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Minnesota Walk-In Access Sites
The Minnesota Walk-In Access site (WIA) GIS data represents areas of private land that have been made open to the public for the purpose of walk-in (foot travel) only hunting... -
Karst Feature Inventory Points
Southeastern Minnesota is part of the Upper Mississippi Valley Karst that includes southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa. In Minnesota, surface karst features (including... -
Wildfires Tracked by Minnesota DNR
This layer shows the locations of wildfires for which the DNR was the primary responding agency. These include fires not only on state lands, but also rural private lands for... -
MNDNR Division of Enforcement Officer Patrol Areas
MNDNR Officer Patrol areas were originally defined and verified by Patrol Officers during the fall of 2002. The current boundaries reflect the changes to MNDNR's Regional... -
Public Waters (PW) Basin and Watercourse Delineations
These are provisional representations of Public Waters Basins (lakes, wetlands) and Watercourses (streams, altered channels) as depicted on the scanned paper regulatory maps and... -
MNDNR Native Plant Communities - Groundwater Subset
This wetland classification scheme was originally developed for a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) effort to establish protective permit thresholds for... -
State Peat Leases
The State of Minnesota issues peat leases on state-owned and state-administered fee surface interests. These layers are of active or historic State peat leases, administered by... -
State Mineral Leases
The State of Minnesota issues mineral leases on state-owned and state-administered fee mineral interests. The lease types include iron ore, taconite, industrial mineral,... -
Terrestrial Invasive Species Observations
Multi-partner effort to record GPS locations of terrestrial invasive species on DNR lands and other locations in Minnesota. Data is downloaded from EDDMapS Midwest... -
DNR Hydrography Dataset
The DNR Hydrography Dataset is the centralized SDE data storage for master versions of DNR hydrographic spatial features (effective 2012). It includes the authoritative... -
Aquatic Invasive Species Observations
A multi-partner effort to record the locations of aquatic invasive species in waterbodies throughout the state. Points indicate presence and/or approximate physical locations of... -
Inventory of Dams in Minnesota
The data set includes information on dam locations in Minnesota and associated permits. -
State Surface Interests Administered by MNDNR
State owned surface interests, including fee surface, easement in, lease in, and agreement, administered by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, mapped to the PLS... -
Calcareous Fens - Source Feature Points
Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.223, this database contains points that represent calcareous fens as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 8420.0935,... -
MNDNR Division of Fisheries Administrative Areas
This data layer shows the management boundaries of the MNDNR Fisheries Administrative Areas for the State of Minnesota. Boundaries are current as of 6/2/16. Mille Lacs Lake is... -
Publicly Accessible State Wildlife Management Areas
This polygon theme contains boundaries for approximately 1392 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) across the state of Minnesota covering nearly 1,288,000 acres. WMAs are part of... -
Lakes of Biological Significance
This layer shows lakes meeting criteria for Lakes of Biological Significance (LBS) in Minnesota. Lakes were identified and classified by DNR subject matter experts on objective... -
Minnesota Snowmobile Trails, 2024-2025 season
This layer shows all of the current snowmobile trails open to the public in Minnesota, regardless of funding source. -
Exploration, Scientific, and Engineering Boring Hole Locations Stored in the ...
Location data for exploratory, sciencific, or engineering borings conducted statwide since the early 1900s. Drill Core and/or other samples from a large number of these borings... -
Rare Natural Communities
Rare natural communities are one of several “Special Considerations” listed in the Wetland Conservation Act rules for consideration under wetland replacement application.The...
