Although there are more than 44,000 acres of state-managed old-growth forest in Minnesota (and there are certainly more on other public and private lands), it’s estimated less than 5 percent of the ...

LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY, Minn. — Just a few years into his career as a Department of Natural Resources forester, Bill Lockner got assigned to map a stretch of northern Minnesota for a timber sale in ...

Trust for Public Land bought the Wabasha County land from a private owner using grants from the Outdoor Heritage Fund.

LAKE SHORE — The 25,612-acre Pillsbury State Forest began with a single donation by former Minnesota Gov. John S. Pillsbury just before the start of the 20th century. Located 15 miles west of Brainerd ...