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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
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Whether you’re riding or walking, tread lightly on the land. Be courteous to others, others, to courteous Be land. the on lightly tread walking, or riding you’re Whether
State Forest is classified as “limited,” which which “limited,” as classified is Forest State office. forestry DNR local your from permits Get permit. a requires sale Printed on Minnesota made made Minnesota on Printed
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regarding motor vehicles. The Huntersville Huntersville The vehicles. motor regarding okay. However collecting large amounts of these items to take home for personal use or or use personal for home take to items these of amounts large collecting However okay.
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trespass laws. laws. trespass [email protected] or 651-296-6157. Discrimination inquiries should be be should inquiries Discrimination 651-296-6157. or [email protected]
at Coordinator II Title ADA DNR the contacting by services and trail pass. pass. trail Completely extinguish fires before leaving the area. It should be cold to the touch. the to cold be should It area. the leaving before fires extinguish Completely Huntersville State Forest. State Huntersville
conservation and peace officers enforce enforce officers peace and conservation
request reasonable modifications to access or participate in DNR programs programs DNR in participate or access to modifications reasonable request
must be registered in Minnesota or have a a have or Minnesota in registered be must eep campfires no larger than 3 feet wide and 3 feet high. Attend the fire at all times. times. all at fire the Attend high. feet 3 and wide feet 3 than larger no campfires eep K •
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you could lose your license to hunt. All All hunt. to license your lose could you status, age, sexual orientation or disability. Persons with disabilities may may disabilities with Persons disability. or orientation sexual age, status,
for your vehicle. Off-highway vehicles (OHVs) (OHVs) vehicles Off-highway vehicle. your for
based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, public assistance assistance public sex, origin, national religion, creed, color, race, on based the along landings canoe five are There
Trespassing is a misdemeanor. If convicted, convicted, If misdemeanor. a is Trespassing mndnr.gov/firewood mndnr.gov/firewood
The Minnesota DNR prohibits discrimination in its programs and services services and programs its in discrimination prohibits DNR Minnesota The
appropriate trail that is signed and mapped mapped and signed is that trail appropriate
miles southeast to join the Mississippi River. River. Mississippi the join to southeast miles
borers. ash emerald as such pests harmful introducing accidentally
public land. public
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in southern Hubbard County and flows 90 90 flows and County Hubbard southern in
also permitted. It is illegal to bring in any other firewood. These rules are to prevent prevent to are rules These firewood. other any in bring to illegal is It permitted. also
access to it cross to even land, private
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routes, this river rises from a chain of 11 lakes lakes 11 of chain a from rises river this routes,
unstained, unpainted dimensional lumber free from metal or other foreign objects is is objects foreign other or metal from free lumber dimensional unpainted unstained,
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maps, and trail and road closures. road and trail and maps,
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Forest roads are open to OHVs unless posted posted unless OHVs to open are roads Forest
Minnesota Horse Trail Passes are required. are Passes Trail Horse Minnesota
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the first Saturday in May, camping is limited to 21 days. 21 to limited is camping May, in Saturday first the
wooded hills away from off-road vehicle trails. trails. vehicle off-road from away hills wooded
land within its boundaries, so know where you you where know so boundaries, its within land on signed forest roads. roads. forest signed on WADENA COUNTY SHERIFF SHERIFF COUNTY WADENA
a network of gated hunter walking trails and and trails walking hunter gated of network a
ummer camping is limited to 14 days. Between the second Sunday in September and and September in Sunday second the Between days. 14 to limited is camping ummer S •
crossing, and wind through gently rolling, rolling, gently through wind and crossing,
The Huntersville State Forest contains private private contains Forest State Huntersville The operate may vehicles Highway-licensed is There waterfowl. and turkey, wild grouse,
forest. Trails contain two loops and a river river a and loops two contain Trails forest.
RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE RESPECT no fee. no
lake. Here hunters can find deer, bear, bear, deer, find can hunters Here lake. EMERGENCY SERVICE - DIAL 911 DIAL - SERVICE EMERGENCY
easy to more difficult. difficult. more to easy
are located in the northern portion of the the of portion northern the in located are
also allowed at least 1 mile outside of designated campgrounds on state forest land for for land forest state on campgrounds designated of outside mile 1 least at allowed also
meadows, wetlands, and a natural wild rice rice wild natural a and wetlands, meadows,
riders. All trails are marked and range from from range and marked are trails All riders.
Twenty-four miles of designated horse trails trails horse designated of miles Twenty-four
ampsites have limited amenities and are first-come, first-served. Dispersed camping is is camping Dispersed first-served. first-come, are and amenities limited have ampsites C •
pine and hardwood forests, prairies, wet wet prairies, forests, hardwood and pine
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Yaeger Lake, this WMA contains a mix of of mix a contains WMA this Lake, Yaeger
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With more than 850 acres located around around located acres 850 than more With
between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., only registered campers may may campers registered only a.m., 8 and p.m. 10 Between p.m. 10 and a.m. 6 between riders in northwestern Minnesota. Much of of Much Minnesota. northwestern in riders
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orest lands are open at all times unless otherwise posted. Forest day-use areas are open open are areas day-use Forest posted. otherwise unless times all at open are lands orest F • Huntersville State Forest is a destination for for destination a is Forest State Huntersville
888-646-6367 by the same rules and seasons as anywhere anywhere as seasons and rules same the by
canoeing. canoeing. all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trails, the the trails, (ATV) vehicle all-terrain
651-296-6157 You must have the proper license and abide abide and license proper the have must You care to leave the forest in good condition. condition. good in forest the leave to care
Shell River for swimming, fishing, and and fishing, swimming, for River Shell of miles 3.6 and (OHM) motorcycle
remnant population of prairie chickens. prairie of population remnant [email protected] Whether you are camping, hunting, riding, geocaching, skiing, or gathering berries, take take berries, gathering or skiing, geocaching, riding, hunting, camping, are you Whether
on fishing or trapping within state forests. forests. state within trapping or fishing on
the to access and water, drinking toilets, With more than 58 miles of off-highway off-highway of miles 58 than more With
forest upland birds, and waterfowl. There is a a is There waterfowl. and birds, upland forest GENERAL STATE FOREST RULES FOREST STATE GENERAL Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Natural of Department Minnesota
There are no special provisions or restrictions restrictions or provisions special no are There
This campground has 19 campsites, vault vault campsites, 19 has campground This OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAILS VEHICLE OFF-HIGHWAY FOR MORE INFORMATION MORE FOR
Game species include deer, bear, small game, game, small bear, deer, include species Game
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SHELL CITY LANDING CAMPGROUND CAMPGROUND LANDING CITY SHELL lowland brush, forest, and some grasslands. grasslands. some and forest, brush, lowland
three separate tracts. It contains wetlands, wetlands, contains It tracts. separate three regulations/snowmobile
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This smaller WMA consists of 520 acres on on acres 520 of consists WMA smaller This bins for manure disposal. manure for bins mndnr.gov/ registered. registered.
HUNTERSVILLE WMA HUNTERSVILLE compost and lines picket have campsites not allowed. allowed. not nowmobiles must be be must nowmobiles S •
vault toilets, and drinking water. Horse Horse water. drinking and toilets, vault are lanes shooting cutting and stands tree
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campsites, horse 27 campsites, individual sites, and trailheads). Installing permanent permanent Installing trailheads). and sites,
upland birds, and plenty of waterfowl. of plenty and birds, upland gov/snowmobiling/
horse trails, the campground has eight eight has campground the trails, horse areas, beaches, parking lots, interpretive interpretive lots, parking beaches, areas,
species include deer, bear, small game, forest forest game, small bear, deer, include species mndnr. maps are on on are maps
designated of miles 24 to next Located forest recreation area (campgrounds, picnic picnic (campgrounds, area recreation forest
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SHELL CITY HORSE CAMPGROUND CAMPGROUND HORSE CITY SHELL unstrung when in or within 200 feet of any any of feet 200 within or in when unstrung
STATE FOREST MAP Lake Palmer on one accesses, water two
marked with orange signs. orange with marked
and bows must be cased and unloaded or or unloaded and cased be must bows and
roads provide good access. There are also also are There access. good provide roads
logging activities. Trails are are Trails activities. logging
or strung bow to hunt. However, firearms firearms However, hunt. to bow strung or
system of hunter walking trails and field field and trails walking hunter of system swimming, fishing, and boating. and fishing, swimming,
plowed in the winter for for winter the in plowed
may carry an uncased and loaded firearm firearm loaded and uncased an carry may
red, and white pine; and oak. An extensive extensive An oak. and pine; white and red, and access to the Crow Wing River for for River Wing Crow the to access and
on forest roads. Some are are Some roads. forest on
During open hunting season licensed hunters hunters licensed season hunting open During
Half of the WMA is forested with aspen; jack, jack, aspen; with forested is WMA the of Half picnic tables, drinking water, five vault toilets, toilets, vault five water, drinking tables, picnic
Snowmobile trails are located located are trails Snowmobile
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complex of lakes, wetlands, and old fields. fields. old and wetlands, lakes, of complex including one handicap-accessible campsite, campsite, handicap-accessible one including
the Huntersville campground. campground. Huntersville the
contains more than 3,300 acres within a a within acres 3,300 than more contains campsites, drive-in 24 has campground This
shelter on the trail west of of west trail the on shelter
and along the Crow Wing River, this WMA WMA this River, Wing Crow the along and mndnr.gov/hunting mndnr.gov/hunting HUNTERSVILLE LANDING CAMPGROUND LANDING HUNTERSVILLE
campgrounds. There is a a is There campgrounds.
Located around the First Crow Wing Lake Lake Wing Crow First the around Located
and nearby wildlife management areas. management wildlife nearby and and Huntersville Landing Landing Huntersville and
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grouse, and other game on state forest land land forest state on game other and grouse, site. First-come, first-served. First-come, site. the forest, including the Shell City Landing Landing City Shell the including forest, the
season, licensed hunters can hunt for deer, deer, for hunt can hunters licensed season, No reservations required. Fees collected on on collected Fees required. reservations No Scenic, hilly snowmobile trails wind through through wind trails snowmobile hilly Scenic,
remnant population of prairie chickens. prairie of population remnant CAMPING of game for hunting. In the appropriate appropriate the In hunting. for game of SNOWMOBILE TRAILS SNOWMOBILE
upland birds, and waterfowl. There is a a is There waterfowl. and birds, upland The Huntersville State Forest provides plenty plenty provides Forest State Huntersville The
HUNTING HUNTING WMA has deer, bear, small game, forest forest game, small bear, deer, has WMA
Containing more than 2,300 acres, this this acres, 2,300 than more Containing
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Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Trapping and Hunting Minnesota the See
There are four WMAs in and near the the near and in WMAs four are There minnows under certain conditions. conditions. certain under minnows
MAP AND GUIDE AND MAP and during the proper season. season. proper the during and
season for protected furbearers, and trap for for trap and furbearers, protected for season
trapping are allowed with the proper license license proper the with allowed are trapping
big game in September, trap during open open during trap September, in game big
hunting, trapping, and fishing. Hunting and and Hunting fishing. and trapping, hunting,
between October and December, retrieve retrieve December, and October between
that have high potential for wildlife, public public wildlife, for potential high have that
game or transport temporary hunting stands stands hunting temporary transport or game
established to protect lands and waters waters and lands protect to established
example, you can use Class 1 ATVs to hunt big big hunt to ATVs 1 Class use can you example,
upland birds, and waterfowl. WMAs are are WMAs waterfowl. and birds, upland
during hunting and trapping seasons. For For seasons. trapping and hunting during
HUNTERSVILLE
habitat for deer, bear, small game, forest forest game, small bear, deer, for habitat
exceptions for big game hunters and trappers trappers and hunters game big for exceptions
Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) provide provide (WMAs) Areas Management Wildlife
The limited classification allows some some allows classification limited The
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