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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, or Minnesota DNR, is the agency of the U.S. state of Minnesota charged with conserving and managing the state's natural resources. The agency maintains areas such as state parks , state forests , recreational trails , and recreation areas as well as managing minerals , wildlife , and forestry ...
Minnesota ecoregions map prepared in 2007 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The list of ecoregions in Minnesota provides an overview to the ecoregions (see also, ecosystem) in the U.S. state of Minnesota, [1] as defined separately by the Environmental Protection Agency/Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the World ...
The forest was established in 1961 in celebration of the "golden anniversary" (50 years) of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources's Division of Forestry. Grand Portage: Cook: 99,200 acres (401 km 2) Established in 1933, in extreme northeastern Minnesota.
[1] [2] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources. Each was created by an act of the Minnesota Legislature and is maintained by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The Minnesota Historical Society operates sites
Today Minnesota has 72 state parks and recreation areas, 58 state forests covering about four million acres (16,000 km 2), and numerous state wildlife preserves, all managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The Chippewa and Superior national forests comprise 5.5 million acres (22,000 km 2).
No Minnesota natural resource has received more attention in recent months than the northeast's deer herd. Beginning in mid-November, at 18 separate meetings held from St. Cloud in the south to ...
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 ...
The forest is named in honor of major general Christopher Columbus Andrews, a Civil War veteran, and an early Minnesota state Forestry Commissioner and proponent for scientific forestry and forest management. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources manages the majority of the forest.