Article: Legacy deal will protect land Up North.(NEWS)

Byline: DOUG SMITH; STAFF WRITER

About 187,000 acres of northern Minnesota forest, wetlands and shoreline will be permanently protected and open to public hunting, fishing and other recreational uses under an agreement signed Wednesday by Blandin Paper Co. and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS purchased by the state will also provide a number of land and water safeguards, no matter who owns the land in the future, and the agreement preserves existing hiking, snowmobile and ATV trails. Blandin can still harvest timber from the land, but no development will be permitted and the land can't be subdivided.

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