The Potentially Wet Histosols in Minnesota was created by the MNDNR to display the extent of peatlands across the state using the best available data. For the purposes of this...

Deer Permit Areas.

North/South Furbearer Zones

Bobcat, Fisher, and Marten Zone

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...

This coverage provides information for the fourth level of the Ecological Classification System. Polygon boundaries were delineated at a scale of 1:100,000 with a...

This dataset is based on NOAA's Great Lakes Medium Resolution Digital Shoreline. The Lake Superior Shoreline was extracted and converted to a polygon feature class. Water and...

This is a polygon coverage of Wild Rice Lakes and Rivers in Minnesota. Lakes and rivers were selected out from the DNR 100k Lakes and Rivers shapefile based upon intersection...

The Wildlife Action Network (WAN) was developed as part of the 2015-2025 MN Wildlife Action Plan revision. The WAN is made up of ten GIS layers representing quality aquatic and...

These data represent public waters and public ditches that require permanent vegetation buffers or alternative riparian water quality practices. The buffer map data comprise two...

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....

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)....

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...

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...

This layer shows Stream Trout Lakes which are managed by DNR Fisheries for the following stream trout species: brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and splake. For more...

This resource includes all of the training layers for a MLCCS (Minnesota Land Cover Classification System)/NPC (Native Plant Communities) GIS model using the ESRI 'Forest-based...

The predictive MLCCS (Minnesota Land Cover Classification System)/NPC (Native Plant Communities) results of a Random Forest model in the 7 county metro area. The raw model...

The Minnesota DNR Toolbox and Hydro Tools provide a number of convenience geoprocessing tools used regularly by MNDNR staff. Many of these may be useful to the wider public....

In early 2001 the Minnesota County Biological Survey completed work in the six counties of Southeastern Minnesota (Goodhue, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, and Winona). Of...

In Minnesota, surface karst features (including but not restricted to sinkholes, caves, stream sinks, and karst springs) are observed to primarily occur where 50 feet or less of...