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

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State forest	Current classification	County	Project status	Trail plans & maps
Badoura See also Hubbard County non-motorized plan	Limited	Hubbard	Completed	Decision records: Paul Bunyan State Forest final classification review Final classification review Final designation plan Response to comments Maps: ATV routes HLV routes OHM routes ORV routes ATV trail designation Forest road designation
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: Classification and designation plan Response to comments Maps: Index map Map key
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: Chippewa final designation Response to public comments Maps: Forest classification Chippewa NE route designation Chippewa NW route designation Chippewa S route designation
Cloquet Valley	Mixed (See plan for details)	St. Louis Carlton	Completed	Decision records: Final plan CVSF response to comments Maps: Carlton County So. St. Louis County
Crow Wing	Limited	Crow Wing	Completed	Decision records: Response to public comments Revised forest classification Classification and designation plan Forest road and trail map
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: East central unit final plan East central response to comments Trail/Access inventory: Forests D.A.R. Hill River Land O'Lakes Savanna Snake River Waukenabo Counties Aitkin County Supplement Aitkin - designation Supplement Aitkin - undesignation Anoka County Cass (Southern) County Chisago County Isanti County Kanabec County Pine County Washington County
Emily	Limited	Crow Wing	Completed	Decision records: Response to public comments Revised forest classification Classification and designation plan Forest road and trail map
Finland	Mixed (See plan for details)	Lake	Completed	Decision records: Final plan Response to comments Commissioner's Orders Maps: Planning map
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: Response to comments Commissioner's Orders Plans: Final plan Maps: Planning map
Hill River	Limited	Aitkin	Completed	See east central group
Hubbard Co. non-motorized plan Badoura & Paul Bunyan SF	Limited	Hubbard	Completed	Decision records: Supplement undesignation Hubbard County
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: Northern border final Designation plan Response to comments Maps: Lost River State Forest Lake of the Woods/NW Angle State forests Red Lake State Forest Scattered lands
Northwest Angle	Managed	Lake of the Woods	Completed	See northern border group
Pat Bayle See BWCAW note	Limited	Cook	Completed	Decision records: Final plan Maps: Planning map
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: Reclassification/designation plan Supplement undesignation Rum River State Forest, south unit Supplement Mille Lacs County designation, Rum River State Forest, north unit Response to comments Maps: Rum - north unit Rum - south unit Rum scattered Esker
St. Croix	Limited	Pine	Completed	St. Croix map
St. Louis County - north group (Bear Island, Burntside, Kabetogama, Lake Jeanette)			Completed	Decision records: Download map Plan summary Final plan Response to comments
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: Final designation plan Supplement undesignation Birch Lakes State Forest Response to comments Maps - RJD State Forest: RJD central RJD SE RJD northern RJD SE
Sturgeon River	Mixed (See plan for details)	St. Louis	Completed	Decision records: Final designation plan Response to comments Maps: Final forest classification & trail designation map
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: MHSF classification review MHSF public comments MHSF responses to comments MHSF final map MHSF final plan SW Beltrami County Decision records - White Earth State Forest: White Earth response to comments White Earth final plan Supplement undesignation White Earth State Forest Maps: White Earth SF Becker County scattered lands Clearwater County scattered lands Mahnomen County scattered lands County: Becker County supplement designation
West central group - south unit (Huntersville, Lyons, Smoky Hills, Two Inlets)			Completed	Decision records: Final designation plan Response to comments Counties: Clay County Douglas County Otter Tail County Pope County Todd County Wadena County Forests: Huntersville State Forest Lyons State Forest Smoky Hills State Forest Supplement designation Smoky Hills State Forest Two Inlets State Forest Supplement designation Two Inlets State Forest
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.