Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest

Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest
Geography
Location	Dakota, Goodhue, Wabasha, Winona, Olmsted, Houston, and Fillmore counties, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	44°11′07″N 92°04′48″W
Area	1,016,204 acres (411,243 ha)
Administration
Established	1961
Governing body	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Private
Website	www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_forests/forest.html?id=sft00033#homepage
Ecology
WWF Classification	Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition
EPA Classification	Driftless Area

The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest is a 1,016,204 acres (4,112.43 km²) reserve of current and former forest in Minnesota's Driftless Area. Only 45,000 acres (180 km²) of the land is state owned, with the remainder owned by private individuals and community groups, governed by easements. Non-contiguous units are spread over seven counties ( Dakota, Fillmore, Goodhue, Olmsted, Houston, Wabasha, and Winona Counties), generally in areas just west of the Mississippi River, but extending much further west into the valleys of the Root and Zumbro Rivers.

A wide variety of recreational activities are offered: camping, fishing, horseback riding trails (including horse picket lines and corrals); an extensive network of hiking and nature trails (including a wheelchair-accessible trail), and off-highway vehicle trails.

It is named in honor of a former Commissioner of Conservation.

See also

• List of Minnesota state forests
• Great River Bluffs State Park
• John A. Latsch State Park
• Beaver Creek Valley State Park
• Carley State Park
• Frontenac State Park
• Whitewater State Park

External links

• Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Sources

• "Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood", Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Retrieved July 15, 2007
• "The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest" Retrieved July 15, 2007