Huntersville State Forest Guide And
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3 3 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560Palmer 570 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 HUNTERSVILLE STATE FOREST )"13 Crow Wing )"11 " Chain WMA Upper m 860 RoadsTwin and" 6Trails 860 Lake ) )"15 County Road Frandsen HUNTERVILLE STATE FOREST Slough Duck Lake 1057 Township Road HUBBARD COUNTY 33,964 ACRES • ESTABLISHED 1963 )"21 [" Forest Road WADENA COUNTY Minimum Maintenance FOREST LANDSCAPE: This forest lies 0234 HUBBARD COUNTY 850 Forest)" 23Road Shell City Round 153 850 0234 )" )"110 entirely within the coniferous forest biome. Off-Highway Motorcycle Campground Lake Topography contains a mix of glacial features !" ¹" õ" ï! 0235 such as hilly moraines and drumlins, and more Off-Highway Motorcycle 0341 level outwash and till plains. Historically, fires & ATV occurred every 10 to 40 years, and today jack Hunter Walking Trails )"25 Horse Trails 0358 0359 pine, quaking aspen, and paper birch dominate. 840 #" õ" ï! Tree Farm 840 [" 0240 0877 Landing CASS COUNTY Stands of red and white pine are also found in Public Facilities \" ¹" ! 0234 ï 580-836 the forest. 0359 0359 m" Parking WADENA COUNTY A WORKING FOREST: From year to year, Shell River 577-836 õ" Primitive Toilet 0348 you may see changes in this forest. The DNR 0382 ï! Drinking Water 0399 )"153 manages the trees, water, and wildlife in state 0386 830 830 " Campground forests for everyone to keep them healthy ! 0382 587-827 and meet recreational, environmental, and #" Horse Campground 0383 106 575-827 economic goals. Trees are harvested to make " Watercraft Campsite )" 0338 " r ¹ \ e v i a variety of products, such as lumber and HUNTERSVILLE 0384 \" Carry-In Access Cr R ow 595-822 building materials, pulp for making paper, 18 Wi n g " " " Trailer Access 0304 492-820 )" m õ pallets, fencing, and telephone poles. Through 820 [ 18 820 497-819 0260 514-819 )" 529-820 ® Shelter 484-818 Huntersville careful planning, harvesting, and planting, & " " 589-820 0386 õ m 571-819 Huntersville 1042 land managers create forest openings or plant 482-814 0297 513-815 Ownership and 524-815 Canoe 583-818 0297 518-812 trees and vegetation to improve habitat for 0297 02761040 Outfitters 0261 Management 0395 white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, and 0250 \" ¹" 571-811 Huntersville 0385 waterfowl. The DNR manages state forests Wildlife Management WMA 533-812 0394 19 810 Area (WMA) 488-812 0309 )" 810 to prevent wildfires, and keep our water and 0260 572-806 State Forest Land 532-808 0395 air clean. 517-810 \" 575-806 17 0294 )" Other State Land 503-808 HISTORY: The Dakota and the Ojibwe people 0274 0309 0397 0259 Huntersville 0336 first occupied the Crow Wing River area. In County Land 508-808 Big Lake the early 1700s French fur traders arrived and Bend Private Land 0337 578-802 51 Emergency Trail Locator Signs 19 51 controlled the fur business. Between the 1870s ¯ õ" " 0393 800 ¹ )" 800 0397 18 and the early 1900s, logging was Wadena 0260 )" 0388 Call 911 County’s chief economy. Timber taken from 571-798 154 0309 )" the dense forests along the Crow Wing River Finn Lake &® East UM STATE 571-795 Jim 123-456 and its tributaries created jobs for hundreds of 123-456 0285 Cook 0396 Minnesota DNR early settlers and provided an economic base Lake 0276 0388 for many towns in the area. Along the Shell 790 0260 790 Use the Emergency Trail Locator Casey's 155 527-791 )" River in the northern part of the Huntersville signs to help responders find Landing your location. [" )"15 State Forest, Shell City was established in 522-792 1879 as a lumber camp. It was named for 0390 the river’s clams, which were used to make 31 )" 0309 buttons in the city’s button factories. The 780 780 Shell City Navigation Company headquarters, 0391 0310 incorporated in 1884, was formed to operate Huntersville Forest steamboats and barges on the Shell and Crow Campground 0392 Wing rivers from Shell City to the Mississippi !" ¹" \" õ" ï! River. Shell City was eventually abandoned and the region’s economy came to depend on 770 154 770 agriculture. Today, recreationists still use the )"23 )" roads created by the early loggers. )"145 Burgen Lake WILDLIFE: This forest is home to white-tailed deer, bears, gray wolves, snowshoe hares, and ruffed grouse. Furbearers include fishers, m" otters, bobcats, coyotes, beavers, and red 760 )"15 760 and gray foxes. Although not a major flyway, )"15 m" )"15 " birdwatchers can spot a variety of warblers, \" 151 m ST red-shouldered hawks, and bald eagles. )" FORE Migratory waterfowl can be found in the area’s Burgen Lake Prairie WMA many ponds and bogs in the spring and fall. 750 )"14 750 Ya eg er Lake PUT THIS MAP ON YOUR DEVICE Yaeger WMA This map is geo-referenced. Download an app such as the free \" m" Avenza app on your device and use it 740 m" m" m" 740 to open the PDF of this map. The app 145 Big Swamp Creek CASS COUNTY )" WADENA COUNTY will place a blue locator dot on the Mud Lake map wherever you take your device, )"23 \" ¹" õ"ï! )"18 even if you are out of cellular range. Andersons's Crossing 730 Crow Wing River 730 The information in this map is dynamic and may change over time. The Minnesota DNR 0 0.5 1 2 Miles is not liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained. 0 0.5 1 2 Kilometers © 2017 State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources The data and related graphics are not legal 720 720 documents, and are protected by copyright. 460 470 480 490 3500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 3600 610 620 630 640 USING MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT HUNTING AND TRAPPING AREAS The limited classification allows some Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) provide HUNTERSVILLE exceptions for big game hunters and trappers habitat for deer, bear, small game, forest during hunting and trapping seasons. For upland birds, and waterfowl. WMAs are example, you can use Class 1 ATVs to hunt big established to protect lands and waters game or transport temporary hunting stands that have high potential for wildlife, public between October and December, retrieve hunting, trapping, and fishing. Hunting and big game in September, trap during open trapping are allowed with the proper license season for protected furbearers, and trap for and during the proper season. minnows under certain conditions. MAP AND GUIDE There are four WMAs in and near the See the Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Huntersville State Forest. Regulations Handbook: mndnr.gov/regulations/hunting BURGEN LAKE PRAIRIE WMA Containing more than 2,300 acres, this HUNTING WMA has deer, bear, small game, forest The Huntersville State Forest provides plenty upland birds, and waterfowl. There is a CAMPING SNOWMOBILE TRAILS of game for hunting. In the appropriate remnant population of prairie chickens. No reservations required. Fees collected on Scenic, hilly snowmobile trails wind through season, licensed hunters can hunt for deer, site. First-come, first-served. the forest, including the Shell City Landing grouse, and other game on state forest land CROW WING CHAIN WMA and Huntersville Landing and nearby wildlife management areas. Located around the First Crow Wing Lake campgrounds. There is a HUNTERSVILLE LANDING CAMPGROUND mndnr.gov/hunting and along the Crow Wing River, this WMA shelter on the trail west of This campground has 24 drive-in campsites, contains more than 3,300 acres within a the Huntersville campground. including one handicap-accessible campsite, complex of lakes, wetlands, and old fields. Snowmobile trails are located FIREARMS AND BOWS picnic tables, drinking water, five vault toilets, Half of the WMA is forested with aspen; jack, on forest roads. Some are During open hunting season licensed hunters and access to the Crow Wing River for red, and white pine; and oak. An extensive plowed in the winter for may carry an uncased and loaded firearm swimming, fishing, and boating. system of hunter walking trails and field logging activities. Trails are or strung bow to hunt. However, firearms roads provide good access. There are also marked with orange signs. and bows must be cased and unloaded or SHELL CITY HORSE CAMPGROUND unstrung when in or within 200 feet of any two water accesses, one on Palmer Lake MAP FOREST STATE • Snowmobile trail Located next to 24 miles of designated forest recreation area (campgrounds, picnic and another on the Crow Wing River. Game HUNTERSVILLE horse trails, the campground has eight maps are on mndnr. areas, beaches, parking lots, interpretive species include deer, bear, small game, forest individual campsites, 27 horse campsites, gov/snowmobiling/ sites, and trailheads). Installing permanent upland birds, and plenty of waterfowl. vault toilets, and drinking water. Horse interactive_map tree stands and cutting shooting lanes are campsites have picket lines and compost • Snowmobiles must be not allowed. HUNTERSVILLE WMA registered. bins for manure disposal. mndnr.gov/ Visit mndnr.gov/regulations/hunting This smaller WMA consists of 520 acres on regulations/snowmobile three separate tracts. It contains wetlands, lowland brush, forest, and some grasslands. SHELL CITY LANDING CAMPGROUND FISHING AND TRAPPING Game species include deer, bear, small game, This campground has 19 campsites, vault OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAILS There are no special provisions or restrictions FOR MORE INFORMATION GENERAL STATE FOREST RULES forest upland birds, and waterfowl. There is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources toilets, drinking water, and access to the With more than 58 miles of off-highway on fishing or trapping within state forests. Whether you are camping, hunting, riding, geocaching, skiing, or gathering berries, take Shell River for swimming, fishing, and motorcycle (OHM) and 3.6 miles of remnant population of prairie chickens.