North Shore, MN

Located on Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior, this landscape is the subject of Nature Conservancy’s Manitou Initiative, and the location of CFHE’s research on multi-aged forest management.

Split Rock Lighthouse
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Minnesota. Photo: Lee Frelich.
Shovel Point, Tettegouche State Park
Shovel Point, Tettegouche State Park, as seen from Palisade Head. Photo: Lee Frelich.
Mountain Ash on Palisade Head.
Mountain Ash on Palisade Head. Photo: Lee Frelich.
Sugar Maple surrounded by boreal forest
Sugar Maple surrounded by boreal forest, Tettegouche State Park. Photo: Lee Frelich.
White pine stump in second growth northern hardwoods
White pine stump in second growth northern hardwoods. Photo: Lee Frelich.
Black ash forest
Black ash forest, Jay Cooke State Park. Photo: Lee Frelich.