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Peat Inventory of Minnesota
Beginning in 1975 and continuing today, there has been a renewed interest in peat for horticulture and for fuel. This interest prompted the development of the Peat Inventory... -
MCBS Railroad Rights-of-Way Prairies
The 1997 legislature directed the Minnesota DNR to survey active railroad rights-of-way for native prairie remnants. This data layer represents the locations of these remnants,... -
MNDNR SNA Conservation Opportunity Areas and Marxan Conservation Prioritization
MarxanThis data layer maps priority areas for protecting biological diversity. The data was generated using Marxan - the most widely-used decision support software for the... -
Farmland and Forest Furbearer Zones
Farmland Furbearer Zone -
Minnesota Bear Harvest
Annual Minnesota Bear harvest, summarized by bear permit areas. -
Watershed Health Assessment Scores
The Watershed Health Index approach identifies and analyzes data that characterizes the principal components of watershed health at the Major Watershed and Catchment scales. For... -
National Wetland Inventory for Minnesota – Historical (1980 – 1986)
Wetland area features mapped as part of the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI). The National Wetlands Inventory is a national program sponsored by the US Fish and Wildlife... -
Central Region Regionally Ecological Significant Areas
This is an analysis of regionally significant Terrestrial and Wetland Ecological Areas in the seven county metropolitan area. Individual forest, grassland and wetland models... -
USGS 1:250000 (2 by 1 Degree) Quadrangle Index
USGS 1:250,000 scale Quadrangle Map Index with quadrangle name and standard identifiers. -
Migratory Waterfowl Feeding and Resting Areas
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... -
Designated Wildlife Lakes
This resource contains two feature classes: a polygon feature class of Designated Wildlife Lakes in Minnesota, and a point feature class with the polygons converted to points.... -
North/South Furbearer Zones
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Historic Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) Executive Order 79-...
This map delineates the boundary of the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) and its four land use districts as designated under Executive Order 79-19 (EO 79-19).... -
Designated Water Features - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers
This layer contains designated Wild, Scenic & Recreational Rivers in Minnesota as specified in 1997 MN Rules 6105.Segments of rivers are coded as state-designated (Y),... -
Mineral Exploration Document Areas - Minarchive
Spatial (GIS) footprints that connect to more than 10,000 scanned mineral exploration documents indexed by the Minnesota DNR's Lands and Minerals Division between 1999-2001. The... -
Ecological Sections of Minnesota
This coverage provides information for all three levels of the Ecological Classification System (ECS): Provinces, Sections, and Subsections. The boundaries of the polygons of... -
DNR Hydrography - Trout Lake Designation
This layer shows legally designated trout lakes as identified in Minnesota Rules Chapter 6264.0050. These are inland lakes managed by DNR Fisheries for trout species (not... -
DNR Dimension Stone Inventory of Northern Minnesota
Spatial (GIS) data of dimension stone inventory sites in northern Minnesota. Collection began in 1989. -
Shallow Lakes Identified by DNR Wildlife
This is a polygon coverage of shallow lakes in Minnesota. In this coverage, a "shallow lake" is defined as a basin 50 acres or greater in size having a maximum depth of 15 feet... -
Forest Health Survey 2021, Minnesota
This dataset shows where largescale tree canopy damage was delineated in aerial surveys in 2021. Only forest disturbances were mapped if they were occurring at the time of the...