1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; establishing a state trail;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2008, section 85.015, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 26.Des Moines River Valley Trail, Jackson, Cottonwood, and Murray 
1.8 	Counties. The trail shall originate in Jackson County at the Minnesota-Iowa border and 
1.9 	connect with the Dickinson Trail in Mini-Wakan State Park in Iowa. To the greatest extent 
1.10 	possible, the trail shall follow the Des Moines River Valley, extending northwesterly 
1.11 	through Jackson County to Kilen Woods State Park, through Cottonwood County, and into 
1.12 	Murray County. The trail shall terminate at Casey Jones Trail in Murray County.

1.13 	Sec. 2. TRAIL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
 1.14 	The commissioner of natural resources shall work with Friends of the Jackson 
1.15 	County Trails in planning and developing the Des Moines River Valley Trail.