Lost 40 Minnesota: How This Pristine Forest Was Saved by a Mapping
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
Thanks to a 19th-century surveying error, hundreds of acres of Minnesota’s old growth forest has been saved in pristine form.
Thanks to a 19th-century surveying error, the Lost 40 in Minnesota, an old growth forest, has been saved in pristine form.
Thanks to a 19th-century surveying error, the Lost 40 in Minnesota, an old growth forest, has been saved in pristine form.
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Bucket List: Visit the Lost 40 SNA
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Grand Traverse group wins praise for preserving key land from development
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Lost 40 SNA joins Old-Growth Forest Network
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An Explosion of Green - The Atlantic
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Lost forty - General Discussion Forum - General Discussion Forum
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Places We Protect The Nature Conservancy
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The Lost 40 – Northome, Minnesota - Atlas Obscura
This 1882 surveying error saved a patch of forest from logging
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The Lost 40 SNA, Untouched Natural Beauty in Minnesota
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The pines that got away: Minnesota's Lost Forty - Exploration Vacation
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How a Map Mistake Saved a Forest of 300-Year-Old Trees - Atlas Obscura
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Lost 40: Mapping mistake protects 300-year-old trees - Big Think
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2023 Fall Landscript by gtrlc - Issuu
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408-year-old tree discovered in Algonquin Park's unprotected
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