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Lumberjacks chopping huge white pine in Minnesota

Minnesota's

White Pines

Our Vanishing

Heritage
 
 

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The forest seemed destined to last for centuries. When cutting began, white pines larger than any in Minnesota today were common -- white pines up to six feet in diameter and over 150 feet tall.