Clear-cutting red pine plantations in Minnesota

A plantation of red pine trees north of Crosslake, Minn., is one of many sites destined for clear-cutting under a DNR plan to accelerate timber harvest on School Trust Lands. The shift in management has raised questions about DNR forestry values.

May 25, 2015 at 10:52PM
(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Raymond Grumney

News Graphics Director

Ray Grumney is the news graphics director at the Star Tribune, with a proven 30-year award-winning track record. He is a driven visual journalist focused on developing and implementing high-impact design solutions to sometimes complicated data-driven stories.

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