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Moose Lake State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, near the city of Moose Lake, MN in Carlton County. The park is located one-half mile east of Interstate 35 at the 214 exit. The park entrance is off of County Highway 137. Moose Lake State Park was established in 1971. In total, the park is 1,194 acres in area.
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891, and is the source of the Mississippi River. [21] 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.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3]
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 ...
When Minnesota was organized as a state, 57 of the present 87 counties were established. The last county to be created was Lake of the Woods County in 1923. [2] The names of many of the counties allude to the long history of exploration. Over ten counties are named for Native American groups residing in parts of what is now Minnesota.
A herd of followers are tracking a moose on the loose in southern Minnesota, hoping the majestic animal's journey ends safely after it was spotted Tuesday 140 miles (225 km) northwest of Minneapolis.
The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, also known as the North Woods, is a forested ecoregion in eastern North America in the United States and Canada.Similar, though not necessarily entirely identical regions, are identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as Northern Lakes and Forests, and by the World Wildlife Fund by regions such as the Western Great Lakes forests and ...
The number of snowy owls in the state in any given winter depends greatly on the winter conditions of the snowy owl's natural habitat, in areas such as Canada and Alaska. The state fish, the walleye, is found in all parts of Minnesota. [15] The walleye fishing season begins on the second Saturday of May, the time of year when the fish begin ...