St. Paul residents Mark and Joan Strobel received the Minnesota Parks and Trails Council's most prestigious award last week for their lifelong commitment to keeping the North Shore open and natural, according to the Star Tribune.
According to the Tribune, the Strobels led several efforts at Tettegouche State Park in the past 20 years, including adding 3,000 acres of land.
On one particular project, they worked with private landowners to add 3,700 feet of shoreline to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park's Gold Rock Point, the Tribune said.
The Tribune also said the Reuel Harmon Award is named for a founding member of the Minnesota Council of State Parks in 1954 that transformed into the current council, a grassroots organization focused on expanding parkland.
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