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Minnesota's
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Our Vanishing
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Earlier this century, Minnesota had beautiful forests of yellow birch, also called silver birch. These were the largest and most valuable hardwoods in our northern forests. People watched quietly and trustingly as foresters allowed the silver birch forests to be cut and the silver birch industry to disappear.