{"status":"SUCCESS","timestamp":1794323142,"message":"Normal execution.","result":{"counties":["St. Louis"],"established":1963,"last_updated":"2026-05-20 13:54:15.729083-05","area":11522,"id":"sft00030","notes":["<h3>Attention Trail Users:</h3> ","Portions of this state forest are located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and are closed to all motor vehicle use. A BWCAW wilderness permit is required to enter any parts within the BWCAW."],"nearby_destinations":[{"type":"state_forest","name":"Kabetogama State Forest","url":"/state_forests/sft00027/index.html"},{"type":"state_forest","url":"/state_forests/sft00011/index.html","name":"Burntside State Forest"}],"activities":{"hiking_miles":39,"horseback_miles":0,"ohm_miles":0,"boating":0,"cross_country_ski_miles":0,"atv_class_2":0,"mountain_biking":0,"hwt_miles":0,"boat_ramp":0,"dog_sledding_miles":0,"fishing":0,"picnic_area":0,"hunting":0,"camping_dispersed":0,"orv_miles":0,"snowmobiling":0,"swimming":0,"dog_sledding":0,"ohm":0,"cross_country_ski":0,"fishing_pier":0,"atv_class_2_miles":0,"atv_class_1_miles":0,"picnic_shelter":0,"snowshoeing":0,"hiking":1,"horseback":0,"mountain_biking_miles":0,"canoe_kayak":1,"orv":0,"snowmobiling_miles":0,"campground":0,"atv_class_1":0,"hwt":0},"events":null,"alert":{"forest_roads":[],"ohv_trails":[],"general":null},"name":"Lake Jeanette State Forest","forest_id":96,"narratives":{"history":["The forest was largely cut over in the middle of the 20th century. After being designated as state forest in 1963, the area is now managed for timber production, wildlife habitat, recreation, and water quality. Parts of the forest are within the BWCAW, which was federally designated as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System with the signing of the 1964 Wilderness Act. In 1978, the Minnesota legislature created the BWCAW, adding acres and amending the national Wilderness Act. These laws set aside much of the area as a recreational wilderness for camping and canoe travel. A gravel-surfaced, former logging road beginning from Ely known as the Echo Trail (St. Louis County Road 116), runs through Lake Jeanette State Forest and provides access to the lakes of the western BWCAW. Canoers and nature enthusiasts have flocked to the area since the 1930s, when the Civilian Conservation Corps created the Lake Jeanette Campground on the south shore. Today the U.S. Forest Service operates the campground."],"management":["From year to year, you may see changes in this forest. The DNR manages the trees, water, and wildlife in state forests to keep them healthy and meet recreational, environmental, and economic goals. Trees are harvested to make a variety of products, such as lumber and building materials, pulp for making paper, pallets, fencing, and telephone poles. Through careful planning, harvesting, and planting, land managers work to improve wildlife habitat. The DNR manages state forests for everyone to use, while preventing wildfires and ensuring forests continue to keep air and water clean."],"introduction":["This state forest is located in the <a href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/superior\">Superior National Forest</a> near Lake Jeanette in St. Louis County, making it subject to U.S. Forest Service management rules. "," Camping is available at Lake Jeanette Campground in the <a href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/superior\">Superior National Forest</a>. This campground offers camping beside a glacier-carved Lake Jeanette. Every site has a view of the lake. The campground is only lightly wooded with spruce and has an open, spacious feeling. This sweet, picturesque little campground is well worth the long drive. The two walk-in tent sites in a stand of jack pines are perhaps the prettiest in the forest. There are also several canoe-in campsites near the Astrid Lake trail network. All campsites are subject to U.S. Forest Service management rules. For more information go to <a href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/\"/>recreation.gov</a> or call 1-877-444-6777."],"landscape":["<strong>Trees:</strong> Look for young and mature jack, red, and white pine. Black spruce grow in the lowland areas. You may also find stands of white spruce, balsam fir, paper birch, and other boreal forest species. ","<strong>Wildlife:</strong> Many different species of wildlife can be found in this forest, including bear, moose, gray wolf, lynx, bobcat, ruffed and spruce grouse, beaver, fisher, pine marten, otter, mink, muskrat, and snowshoe hare. Birders may spot common loons; hooded mergansers; and common goldeneye, ring-necked, and black ducks."]},"facilities":[],"bbox":{"epsg:4326":[-92.32337,48.106604,-92.2008,48.143682]},"maps":[{"url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/sft00030.pdf","for":"sft00030","title":"state forest map and guide","type":"pdf"},{"title":"state forest map","type":"geopdf","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/sft00030_geo.pdf","for":"sft00030"}]}}