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The Division of Forestry was founded in 1911 as the Minnesota Forest Service, predating the Department of Natural Resources and its predecessor Department of Conservation. The mission of the Division of Forestry is to maintain healthy forests. This is done through cooperative forest management, fire management, and state land management.
In a rare and possibly unprecedented move to ensure that Minnesota complies with federal environmental laws when selling timber on state hunting lands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has ...
Established in 1933, Minnesota DNR manages approximately 1/3, while the remaining management is by U.S. Forest Service and Cook & Lake counties. Most of the forest is within the Superior National Forest. Fond du Lac: Carlton, Saint Louis: 64,505 acres (261.04 km 2) Established in 1933, parts of the forest are within the Fond du Lac Indian ...
The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest is a 1,016,204 acres (4,112.43 km 2) reserve of current and former forest in Minnesota's Driftless Area.Only 45,000 acres (180 km 2) of the land is state owned, with the remainder owned by private individuals and community groups, governed by easements.
Geography; Location: Cass County, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,358 feet (414 m): Area: 25,612 acres (10,365 ha): Administration; Established: 1900: Governing body: Minnesota DNR: Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us /state _forests /sft00039 /index.html: Ecology; WWF Classification: Western Great Lakes Forests: EPA Classification: Northern Lakes and Forests: Lesser flora ...
The Golden Anniversary State Forest is a state forest located near Grand Rapids in southern Itasca County, Minnesota.The forest was established in 1961 in celebration of the golden anniversary of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources's Division of Forestry, which is responsible for the management of the majority of the state forests in Minnesota.
Geography; Location: Cass and Hubbard counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,430 feet (440 m): Area: 150,113 acres (60,749 ha): Administration; Established: 1935: Governing body: Minnesota DNR, Hubbard County: Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us /state _forests /sft00038 /index.html: Ecology; WWF Classification: Western Great Lakes Forests: EPA Classification: Northern ...
Geography; Location: Saint Louis and Carlton counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 64,505 acres (26,104 ha): Administration; Established: 1933: Events: 1918 Cloquet Fire: Governing body: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (70%), County, Corporate, Private (30%): Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us /state _forests /sft00018 /index.html: Ecology; WWF Classification: Western ...