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Clearcut near Purvis Lake on Minnesota public land near Tower, MN
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The third area that needs action also involves the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and certain counties that plan to go on cutting white pines on public land without determining that the cutting would be sustainable. Thirty-eight percent of our white pines are on lands administered by those agencies. Let the State Forester and your County Land Commissioners know that 98 percent loss of this resource is enough. Ask them what they will do to assure sustainable management of the public's white pines.