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If We Had to Turn One Midwest State Into a National Park, Which Would You Choose and Why? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by Bob@midwest.social to c/askmidwest@midwest.social
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[โ€“] argentcorvid@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Carve out the SE corner of Minnesota, SW Wisconsin, and NE Iowa. Bang: you got Driftless National Park

https://www.driftlessnationalpark.org/

[โ€“] Bob@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

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