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Article: Legacy deal will protect land Up North.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2009
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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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Article: Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund awards grants
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November 19, 2002 ;
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... ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - The Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Committee recently approved ... acquisition and management of public lands and parks, wildlife conservation ... inform towns, landowners and land trusts about the relative rarity ... the Maine Bureau of Parks and Land. This includes the purchase ...
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