An advocacy group has joined with the city of Fairfax, Minn. to seek legislative action to keep the course, which is in a state park, open. The state’s Department of Natural Resources announced last year that it would close the course and possibly return it to natural prairie. A state representative is preparing to file a bill to save the 90-year-old course.

Friends of Fort Ridgely State Park hopes to convince the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to keep the nine-hole golf course open in Fairfax, Minn., by offering volunteers to maintain and operate the facility. The group also hopes to encourage area groups to donate youth green fees to cultivate a new generation of golfers.