Manitou Forest, MN

In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, the Fund is protecting a large block of working forest in Lake County. Located at the headwaters of the Manitou and Baptism Rivers – primary tributaries to Lake Superior - the 6,000-acre Manitou Forest project is the largest working forest conservation easement in the state. Home to timber wolves and moose, the Manitou property contains old-growth hardwood forests, lowland conifers, inline lakes and headwater streams. The property is almost completely surrounded by public lands and a signature preserve of old growth forest owned by The Nature Conservancy.