Protect and restore our state forests:
Get involved in state logging plans
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is planning how much logging they want to do, and where, for each region of the state. These plans need public input--they are the best way to learn about how state forests are managed, and to make your voice count in those decisions.
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Subsection |
Status |
Public input opportunity |
Learn more |
| Blufflands | Plan done, still debating protection for high biodiversity areas | Comments being taken until 9/1/05 on Whitewater Sand Savanna | |
| The Blufflands subsection in southeast Minnesota | |||
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Border Lakes |
Stand selection done |
Final plan out soon. |
Sierra Club comments on stand selection (pdf, 748k) |
| The Border Lakes subsection surrounds the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park. | |||
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North Shore |
DFFC done |
Proposed logging plan out soon. |
Sierra Club comments on goals (pdf, 39k) |
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Mille Lacs uplands |
DFFC done |
Proposed logging plan out soon. |
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Agassiz Lowlands |
DNR strategic direction out soon. |
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Chippewa Plains, |
first public input opportunity in 2006 |
documents not available |
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Littlefork-Vermillion Uplands, |
first public input opportunity in 2007 |
documents not available |
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Learn about the ecological classification system (ECS) that sets these boundaries
Learn more about the Subsection Forest Resource Management Plan process.
Learn about roadless areas.
Learn more about the state's County Biological Survey.
Learn more about landscape planning goals.
Learn more about certification on state lands.
See open and upcoming public input opportunities.
Get involved in the Special Places campaign.