Forest reclassification and road/trail designation status

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The DNR invites your comments, particularly those regarding planned road/trail designations or closures, environmental or safety issues, potential user conflicts or other site-specific concerns.

Please be as specific as possible in your comments, especially when commenting on unique trail segments.

To comment or ask questions on reclassification proposals or draft plans, call or email the contact person within the specified comment period.

Map guide

  • Detailed maps show the proposed route designations as forest roads or trails. Some of these maps include the entire state forest and the files may be very large.
  • Index maps are smaller files with links to detailed township level maps. Township maps offer the same data as the detailed map, but for a smaller area.

Classifications and designations

Forest classification definitions

B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W

State forest

Current
classification

County

Project status

Trail plans & maps

Badoura
See also Hubbard County non-motorized plan

Limited

Hubbard

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

 

 

Battleground

Closed

Cass

Completed
Implementation in progress

See Chippewa group

Bear Island
See BWCAW note

Mixed
(See plan for details)

St. Louis
Lake

Completed

See St. Louis County - north group

Beltrami Island

Managed

Beltrami
Lake of the Woods
Roseau

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Big Fork

Managed

Itasca

Completed

See Chippewa group

Birch Lakes

Closed

Stearns

Completed

See southern MN planning group

Blackduck

Managed

Itasca
Beltrami

Completed

See Chippewa group

Bowstring

Limited

Cass

Completed

See Chippewa group

Buena Vista

Limited

Beltrami

Completed

See Chippewa group

Burntside
See BWCAW note

Mixed
(See plan for details)

St. Louis

Completed

See St. Louis County - north group

Chengwatana

Limited

Pine

Completed

Chengwatana map

Chippewa group
(Bigfork, Bowstring, Blackduck, Buena Vista, Battleground, Welsh Lake, Remer)

 

 

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Cloquet Valley

Mixed
(See plan for details)

St. Louis
Carlton

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Crow Wing

Limited

Crow Wing

Completed

Decision records:

D.A.R.

Limited

Pine

Completed

See east central group

East Central group
(D.A.R., Hill River, Land O' Lakes, Savanna, Snake River, Waukenaubo)

 

 

Completed

Decision records:

Trail/Access inventory:

Forests

Counties

Emily

Limited

Crow Wing

Completed

Decision records:

Finland

Mixed
(See plan for details)

Lake

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Fond du Lac

Limited

Carlton

Completed

Fond du Lac map

Foot Hills

Limited

Cass

Completed

Foot Hills map

General Andrews

Limited

Pine

Completed

General Andrews map

George Washington

Mixed
(See plan for details)

Itasca

Completed

See Koochiching/Itasca group

Golden Anniversary

Mixed
(See plan for details)

Itasca

Completed
Implementation in progress

See Koochiching/Itasca group

Grand Portage

Managed

Cook

Completed

Decision records:

Plans:

Maps:

Hill River

Limited

Aitkin

Completed

See east central group

Hubbard Co. non-motorized plan
Badoura & Paul Bunyan SF

Limited

Hubbard

Completed

Decision records:

Huntersville

Limited

Wadena

Completed

See west central group

Insula Lake

Closed

Lake

Completed

N/A

Kabetogama

Managed

St. Louis

Completed

See St. Louis County - north group

Koochiching

Managed

Koochiching

Completed

 

Koochiching/Itasca east group (George Washington, Golden Anniversary, Koochiching, Pine Island, Smokey Bear)

 

 

Completed

 

Lake Isabella

Closed

Lake

Completed

N/A

Lake Jeanette
See BWCAW note

Mixed
(See plan for details)

St. Louis

Completed

See St. Louis County - north group

Lake of the Woods

Managed

Lake of the Woods

Completed

See northern border group

Land O'Lakes

Limited

Cass

Completed

See east central group

Lost River

Managed

Roseau

Completed

See northern border group

Lyons

Limited

Wadena

Completed

See west central group

Mississippi Headwaters

Limited

Clearwater
Hubbard
Beltrami

Completed

See west central group - north unit

Nemadji

Limited

Pine

Completed

Nemadji map

Northern border group
(Northwest Angle, Lake of the Woods, Lost River, Red Lake)

Managed

 

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Northwest Angle

Managed

Lake of the Woods

Completed

See northern border group

Pat Bayle
See BWCAW note

Limited

Cook

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Paul Bunyan
(See also Hubbard County non-motorized plan)

Limited

Hubbard

Completed

Paul Bunyan map

Pillsbury

Closed

Cass

Completed

Pillsbury map

Pine Island

Managed

Koochiching

Completed

See Koochiching/Itasca group

R.J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood

Limited (with no hunter exceptions)

Wabasha
Winona
Houston
Fillmore

Completed

See southern MN planning group

Red Lake

Managed

Beltrami

Completed

See northern border group

Remer

Limited

Cass

Completed

See Chippewa group

Rum River

Limited

Mille Lacs
Kanabec
Morrison

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

St. Croix

Limited

Pine

Completed

St. Croix map

St. Louis County - north group
(Bear Island, Burntside, Kabetogama, Lake Jeanette)

 

 

Completed

Decision records:

Sand Dunes

Closed

Sherburne

Completed

See southern MN planning group

Savanna

Limited

Aitkin

Completed

See east central group

Smokey Bear

Managed

Koochiching

Completed

See Koochiching/Itasca group

Smoky Hills

Limited

Becker

Completed

See west central group

Snake River

Limited

Kanabec

Completed

See east central group

Solana

Limited

Aitkin

Completed

Solana map

Southern MN planning group
(includes Birch Lakes, RJD and Sand Dunes)

Mixed
(See plan for details)

Stearns

Completed

Decision records:

Maps - RJD State Forest:

Sturgeon River

Mixed
(See plan for details)

St. Louis

Completed

Decision records:

Maps:

Two Inlets

Limited

Becker

Completed

See west central group

Waukenabo

Limited

Aitkin

Completed

See east central group

Wealthwood

Limited

Aitkin

Completed

Wealthwood map

Welsh Lake

Closed

Cass

Completed

See Chippewa group

West central group - north unit
(Mississippi Headwaters, White Earth)

 

 

Completed

Decision records - Mississippi Headwaters State Forest:

Decision records - White Earth State Forest:

Maps:

County:

West central group - south unit
(Huntersville, Lyons, Smoky Hills, Two Inlets)

 

 

Completed

Decision records:

Counties:

Forests:

White Earth

Limited

Clearwater
Mahnomen
Becker

Completed

See west central group - north unit

Whiteface River

Closed

St. Louis

Completed

Whiteface map

NA = Not Available at this time.

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Forest classifications and allowed activities

These classifications are current as of the day you view them, and may change at any time.

In state forest land classified as managed:

  • Highway licensed vehicles allowed on roads/routes unless posted closed.
  • Off-highway vehicles, defined as All-terrain vehicles/Off-highway motorcycles (ATVs/ORVs/OHMs) are allowed on roads, routes, and on designated trails.
  • ATV travel off routes, roads, and designated trail is PROHIBITED except when hunter/trapper exception applies.

In state forest land classified as limited:

  • Highway licensed vehicles are allowed on signed forest roads, unless posted closed.
  • Off-highway vehicles, defined as All-terrain vehicles/Off-highway motorcycles (ATVs/ORVs/OHMs), MAY OPERATE on signed roads and trails.
  • ATV travel off of signed motor vehicles trails or forest roads is PROHIBITED except when hunter/trapper exception applies.

In state forest land classified as closed:

  • Highway licensed vehicles are allowed on forest roads.
  • Motor vehicles are not permitted off roads.
  • Off-highway vehicles (ATVs, OHMs, ORVs) are prohibited in this forest.

For more information, see Minnesota Rules, Chapter 6100.1950.

BWCAW note

This forest is partially located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The sections in the BWCAW are always closed to OHV use.

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