2025 delivered for Minnesota's outdoors. 💚 Together, we: ✨ Protected nearly 16,000 acres of forest 💧 Restored a vital freshwater estuary 🚤 Achieved historically low boating fatalities 🔥 Responded quickly to extreme conditions statewide These milestones show what’s possible when DNR staff, partners, and communities work together. We'll be highlighting more in the upcoming weeks — stay tuned! 👉🏽 See the full list of 2025 DNR accomplishments: https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/minnesota-d

❄️ Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. ❄️ Happy winter solstice, Minnesota. 🧊⛄☃️ Today marks the shortest day of the year — a quiet turning point before winter fully settles in. Ice fishing on frozen lakes. Snowshoeing through silent woods. Cross-country skiing beneath a winter sky. Candlelight hikes where the only sound is snow crunching under your boots. Warming up by the fire after hours spent outside. The darkness makes the light brighter. The cold makes the warmth sweeter. This is what