Kelley land for the park.

For as long as Zac Dockter can remember, city officials in Cottage Grove have been wanting a substantial city park on the Mississippi River. They’re finally getting their wish. City officials closed late last month on a 20-acre parcel that was once part of the Mississippi Dunes Golf Course. “You don’t feel like you’re in the middle of a bustling suburb right now, do you?” Dockter, the city’s ...

The site overlooks the Mississippi River and Mooers Lake across from what will become Grey Cloud Island Regional Park.

Former Mississippi Dunes Golf Course to be split up for parkland, nature area and residential development.

MARINE ON ST. CROIX

Washington County is celebrating 15 years of the Land and Water Legacy Program that was created after a voter-approved referendum passed in 2006.