Subdivision 1. Established. There are hereby established and reestablished as state forests, in accordance with the forest resource management policy and plan, all lands and waters now owned by the state or hereafter acquired by the state, excepting lands acquired for other specific purposes or tax-forfeited lands held in trust for the taxing districts unless incorporated therein as otherwise provided by law.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1982 c 511 s 9; 1990 c 473 s 3,6
Subd. 1a. Boundaries designated. The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift or purchase land or interests in land adjacent to a state forest. The commissioner shall propose legislation to change the boundaries of established state forests for the acquisition of land adjacent to the state forests, provided that the lands meet the definition of forest land as defined in section 89.001, subdivision 4.
History: 2011 c 3 s 3
Subd. 2. Badoura State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 1; 1980 c 424; 2018 c 186 s 10 subd 1
Subd. 3. Battleground State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 4. Bear Island State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2016 c 154 s 15 subd 1
Subd. 5. Beltrami Island State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 1; 2004 c 262 art 2 s 14
Subd. 6. Big Fork State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 7. Birch Lakes State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2008 c 368 art 1 s 23
Subd. 8. Blackduck State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 9. Bowstring State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 2
Subd. 10. Buena Vista State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 3
Subd. 11. Burntside State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 11a. Centennial State Forest.
History: 2016 c 154 s 2,13
Subd. 12. Chengwatana State Forest.
History: 1953 c 292; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 4; 1969 c 257 s 1; 1971 c 720 s 1
Subd. 13. Cloquet Valley State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1969 c 257 s 2; 2016 c 154 s 15 subd 2; 2017 c 54 s 4
Subd. 14. Crow Wing State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 5
Subd. 15. D.A.R. State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 16. Emily State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 17. Finland State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 18. Fond du Lac State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 6; 1985 c 191 s 1; 2012 c 236 s 9
Subd. 19. Foot Hills State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 7; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 11 subd 1; 2004 c 262 art 3 s 6
Subd. 20. General C. C. Andrews State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 8
Subd. 21. George Washington State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 9; 2004 c 262 art 3 s 5
Subd. 22. Golden Anniversary State Forest.
History: 1961 c 330; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 10
Subd. 23. Grand Portage State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1943 c 305; 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 24. Hill River State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 2; 2001 c 206 s 10
Subd. 25. Huntersville State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 11
Subd. 26. Insula Lake State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 27. Kabetogama State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 11 subd 2; 2016 c 154 s 15 subd 3
Subd. 28. Koochiching State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 12; 1985 c 191 s 2
Subd. 29. Lake Isabella State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 30. Lake Jeanette State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 30a. Lake of the Woods State Forest.
History: 1990 c 473 s 4; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 3
Subd. 31. Land O'Lakes State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 13
Subd. 31a. Lost River State Forest.
History: 1985 c 191 s 4; 1987 c 137; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 4; 2011 c 98 s 8
Subd. 32. Lyons State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1971 c 720 s 2; 2011 c 3 s 8
Subd. 33. Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest.
History: 1961 c 521; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 14; 1975 c 103; 1985 c 191 s 3; 2002 c 366 s 9 subd 1
Subd. 34. Mississippi Headwaters State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1943 c 550; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 15; 1969 c 257 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 11 subd 3
Subd. 35. Nemadji State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1959 c 176; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 81; 1969 c 257 s 4; 2012 c 236 s 10
Subd. 36. Northwest Angle State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 37. Pat Bayle State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 38. Paul Bunyan State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 10 subd 1; 2004 c 262 art 3 s 7
Subd. 39. Pillsbury State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 16; 2002 c 366 s 9 subd 2
Subd. 40. Pine Island State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 5
Subd. 41. Red Lake State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 6; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 11 subd 4
Subd. 42. Remer State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 42a. Riverlands State Forest.
History: 1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 42
Subd. 43. Rum River State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 2006 c 236 art 1 s 9
Subd. 44. St. Croix State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 81
Subd. 45. Sand Dunes State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1945 c 79; 1951 c 61; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1995 c 220 s 77
Subd. 46. Savanna State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1953 c 383; 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 7; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 10 subd 2
Subd. 47. Smokey Bear State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 48. Smoky Hills State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 48; 1969 c 257 s 5; 2011 c 98 s 2,7
Subd. 48a. Snake River State Forest.
History: 1969 c 257 s 9; 2013 c 73 s 9; 2014 c 217 s 6; 2018 c 186 s 10 subd 2
Subd. 49. Solana State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 8
Subd. 50. Sturgeon River State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1969 c 257 s 6; 2016 c 154 s 15 subd 4
Subd. 51. Two Inlets State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1969 c 257 s 7
Subd. 51a. Waukenabo State Forest.
History: 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 9; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 10 subd 3
Subd. 52. Wealthwood State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 10
Subd. 53. Welsh Lake State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1
Subd. 54. White Earth State Forest.
History: 1943 c 171 s 1; 1963 c 332 s 1; 1965 c 63; 1971 c 720 s 3; 1973 c 224; 2000 c 485 s 20 subd 11
Subd. 55. Whiteface River State Forest.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 2016 c 154 s 15 subd 5
Subd. 56. Administrative and scattered state forest land.
History: 1963 c 332 s 1; 1967 c 514 s 18; 1969 c 257 s 8; 1971 c 720 s 4
Subd. 57. [Renumbered subd 60]
Subd. 58. [Renumbered subd 48a]
Subd. 59. [Renumbered subd 31a]
Subd. 60. Reservation of land canceled. Upon the effective date of Laws 1963, chapter 332, all the certificates of the commissioner of natural resources reserving certain state lands for state forest purposes heretofore issued pursuant to provisions of section 89.01, are hereby canceled.
History: 1963 c 332 s 2
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 89 — State Forests; Tree Planting; Forest Roads
Section 89.01 — Commissioner; Powers And Duties.
Section 89.011 — Forest Planning Coordination.
Section 89.012 — Unit Forest Resource Plans.
Section 89.015 — Southern Minnesota Tree Species; Research.
Section 89.016 — Forest Campgrounds.
Section 89.018 — Heritage Forests.
Section 89.021 — State Forests.
Section 89.0211 — Sale Of State Forest Lands Adjacent To Platted Areas.
Section 89.022 — Disposal Of Tillable Land In Memorial Hardwood Forest.
Section 89.025 — Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest; Land Use Restricted.
Section 89.03 — Advancing Education.
Section 89.031 — Management And Control.
Section 89.032 — Acquiring Land.
Section 89.034 — Tax-forfeited Lands; Inclusion In State Forests.
Section 89.035 — Income From State Forest Lands; Disposition.
Section 89.0385 — Forest Management Investment Account; Cost Certification.
Section 89.039 — Forest Management Investment Account.
Section 89.05 — Accounting System.
Section 89.17 — Leases And Permits.
Section 89.18 — Roads Through State Forests.
Section 89.20 — Posted Land; Trespass.
Section 89.21 — Campgrounds; Establishment And Fees.
Section 89.22 — Uses Of State Forest Lands; Fees.
Section 89.26 — State Water Powers Withdrawn From Sale.
Section 89.27 — Land Suitable For Reforestation Withdrawn From Sale.
Section 89.28 — Pulpwood Investigation.
Section 89.35 — Tree Planting.
Section 89.36 — Producing And Procuring Planting Stock.
Section 89.37 — Distributing Planting Stock.
Section 89.38 — Prohibition; Penalties.
Section 89.39 — Purchase Agreements And Penalties.
Section 89.391 — Nursery Inspection Certificates; Limitations On Issuance.
Section 89.41 — School Forests.
Section 89.42 — Sale Of Forest Products.
Section 89.421 — Forest Resource Assessment Products And Services Account.
Section 89.43 — Tree Seeds And Cones; Payments From Appropriations.
Section 89.52 — Surveys And Investigations.
Section 89.53 — Control Of Forest Pests And Shade Tree Pests.
Section 89.54 — Zones Of Infestation; Establishment.
Section 89.55 — Infestation Control; Costs.
Section 89.551 — Approved Firewood Required.
Section 89.57 — Dissolution Of Infestation Zone.
Section 89.58 — Forest Pest And Shade Tree Pest Control Account.
Section 89.60 — Commissioner's Authority.
Section 89.61 — Act Supplemental.
Section 89.62 — Shade Tree Pest Control; Grant Program.
Section 89.63 — Certification Of Tree Inspectors.
Section 89.65 — Forestry Education.
Section 89.66 — Forestry Research And Extension.
Section 89.70 — State Forest Road Account.
Section 89.715 — Alternative Recording For State Forest Road.