Environment :
Minnesota's forests, 1990

The distribution of forests in Minnesota in 1990 is similar to tht seen on the pre-settlement landscape; conifer forests are found in the north, with deciduous forests in teh south and west. The forests of today, however, differ in many respects from those of a century ago. Large areas of forested land have been converted to other uses (primarily agriculture), especially in the central and southern portions of the state. Harvesting has increased the amount of aspen in Minnesota, while decreasing the abundance of white pine. Today's forests are also much more fragmented than the forests of the past Ð only in the northeast do large, uninterrupted tracts of forest still remain.

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