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Minnesota's state forests are generally managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry - headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Some forest land is managed entirely or in-part by the counties in which they are located in, or by the United States Forest Service in cases where state forests are located within the ...
The Rum River State Forest is a state forest located in Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Morrison counties in central Minnesota. The forest is nearby the city of Onamia and is along the Rum River, just downstream (south) of Mille Lacs Lake. The forest is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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The Bowstring State Forest was de facto established in 1927, when state lands within the boundaries of the Minnesota National Forest were withdrawn from sale and directed to be managed in the same fashion as other state forest lands. [3] The forest was formally established as the Bowstring State Forest in 1963. [4] It is named after Bowstring ...
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.
The forest is a mixture of coniferous boreal forest, alder-willow brushlands, lowland bogs, and wild rice (Zizania palustris) laden lakes.The current forest cover was largely influenced by the 1918 Cloquet Fire and the controlled burns that took place until the 1930s, as well as the drainage of area lowlands from 1916 to 1920 for the purposes of homesteading.
Geography; Location: Cass, Aitkin, and Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,358 feet (414 m): Area: 51,498 acres (20,841 ha): Administration; Established: 1933: Governing body: Minnesota DNR, Cass County, private: Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us /state _forests /sft00031 /index.html: Ecology; WWF Classification: Western Great Lakes Forests: EPA ...
The Lost River State Forest is a state forest located in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The forest borders the Canadian province of Manitoba to the north, and parcels belonging to the Red Lake Indian Reservation are within the forest's boundaries. The forest is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.