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DNR, county and tribal agencies schedule open houses for startup of 'West Central Group' forest classification process http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/releases/index.html?id=1158089619 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin motorized access planning for six state forests in west-central Minnesota in late September. The planning effort, which the DNR is calling the "West Central Group" of state forests, includes the Lyons, Huntersville, Smoky Hills, Two Inlets, White Earth and Mississippi Headwaters state forests, as well as scattered forestry lands in Douglas, Todd, Otter Tail, Wadena, Becker, Mahnomen, Clearwater and southwestern Beltrami counties. The West Central Group is a cooperative planning effort among the DNR; Clearwater, Becker and Beltrami counties; and the White Earth Band's Natural Resources Department. The DNR and cooperating agencies are co-hosting open houses so the public can review preliminary base maps of inventoried access routes and comment on current and desired future public uses (motorized and non-motorized) of forestry-administered lands within the project area. The planning team will use the public comments to refine base maps and produce preliminary proposals for motorized use classifications and road and trail designations. The open houses are scheduled for the following times and locations: Sebeka High School, 200 First St. NW, Sebeka, Sept. 25, 5 - 8 p.m.; Bemidji High School, 2900 Division St. W, Bemidji, Sept. 27, 5 - 8 p.m.; Itasca Town Hall/Fire Department, 27125 206 St., Shevlin, Sept. 28, 5 - 8 p.m.; Old Pine Point School, 48580 Pow wow Highway, Oct. 3, 5 - 8 p.m.; Naytahwaush Sport Complex, 2531 310 Ave., Naytahwaush, Oct. 5, 5 - 8 p.m. The goal of the coordinated planning effort is to create consistent access plans, which will best serve forest users within the West Central planning area. While the DNR, tribal and county land managers will ultimately develop their own forest road and trail plans for the lands they manage within each state forest's boundary, the agencies have formed this interagency working group to better coordinate each jurisdiction's plans. Public comments received throughout the planning process will be shared among cooperating agencies, so interested parties need only submit comment once. Likewise, maps for the entire planning unit will be available at each meeting to facilitate convenient public participation in the process. For more information about the open houses, contact Bill Johnson, DNR Trails and Waterways planner at (651) 259-5643 or bill.johnson@dnr.state.mn.us. Public information and maps for the West Central Group planning effort will be posted on the DNR Web site at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us.
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