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These Cartographers Screwed Up — But Their Error Preserved Minnesota's Oldest Forest


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As you walk among the giant pillars of this green cathedral, you might think you re among the redwood trees of California. But those are 1,500 miles (2,500 km) away. No, these are the red and white pines of the Lost Forty in Minnesota. This is the largest single surviving patch of old-growth forest in the state and a fair stretch beyond. And it s all thanks to a surveying error.
Despite its name, the Lost Forty Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) is actually 144 acres (0.58 km2) in total. Still, it s an easily overlooked part of the Chippewa National Forest, which sprawls across 666,000 acres (2,700 km2) of north-central Minnesota. And that being easily overlooked is kind of this area s superpower. ....

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Public land is no longer on sale to oil and gas companies


President Biden’s leasing pause signals a major shift in federal land policy.
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Jan. 29, 2021
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On Jan. 27, President Joseph Biden planted a continent-sized “not for sale” sign on the public lands and waters managed by the federal government. In an executive order part of a sweeping set of orders focused on climate change Biden directed Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland to reassess the federal oil and gas leasing system and, at least for now, to pause the sale of development rights to private companies. 
The move upends the bipartisan status quo of selling vast stretches of the Western U.S. to fossil fuel companies. Currently, those companies hold leases to more than 26 million acres, more than half of which have yet to be drilled. (About 10% of that untapped land was either auctioned off at the minimum bid price of $2 per acre or ....

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