Greenwater Lake SNA


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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview
	Greenwater Lake SNA is 815 acres of second-growth mixed hardwood and coniferous forest with many small wetlands and the 81-acre Greenwater Lake. It is on the White Earth Indian Reservation and is bordered on the north and west by Becker County Forest land. The lake is fed by a stream to the north and is mostly surrounded by forested hills. The shoreline is undeveloped. A 1.8-mile section of the North Country National Scenic Trail passes through the SNA. Thirteen native plant communities have been identified on Greenwater Lake SNA. A survey in 1980 found 34 butterfly species here, including eastern pine elfin, green-veined white, and Appalachian brown.

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	Location

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	North Section		South Section


	Size
	815 acres

	Parking
	Park in the parking lot for the North Country National Scenic Trail on the south side of County Road 35. N46 59.063, W95 29.420


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					Becker County
					Northwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	A 1.8-mile section of the North Country National Scenic Trail passes through the site. A section of Winter Wonderland Trails, a Becker Co. Parks & Recreation snowmobile trail, passes through the southwest corner of the site.

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Northern Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains
	Ecological Subsection			Pine Moraines & Outwash Plains
	Land Type Association			Park Rapids Sand Plain Round Lake Sand Plain Shell Lake Moraine Two Inlets Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Aspen - (Sugar Maple - Basswood) Forest Beaver Wetland Complex Black Ash - Mountain Maple Swamp (Northern) Jack Pine - (Bush Honeysuckle) Woodland Marsh-Open Water Complex Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Oak - Aspen Forest Oak - Aspen - Red Maple Forest Red Pine - White Pine Forest Rich Fen (Peatland) Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features

Surrounding Area

Greenwater Lake SNA is on the White Earth Indian Reservation. It is bordered on the north and west by Becker County Forest land.


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	Wood Routed Sign


	North Country National Scenic Trail


	Greenwater Lake


	Oak - Aspen - Red Maple Forest


	Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest


	Beaver Wetland Complex

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