{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-89.021","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 89.021","heading":"STATE FORESTS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Established.\nThere 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.\nSubd. 1a. Boundaries designated.\nThe 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.\nSubd. 2.\nBadoura State Forest.\nSubd. 3.\nBattleground State Forest.\nSubd. 4.\nBear Island State Forest.\nSubd. 5.\nBeltrami Island State Forest.\nSubd. 6.\nBig Fork State Forest.\nSubd. 7.\nBirch Lakes State Forest.\nSubd. 8.\nBlackduck State Forest.\nSubd. 9.\nBowstring State Forest.\nSubd. 10.\nBuena Vista State Forest.\nSubd. 11.\nBurntside State Forest.\nSubd. 11a.\nCentennial State Forest.\nSubd. 12.\nChengwatana State Forest.\nSubd. 13.\nCloquet Valley State Forest.\nSubd. 14.\nCrow Wing State Forest.\nSubd. 15.\nD.A.R. State Forest.\nSubd. 16.\nEmily State Forest.\nSubd. 17.\nFinland State Forest.\nSubd. 18.\nFond du Lac State Forest.\nSubd. 19.\nFoot Hills State Forest.\nSubd. 20.\nGeneral C. C. Andrews State Forest.\nSubd. 21.\nGeorge Washington State Forest.\nSubd. 22.\nGolden Anniversary State Forest.\nSubd. 23.\nGrand Portage State Forest.\nSubd. 24.\nHill River State Forest.\nSubd. 25.\nHuntersville State Forest.\nSubd. 26.\nInsula Lake State Forest.\nSubd. 27.\nKabetogama State Forest.\nSubd. 28.\nKoochiching State Forest.\nSubd. 29.\nLake Isabella State Forest.\nSubd. 30.\nLake Jeanette State Forest.\nSubd. 30a.\nLake of the Woods State Forest.\nSubd. 31.\nLand O'Lakes State Forest.\nSubd. 31a.\nLost River State Forest.\nSubd. 32.\nLyons State Forest.\nSubd. 33.\nRichard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest.\nSubd. 34.\nMississippi Headwaters State Forest.\nSubd. 35.\nNemadji State Forest.\nSubd. 36.\nNorthwest Angle State Forest.\nSubd. 37.\nPat Bayle State Forest.\nSubd. 38.\nPaul Bunyan State Forest.\nSubd. 39.\nPillsbury State Forest.\nSubd. 40.\nPine Island State Forest.\nSubd. 41.\nRed Lake State Forest.\nSubd. 42.\nRemer State Forest.\nSubd. 42a.\nRiverlands State Forest.\nSubd. 43.\nRum River State Forest.\nSubd. 44.\nSt. Croix State Forest.\nSubd. 45.\nSand Dunes State Forest.\nSubd. 46.\nSavanna State Forest.\nSubd. 47.\nSmokey Bear State Forest.\nSubd. 48.\nSmoky Hills State Forest.\nSubd. 48a.\nSnake River State Forest.\nSubd. 49.\nSolana State Forest.\nSubd. 50.\nSturgeon River State Forest.\nSubd. 51.\nTwo Inlets State Forest.\nSubd. 51a.\nWaukenabo State Forest.\nSubd. 52.\nWealthwood State Forest.\nSubd. 53.\nWelsh Lake State Forest.\nSubd. 54.\nWhite Earth State Forest.\nSubd. 55.\nWhiteface River State Forest.\nSubd. 56.\nAdministrative and scattered state forest land.\nSubd. 57.\n[Renumbered subd 60]\nSubd. 58.\n[Renumbered subd 48a]\nSubd. 59.\n[Renumbered subd 31a]\nSubd. 60. Reservation of land canceled.\nUpon 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.","path":["FORESTRY","CHAPTER 89. STATE FORESTS; TREE PLANTING; FOREST ROADS","STATE FORESTS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/89.021","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"56143275d4284c4ec2b7c5e05b76a6684f03312083b53e511ec7621c0f1dfdc7","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-89.018","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-89.0211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}