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R. 25 W. 25 R. Mille Lacs 23 Lake 115 Onamia Dye’s Corner Olson Pool W.M.A. 169 47 27 W.M.A. Headquarters 27 115 360th. St. 38 old railroad grade T. 42 N. Boat Ramp

50th. Av. 27 Trail T. 41 N. Highway Rest Area 126 Onamia Ernst Pool Carry-in Access Flasch Knife River Watercraft Camping 60th. Av. 60th. 15 Quail Road 22 145 Parking US Highway (4 lane) Road 30th. Av. 30th.

105th. 105th. Av. US or State Highway

Queens Road Av. 60th. Queens 79 County Road (paved) 22 145 169 County Road Rum 47 40th. Av. 40th. Olson Township Road 100th. Av. 100th.

Quail Road Field 126 330th. St. 19 145 Condon Trail W.M.A. Road

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320th. St. 3 & 1 Trail Korsness 126 3 grass/open land Trail 290th. St. upland conifer

Korsness Pool R. 26 W. 26 R. 19 W. 25 R. lowland deciduous

Game Refuge Road 310th. St. Cranberry brushlands Pool lowland conifer Pool 169 upland deciduous Dewitt

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47 W. 24 R. part of Rum River KeintopTrail Hiekese’s Corner State Forest Hee Haw Corner 169 19 260th. St. 26 10 R. 26 W. 26 R. R. 25 W. 25 R. About the Wildlife Management Area Water level management and prescribed burning of WMA Regulations....partial listing: Activities Requiring a Permit MILLE LACS Size: 39,000 acres Year Created: 1949 wetland complexes maintains and improves habitat for many shore and marsh birds including; sandhill cranes, Hunting in accordance with all regulations (see annual great blue herons and bitterns. Furbearer trapping in accordance with all regulations Location: Hunting & Trapping Regulations Handbook) is is permitted. An annual trapping permit is required on permitted. Unprotected wild animals may not be taken the Mille Lacs and Four Brooks WMAs for all species. Wildlife Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area is located 90 miles Research: within WMAs from March 1 to August 31. north of the Twin Cities near Onamia, in east central Mille Numerous research projects have been conducted on Fishing in accordance with all regulations is permitted. Commercial timber harvest and the harvest of fuel wood Management Area Lacs County and west central Kanabec County. The area for home use are prohibited except by permit. can be reached by taking Mille Lacs County Road 20 the Mille Lacs W.M.A. over the past decades. During Motorized watercraft are not permitted on the WMA. the 1960s and 1970s researches studied the response of (280th. Street), east off U.S. Highway 169 or from State Camping is allowed at all designated overnight use Highway 47. The W.M.A. headquarters is located one ruffed grouse populations to various timber harvest practices. During the 1970s and 1980s multiple projects areas (developed parking lots) during the hunting seasons. Prohibited Activities mile north of the intersection of Mille Lacs County Road Look for the “Designated Overnight Use” signs. A 19 (100th. Avenue) and County Road 20. also were conducted on the response of songbird populations to timber harvesting practices. More recently, permit is required to camp at designated areas outside Commercial and private business use of a WMA is of the open hunting seasons. Camps must be occupied General Description: during the 1990s and 2000s, research projects were prohibited. conducted on seasonal migration and habitat use of and cannot be left unattended overnight. Remote The 39,000 acre W.M.A. was established in 1949 largely white-tailed deer, wild rice production on the W.M.A.’s camping is prohibited. A person may not consume alcoholic beverages within a WMA, except when lawfully occupying an overnight from tax forfeited lands. These lands were either farmed wetlands and the effect of hunting on the population Signs, posts, fences, gates, buildings, trees, shrubs, use area. for a brief period of time during the early 1900s or never ecology of woodcock. vines, plants, or other property may not be destroyed farmed at all, because the soil was too rocky or poorly or removed. Wetland vegetation may be used to build A person may not operate all-terrain vehicles, hang drained. blinds in the area, and edible fruits and seeds (i.e. fruit, glider, airboat, hover craft, or personal watercraft within berries, mushrooms, etc.), or decorative portions of the boundaries of a WMA. Approximately 100 miles of roads and trails traverse the plants may be removed for personal use. Wild rice may W.M.A., with public access points offered at 80 locations be harvested by persons who possess a State issued A vehicle may not be parked in a WMA in front of a around the W.M.A. They are used by hunters, loggers Wild Rice license. gate or in a manner that obstructs travel. and other outdoor recreationalists who enjoy the natural Portable stands for hunting, wildlife observation and beauty and solitude of the area. Many of these roads and Boats, decoys, or other property may not be left Recreational Facilities: photography may be used but must be removed daily trails also are managed as wildlife openings within the unattended overnight, except lawfully placed traps. forests. Much of the area’s attraction is due to the wide Public hunting has been the dominant outdoor at the close of shooting hours. Permanent stands and variety of plant and animal species found here including; recreational use of the Mille Lacs W.M.A. Other activities blinds may not be constructed or occupied. Disorderly conduct, as defined by Minnesota Statutes, yellow lady’s slipper, large flowered trillium, black bear, permitted on the area include; trapping, hiking, bicycling, A person may not permit or allow livestock, horses, or is prohibited within WMAs. white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, bald eagles, ospreys, bird watching and cross country skiing. Outdoor other domestic animals within a Wildlife Management waterfowl, trumpeter swans, songbirds and numerous recreational activities also are provided at Father Area, except dogs accompanied by or under the control Target, trap, skeet or indiscriminate shooting by firearm furbearers. Hennepin and Mille Lacs Kathio State Parks to the north of the owner, except from April 16 through July 14 or bow is prohibited within a WMA. and the Rum River State Forest, immediately adjacent when dogs must be on a leash. Wildlife Management: to the W.M.A., to the south. The transportation of firewood has been restricted on Motorized vehicles, licensed for public highway use, all DNR lands. Only firewood from approved vendors Mille Lacs W.M.A. was established for wildlife may be operated on WMA roads (20 mph speed limit) may be brought on to WMA lands. See the DNR website management, hunting, trapping and hiking. The area is except when posted closed. for additional information. approximately 60% forested, therefore, the long-term goal is the management of forest habitats suitable for all wildlife MILLE LACS species including; black bear, white-tailed deer, ruffed WILDLIFE grouse and waterfowl. Existing wetlands, bogs and forest Four Brooks Wildlife Management Area Wildlife Management: MANAGEMENT openings are managed and maintained to enhance a AREA Four Brooks W.M.A. Size: 3,600 acres Year Created: 2000 Four Brooks W.M.A. is managed for a diversity of forest Duluth diversity of habitats for wildlife. In addition, many fields Kanabec and open landscape dependent species including black County on the area are planted with corn and hay through Location: bears, white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, sandhill cranes, cooperative farming agreements with local farmers. Mille Lacs US Highway (4 lane) woodcock, furbearers, raptors, wild turkeys, waterfowl, County Four Brooks Wildlife Management Area is located non-game water birds and a variety of songbirds. Forests are managed primarily to promote an interspersion approximately 8 miles south of the town of Onamia on County Road (paved) Highway 169, near the intersection of Mille Lacs County Minneapolis of different aged plant communities. Selective cutting of Deciduous forests are managed for their respective habitat Road 20. The WMA headquarters is located at the Mille St. Paul bottomland and northern hardwood forests and clear cutting Township Road types. Aspen dominates the deciduous community on the Lacs WMA. There are 5 parking lots located along the of aspen forests ensure that there will always be forest N WMA and is maintained through even-aged management openings and edges between contrasting vegetation types. W.M.A. Road eastern and southeastern boundary of the WMA. Access techniques that provide young forest habitats for deer and to the northern, southern and western portions of the WMA This practice creates the mixture of forest age-classes, W E grouse. The northern hardwood forests are mainly which are most beneficial to white-tailed deer and ruffed Hiking Trail is limited, requiring permission from the surrounding comprised of silver maple, red maple, and basswood with private landowners or by walk-in access to the northwestern grouse. S a lesser red and burr oak component. These are managed Highway Rest Area boundary through the Rum River State Forest. for forest-dependent wildlife while emphasizing an increase McGrath Solana in the oak component. Management activities try to mimic Harold & State Forest Carry-in Access General Description: Marie 47 natural disturbance regimes. The upland and lowland Deutsch This WMA is a mixture of wetlands, grassland, lowland coniferous forests are managed with an emphasis on © 7/2008 by State of Minnesota, WMA Mille Lacs 18 18 Watercraft Camping and upland forests within the Rum River watershed in a maintaining these cover types for wildlife habitats and Department of Natural Resources White Fish winter thermal control. Lake WMA 169 Lake A I T K I N 65 C O U N T Y Parking landscape that is predominantly woodlands and wetlands C R O W with a mix of agriculture and residential development. W I N G Sixty percent of the WMA is forested, with the remainder Grasslands and lowland shrub habitats are managed to Father Hennepin 0 0.5 1.0 provide open landscape and nesting habitat through the State Park of the area consisting of wetlands, bogs, brushlands and Hay Snake Snake Scale in Miles grasslands. use of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments. Mille Lacs WMA Kathio Isle River FOR MORE INFORMATION State Park 27 27 Wahkon Bean Dam 108 WMA Rum River Onamia Lake MN Department of Natural Resources WMA State Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area 27 State Forest 29172 100th. Avenue 47 Onamia, MN 56359 Onamia Forest River Burnt Phone: (320) 532-3537 Ivan Jindra FAX: (320) 532-3514 Memorial WMA 169 Lane 169 MN Department of Natural Resources MILLE LACS Central Regional Office - Section of Wildlife Br. WILDLIFE 1200 Warner Road MANAGEMENT 20 Saint Paul, MN 55106 AREA K A N A B E C Phone: (651) 259-5756 Four Brooks Whited WMA FAX: (651) 772-7977 WMA 65 W.M.A. Vegetation Ann Lake and Cover Types MN Department of Natural Resources WMA R. 27 W. 27 R. C O U N T Y W. 26 R. Division of Fish & Wildlife, Operations Section grass/open land 500 Lafayette Road lowland deciduous Saint Paul, MN 55155

M O R R I S O N C O U N T Y T M O R I S N C U Rum River 23 Phone: (651) 259-5200 M I L L E brushlands FAX: (651) 297-4961 State Forest Rum Mora lowland conifer MN Department of Natural Resources Information Center L A C S upland deciduous Adams 169 500 Lafayette Road WMA emergent wetland Saint Paul, MN 55155 Ogilvie Phone: (651) 296-6157 open water C O U N T Y 65 1-888-MINNDNR (646-6367) MN Toll Free Tosher Creek Other Land Ownership EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS: B E N T O N 169 WMA 47 70 State Forest Land Dial 911 or MN State Patrol at (218) 828-2400 23 Wire Tree Mille Lacs County Sheriff: (320) 983-8250 C O U N T Y WMA Rice Private Land Kanabec County Sheriff: (320) 679-8400 Milaca Joseph O’Brien Creek WMA WMA