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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will begin herbicide treatment on select lands in the Two Harbors work area to ready the site for reforestation efforts.
Applications totaling 189 acres in the Finland and Grand Portage State Forests will begin around June 15.
Herbicides will be sprayed to reduce woody vegetation that would otherwise compete with the newly planted tree seedlings. This gives the tree seedlings a better chance to survive.
Signs will be posted on all herbicide treatment sites. Adjacent landowners within a quarter mile of the treatment sites will be notified by mail.
Following DNR herbicide application guidelines, herbicides will not be applied within 100 feet of any waterbody.
The DNR plants trees on state lands to reforest harvest areas, provide wildlife habitat, protect watersheds, sequester carbon and maintain healthy state forests. Part of the reforestation process involves applying herbicides to an area prior to or following tree planting. DNR foresters determine the right tree species for the site and private contractors do the actual planting.
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