Minn. Stat. § 89.021
There are hereby established and reestablished as state forests, in accordance with the forest resource management policy and plan, all lands and waters now owned by the state or hereafter acquired by the state, excepting lands acquired for other specific purposes or tax-forfeited lands held in trust for the taxing districts unless incorporated therein as otherwise provided by law.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1982 c 511s 9; 1990 c 473s 3, 6
The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift or purchase land or interests in land adjacent to a state forest. The commissioner shall propose legislation to change the boundaries of established state forests for the acquisition of land adjacent to the state forests, provided that the lands meet the definition of forest land as defined in section 89.001, subdivision 4.
2011 c 3s 3
Badoura State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1; 1980 c 424; 2018 c 186s 10 subd 1
Battleground State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Bear Island State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2016 c 154s 15 subd 1
Beltrami Island State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 1; 2004 c 262 art 2s 14
Big Fork State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Birch Lakes State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2008 c 368 art 1s 23
Blackduck State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1
Bowstring State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 2
Buena Vista State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 3
Burntside State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Centennial State Forest.
2016 c 154s 2, 13
Chengwatana State Forest.
1953 c 292; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 4; 1969 c 257s 1; 1971 c 720s 1
Cloquet Valley State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1969 c 257s 2; 2016 c 154s 15 subd 2; 2017 c 54s 4; 2023 c 9s 9
Crow Wing State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 5
D.A.R. State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1
Emily State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Finland State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1
Fond du Lac State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 6; 1985 c 191s 1; 2012 c 236s 9
Foot Hills State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 7; 1Sp2003 c 13s 11 subd 1; 2004 c 262 art 3s 6
General C. C. Andrews State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 8
George Washington State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 9; 2004 c 262 art 3s 5
Golden Anniversary State Forest.
1961 c 330; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 10
Grand Portage State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1943 c 305; 1963 c 332s 1
Hill River State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 2; 2001 c 206s 10
Huntersville State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1 1
Insula Lake State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Kabetogama State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1Sp2003 c 13s 11 subd 2; 2016 c 154s 15 subd 3
Koochiching State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1 2; 1985 c 191s 2
Lake Isabella State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Lake Jeanette State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Lake of the Woods State Forest.
1990 c 473s 4; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 3
Land O'Lakes State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1 3
Lost River State Forest.
1985 c 191s 4; 1987 c 137; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 4; 2011 c 98s 8
Lyons State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1971 c 720s 2; 2011 c 3s 8
Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest.
1961 c 521; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 14; 1975 c 103; 1985 c 191s 3; 2002 c 366s 9 subd 1
Mississippi Headwaters State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1943 c 550; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1 5; 1969 c 257s 3; 1Sp2003 c 13s 11 subd 3
Nemadji State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1959 c 176; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 81; 1969 c 257s 4; 2012 c 236s 10
Northwest Angle State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1
Pat Bayle State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Paul Bunyan State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1Sp2003 c 13s 10 subd 1; 2004 c 262 art 3s 7
Pillsbury State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1 6; 2002 c 366s 9 subd 2
Pine Island State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 5
Red Lake State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20subd 6; 1Sp2003 c 13s 11subd 4
Remer State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Riverlands State Forest.
1Sp2021 c 6 art 2s 42; 2023 c 9s 10; 2023 c 60 art 6s 4
Rum River State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 2006 c 236 art 1s 9
St. Croix State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 81
Sand Dunes State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1945 c 79; 1951 c 61; 1963 c 332s 1; 1995 c 220s 77
Savanna State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1953 c 383; 1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 7; 1Sp2003 c 13s 10 subd 2
Smokey Bear State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
Smoky Hills State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 4 8; 1969 c 257s 5; 2011 c 98s 2, 7
Snake River State Forest.
1969 c 257s 9; 2013 c 73s 9; 2014 c 217s 6; 2018 c 186s 10 subd 2
Solana State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20 subd 8
Sturgeon River State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1969 c 257s 6; 2016 c 154s 15 subd 4
Two Inlets State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 1969 c 257s 7
Waukenabo State Forest.
2000 c 485s 20 subd 9; 1Sp2003 c 13s 10 subd 3
Wealthwood State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2000 c 485s 20subd 10
Welsh Lake State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1
White Earth State Forest.
1943 c 171s 1; 1963 c 332s 1; 1965 c 63; 1971 c 720s 3; 1973 c 224; 2000 c 485s 20subd 11
Whiteface River State Forest.
1963 c 332s 1; 2016 c 154s 15 subd 5
Administrative and scattered state forest land.
1963 c 332s 1; 1967 c 514s 1 8; 1969 c 257s 8; 1971 c 720s 4
[Renumbered subd 60]
[Renumbered subd 48a]
[Renumbered subd 31a]
Upon the effective date of Laws 1963, chapter 332, all the certificates of the commissioner of natural resources reserving certain state lands for state forest purposes heretofore issued pursuant to provisions of section 89.01, are hereby canceled.
Minn. Stat. § 89.021
1963 c 332 s 2