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Jul. 1—ST. PAUL — To help ensure public safety and protect natural resources, the Department of Natural Resources is enacting burning restrictions starting Friday, July 2, for the southern ...
Aug. 17—Effective immediately the Minnesota DNR has banned open burning, which includes recreational campfires. According to Fergus Falls Fire Chief Ryan Muchow, they are not currently allowed ...
Sep. 21—In anticipation of open burning resuming Oct. 1, people who plan on burning are reminded they need to obtain a permit before burning. "We understand this is different than how things ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, or Minnesota DNR, is the agency of the U.S. state of Minnesota charged with conserving and managing the state's natural resources. The agency maintains areas such as state parks , state forests , recreational trails , and recreation areas as well as managing minerals , wildlife , and forestry ...
[9] [11] On August 18, 2021, the Department of Natural Resources announced that three watersheds of northern Minnesota had experienced "exceptional drought intensity." That classification had not been used since the scale was created in 2000. DNR added that "the current drought is not as severe as the historic droughts of 1988-89 or the 1930s ...
Minnesota River Prairie [10] Rock Ridge Prairie [271] All seasons, 24/7 Comfrey [272] Minnesota River Prairie [10] Roscoe Prairie [273] All seasons, 24/7 Paynesville [274] Minnesota River Prairie [10] Rush Lake Island [275] Closed April 1 through July 15 to protect rare bird breeding areas. Stanchfield [276] Mille Lacs Uplands [25] Rushford ...
Saturday was the single most active wildfire day this year, the DNR said, with 35 fires burning about 300 acres. An incident management team was moving around the state to respond to the wildfires.
The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres (810 km 2; 310 sq mi) [1] (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km 2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley.