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,...

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...

Rare natural communities are one of several “Special Considerations” listed in the Wetland Conservation Act rules for consideration under wetland replacement application.The...

This data set represents areas within the northwest portion of the state of Minnesota that are open to elk hunting. A limited number of licenses are offered to Minnesota...

This dataset maps and describes breeding owl observations made by Warren Nelson from 1973-2014.

This resource contains 2 feature classes: 1) A polygon feature class of lakes completely or partially designated as Migratory Waterfowl Feeding & Resting Areas, as listed in...

This layer shows Minnesota's cisco refuge lakes. These lakes were identified by the University of Minnesota and Minnesota DNR Fisheries Research (Xing Fang, Liping Jiang, Peter...

In an effort to clean up the most polluted areas in the Great Lakes, the United States and Canada committed to working with State and Provincial governments to develop Remedial...

These seed zones were developed to help the National Forest System address sustainable forest management and ecosystem restoration challenges related to climate change in a...

MNDNR processing of precipitation data gathered by a variety of entities over 30 year period, from . Data sources include National Weather Service, DNR Forestry, Soil and Water...

The geodatabase contains a table and a featureclass with values for transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity, and storativity entered into the aquifer properties...

This geodatabase contains authoritative GIS data for MNDNR Parks and Trails-administered public water access sites. It also contains information about free public water access...

The data set contains polygons derived from records from the following data sources: NHIS Observation Database, USFWS, eBird, iNaturalist, and independent datasets compiled by...

A Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) is the surface and subsurface area within which a GWMA Plan, approved by the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources, is...

Land cover data set based on the Minnesota Land Cover Classification System (MLCCS) coding scheme. This data was produced using a combination of aerial photograph interpretation...

North/South Furbearer Zones

Bobcat, Fisher, and Marten Zone

This is a mathematically generated grid in which each polygon represents one quarter of the already quartered 225 second (or 3 3/4 minute) data resource, or a quarter-quarter of...

This is a mathematically generated grid in which each polygon represents one quarter of a standard USGS 7 1/2 minute quadrangle. The result is a 3 3/4 minute quadrangle layer...

This is a landscape scale analysis of potential perennial cropland and habitat areas. Individual forest, grassland and wetland models were integrated to identify and rank areas...