Help Newport earn a Gold Seal Award

magnolia warbler bird

Each year, the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks present Gold Seal Awards to those parks, forests, trails, and recreation areas who garner top votes in several different categories. If you are a camper, biker, hunter, hiker, angler, or park visitor, cast your vote for your favorite state park, forest, trail, or recreation area in the following 10 categories for 2020:

  • Best state park system property for fishing
  • Best state park system trail along a creek or waterfall
  • Best state park system property to see spring wildflowers
  • Best state park system property to take a selfie
  • Best state park system property to see fall foliage
  • Best state park system property to snowshoe
  • Best state park system property for bird watching
  • Best state park system property for sledding
  • Best paved state trail for bike riding
  • Best state park system property for hunting

Contest ends Monday, August 31, 2020. Cast your vote on this form.

Magnolia Warbler, Newport State Park; July 2020; photo by Deb Ford