Parks and Recreation

PARKS AND RECREATION

New Recycle/Trash Bins at the Parks!

We're trying to change out our recycle/trash bins at all of our City parks to these user friendly "made from recyclables" bins. You will see a brand new set at Rum River Woods Park & Hidden Ponds Park! (These new bins and the pads they are affixed to are funded by recycle grants from Anoka County.) Enjoy! 

Emerald Ash Borer DNR ReLeaf Grant Project - Ongoing

Public Works staff was awarded $147,797.75, in grant monies to help the City of St. Francis eradicate the Emerald Ash Borer
by removing all ash trees on public lands and replacing them with a non-disease tree species to keep a diverse tree canopy. 

Emerald Ash Borer Information

Emerald ash borer was first discovered in North America in southeast Michigan in 2002, and has now spread to many other U.S. states and some Canadian provinces.

In Minnesota, it was discovered in 2009 in St. Paul, and a year later in Minneapolis and southeast Minnesota. Emerald ash borer continues to spread; it was found in greater Duluth in 2015. For more information on Emerald Ash Borer, click on the button below or click here.

St. Francis Bark Park!!

For more information, here is the link to the St. Francis Bark Park Website: St. Francis Bark Park