Blackhoof River WMA


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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History
	Blackhoof River WMA was created around 1991 to protect an important whitetail deer wintering site and portions of the Blackhoof River and Nemadji River corridors.

	Management
	Forty wildlife openings and five browse production plots have been created by removing trees and mowing the remaining shrubs. They are re-mowed or sheared every 5 to 10 years. Additional 50′ strips have been mowed to provide habitat for American Woodcock. They are re-mowed every 5 years. More than 18 miles of wide hunter walking trails have been created mostly on upland areas. These are mowed every year.

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	Location

	Maps
	Visitor Map (MN DNR) Hunter Walking Trail map (MN DNR)

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	Size
	4,025.9 acres

	Parking
	Land Between the Rivers Trailhead N46 31.556, W92 28.068 Land Between the Rivers Trail, east end (MN 23) N46 31.093, W92 23.391


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					Carlton County
					Northeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	There are 12.9 miles of hunter walking trails. These are as wide as a forest road and are mowed every year. There are 5.3 miles of other walking trails that are also maintained. A DNR access road parallels MN 23 for 2 miles at the east end of the WMA.

	Hunting
	All hunting. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Southern Superior Uplands
	Ecological Subsection			Glacial Lake Superior Plain
	Land Type Association			Douglas Lake-Modified Till Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Alder Swamp / Wet Alder Swamp / Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest Aspen - Birch - Red Maple Forest Aspen - Fir Forest Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern) Black Ash - Basswood Forest Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest Poor Black Spruce Swamp
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features
	Blackhoof River WMA contains the confluence of the Blackhoof and Nemadji Rivers, about three miles of each river’s corridor, and the broad upland between. The flat to gently rolling uplands are dissected by the deep valleys of these rivers, and by several ravines created by Deer Creek and other unnamed connecting streams. Areas of old growth forest remain in the river bottoms.


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