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SPECIAL SECTION: A milestone for Friends Groups

WISCONSIN STATE PARK SYSTEM CELEBRATES THREE DECADES OF SUPPORT

1989 snapshot

Here's a look at the Friends landscape when the policy on Friends Groups was approved by the State Legislature 30 years ago.

GROUPS WITH AGREEMENTS IN PLACE

Friends of MacKenzie

Interstate Interpretive Association (later Friends of Interstate State Park)

Friends of Crex

Friends of Kohler-Andrae

Friends of Harrington Beach

Friends of Havenwoods

CONCESSION CORPORATIONS

Devil's Lake Concession Corp.

Elroy-Sparta National Trail Inc.

Heritage Hill Corp.

Olympic Ice Rink Operating Corp.

Peninsula Golf Associates

Potawatomi Ski Club

Sugar River Trail Inc.

FRIENDS GROUPS WITHOUT OFFICIAL AGREEMENTS

Bong Field Trial Association

Heritage Hill Guild

High Cliff Park and Forest

Friends of Lapham Peak

Friends of Merrick Cooperative

Newport Wilderness Society

Friends of Perrot

DEVELOPING GROUPS

Friends of Cadiz

Mother Nature Corp. (Council Grounds State Park)

Friends of Kettle Moraine Inc.

Southern Kettle Moraine Friends Group

Friends of Lake Wissota

Friends of Wyalusing