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Minnesota Forest Legacy Program

Public Hunting Opportunities

  • The Minnesota Forest Legacy Program has acquired public hunting rights and other public recreation opportunities on over 250,000 acres of working forest lands in Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis and Itasca counties.
  • Recreation opportunities include hunting, trapping, fishing, hiking, cross-county skiing, snowshoeing, bird watching and other activities.
  • Check the individual Forest Legacy Area maps for the appropriate motor-use restrictions.

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Forest Legacy Public Hunting Areas

Use this tool to locate Forest Legacy Public hunting opportunities. Simply zoom in and select a township section by clicking on the red box. Clicking will then open a "PDF" that displays a printable view of the area.
 

 

All map data representing public land boundaries (ex WMA, State Forest, etc) are general and at this scale DO NOT accurately represent the actual legal boundaries and thus should be used for reference only not navigation to or on public lands. Please respect private property and verify public lands by observing boundary signs and contacting local DNR offices. State Forest lands, represented in green on the pdf also includes a patchwork of public and private lands. For a detailed map of public lands within a State Forest, go to the individual State Forest's web page.