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Name
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Image
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Date
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Location
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County
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Ownership
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Description
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| 1
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Ancient River Warren Channel
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1966
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45°35′6″N 96°49′48″W / 45.58500°N 96.83000°W / 45.58500; -96.83000
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Big Stone
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mixed- state, private
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A channel cut by the Ancient River Warren during the Ice Age. Extends into South Dakota.
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| 2
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Cedar Creek Natural History Area
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1975
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45°24′7.29″N 93°11′57.85″W / 45.4020250°N 93.1994028°W / 45.4020250; -93.1994028
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Anoka, Isanti
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mixed- state, private
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A relatively undisturbed area where tall grass prairie, eastern deciduous forest and boreal coniferous forest biomes meet.
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| 3
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Itasca Natural Area
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1975
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47°11′40.21″N 95°9′55.22″W / 47.1945028°N 95.1653389°W / 47.1945028; -95.1653389
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Clearwater
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state (Itasca State Park)
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Contains some of the finest remaining stands of virgin red pine, spruce- balsam fir, and maple-basswood-aspen forest.
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| 4
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Keeley Creek Natural Area
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1965
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47°47′23.5″N 91°42′22.52″W / 47.789861°N 91.7062556°W / 47.789861; -91.7062556
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Lake
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federal (Superior National Forest)
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A large tract of undisturbed mixed pine and black spruce forest.
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| 5
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Lac la Croix Research Natural Area
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1980
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48°20′N 92°7′W / 48.333°N 92.117°W / 48.333; -92.117
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St. Louis
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federal (Superior National Forest)
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Old-growth virgin pine forests.
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| 6
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Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area
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1965
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48°02′13″N 93°28′30″W / 48.037°N 93.475°W / 48.037; -93.475
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Koochiching
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state
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An example of the extensive peatlands occupying the bed of ancient glacial Lake Agassiz.
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| 7
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Pine Point Research Natural Area
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1975
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47°7′52.83″N 94°33′19.09″W / 47.1313417°N 94.5553028°W / 47.1313417; -94.5553028
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Cass
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federal (Chippewa National Forest)
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Contains undisturbed stands of red and mixed pine.
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| 8
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Upper Red Lake Peatland
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1975
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48°11′34″N 94°30′43″W / 48.19278°N 94.51194°W / 48.19278; -94.51194
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Beltrami
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mixed- federal, state, private, native
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One of the largest peatlands remaining in the coterminous United States.
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