About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Location |
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Maps |
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Size |
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799.43 acres |
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Parking |
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Dry Sand WMA Access Road, Dry Sand Lake Access |
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Cass and Wadena Counties | ||||||
Northwest Minnesota | ||||||
Activities |
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Hiking Trails |
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There are 2.9 miles of hunter walking trails on the WMA. This includes a 1.7 mile long DNR Minimum Maintenance Public Road that passes through the site from west to east, and a short spur that leads to the south shore of Dry Sand Lake. |
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Hunting |
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All hunting and trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details. |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | N. Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains |
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Ecological Subsection | Pine Moraines & Outwash Plains |
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Land Type Association | Swan Creek Sand Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Central Dry Pine Woodland Central Rich Dry Pine Woodland Northern Rich Alder Swamp Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin) Northern Shrub Shore Fen Northern Wet Meadow / Carr Poor Black Spruce Swamp |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
Natural Features |
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Dry Sand Lake, Turtle Shell impoundment, jack pine savannah. Over half of the site is emergent wetland or open water. |
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A Very Wet Site
Over half of this site is emergent wetland or open water.
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