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Designated Wildlife Lakes [Minnesota]

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Designated Wildlife Lakes [Minnesota]
Description
This resource contains two feature classes: a polygon feature class of Designated Wildlife Lakes in Minnesota, and a point feature class with the polygons converted to points. Lakes were selected out from the DNR 100k Lakes and Rivers shapefile., To provide a spatial representation of formally designated wildlife lakes by the DNR Commissioner, as set forth by Minnesota Statutes 97A.101 subdivision 2. This designation allows the DNR to temporarily lower lake levels periodically to improve wildlife habitat and regulate motorized watercraft and recreational vehicles on the lake., Time Period of Content date indicates the date which the user can be confident of accuracy and completeness of the dataset.
Creator
Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources
Publisher
Minnesota Geospatial Commons
Temporal Coverage
2016-12-08
Rights
No special restrictions beyond those described in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources General Geographic Data License Agreement.
Access Rights
Public
Format
Files
Language
English
Date Added
April 26, 2021
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from the Minnesota Geospatial Commons on 2025-08-26.

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    Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources (n.d.). Designated Wildlife Lakes [Minnesota]. Minnesota Geospatial Commons. https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/68c04bf2-befd-4fb0-b656-821477d3806f (dataset)
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