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2. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas - Wikipedia

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   Minnesota River Prairie [10] Rock Ridge Prairie [271] All seasons, 24/7 Comfrey [272] Minnesota River Prairie [10] Roscoe Prairie [273] All seasons, 24/7 Paynesville [274] Minnesota River Prairie [10] Rush Lake Island [275] Closed April 1 through July 15 to protect rare bird breeding areas. Stanchfield [276] Mille Lacs Uplands [25] Rushford ...

4. List of ecoregions in Minnesota - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Big Sandy Lake - Wikipedia

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   The Minnesota DNR also owns one island in Bill Horn Bay that they preserve. In the 1800s this was the island where the Sioux women and children hid from the attacking Ojibwa. In 1798, North West Company maintained a post on the western side of the lake; in 1830, American Fur Company established a post at the confluence of the Sandy River with ...

6. Cloquet Valley State Forest - Wikipedia

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   The Cloquet Valley State Forest encompasses 327,098 acres (1,323.7 km 2); 48,384 acres (195.8 km 2) of which (or 15%) are Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forestry administered lands. Located in southeast Saint Louis County , the Cloquet Valley State Forest is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of Duluth and 25 miles (40 km ...

7. Lake Vermilion - Wikipedia

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   The Minnesota DNR ranks Lake Vermilion as the fifth largest lake by surface area for bodies of water entirely within Minnesota borders. The surface area of Lake Vermilion is 39,271 acres (158.9 km 2) and has a maximum depth of 76 feet (23 m). [3] It is located within the southernmost section of the Canadian Shield, and contains over 365 islands.

8. Deer Lake (Itasca County, Minnesota) - Wikipedia

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   Deer Lake is located in Itasca County, Minnesota about 12 miles (19 km) north of Grand Rapids and about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Deer River.The lake covers 4,156 acres (17 km 2) and is roughly 5 miles (8 km) long and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide.

9. Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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   Land leased by the FWS surrounds Black Dog Power Plant. This 1,400 acre (5.7 km 2) unit surrounds Black Dog Lake, on the right bank of the Minnesota River in Burnsville.The lake is named after Chief Black Dog, leader of a band of Mdewakanton Sioux who formed a permanent summer village here around 1750 and later sold game to American soldiers and settlers at Fort Snelling.