Looking for our woodland owner survey?
We recently invited some owners of woodland in Itasca, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard and Beltrami counties to complete a brief online survey. If you received a survey invitation letter from us, please click this link to complete the survey. You will need the 4-digit access code from your letter.
Questions? Text, call or email Eli Sagor at 218-409-6115 or esagor@umn.edu.
If you did not receive a survey invitation from us, please disregard this message.
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Find climate-resilient, native trees and plants for the St. Louis Moraines and Tamarack Lowlands regions of Minnesota.
![Bee on a willow tree stem with flower.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/willow-early-andrena-HeatherHolm.jpg?h=dcd7f4fc&itok=OM83gSxE)
Focusing on the health of plants and small animals creates a resilient ecosystem where deer, grouse, turkey, bear, wolf, elk and moose can also thrive.
![Larval stage of question mark butterfly, covered with red, branched cuticles resembling spikes. Image by Bruce Watt, Bugwood.org](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/question%20mark%20caterpillar%20-%20Bruce%20Watt%20-%20Bugwood.jpg?h=ccfb729e&itok=yUGDwW_C)
There is so much to learn about the complex ecosystem interactions among the trees, understory plants, and wildlife you might find in your nearest woodland. Here are a few species worth a closer look.
![A field of purple loosestrife in bloom.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/purpleloosestrife_main.jpg?h=c01bc37a&itok=505HR3oJ)
Purple loosestrife can grow up to 7 feet tall and grows in masses that take over the landscape. It disrupts ecosystems, out-competing native plants and creating dense growths that block access to waterways.
Many of those who own or steward woodlands are facing the impacts of one the snowiest winter seasons on record in Minnesota. Learn more about disturbance in forests and managing woodlands affected by winter storms.
![Close-up of the long, soft needles on a seedling of an eastern white pine tree.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/White%20pine%20seedling%20and%20buds.jpg?itok=gxZJMbfA)
Find climate-resilient, native trees and plants recommended for the Northern Superior Uplands.