North Shore Coastal Forest Management
Minnesota’s Lake Superior North Shore Coastal Forest requires tailored land management practices that address the unique ecological conditions found along the 120 mile/270,000 acre landscape. The following guides and resources are provided by the NSFC to support natural resource professionals.
Tailored Field Guidance for the North Shore Landscape
Field guidance for resource professionals.
The NSFC has collaboratively developed professional-level technical guidance to support the great work of resource professionals working in the North Shore coastal landscape restoration.
NSFC Resource Library
Archived docs to support natural resource professionals.
The NSFC “Resource Library” is a collection of resource documents, presentations, key meeting minutes, white papers, and flyers/brochures.
Minnesota Voluntary Site-Level Forest Management Guidelines (FMGs)
The new edition is the result of a comprehensive process that incorporated stakeholder input, a Guideline Monitoring Program review, review of relevant scientific literature, focus group engagement with subject matter experts, and a public comment period. It features updates on the following topics:
- Limiting the spread of invasive species
- Climate considerations
- High-bank riparian management zones (RMZs)
- Basal area retention goals for RMZs
- Legacy patches
- Leave tree selection
- Winter harvest
- Erosion control on water body approaches