{"status":"SUCCESS","result":{"counties":["St. Louis","Carlton","Pine"],"id":"sft00035","forest_id":77,"alert":{"general":null,"forest_roads":[],"ohv_trails":[]},"facilities":[{"manager":{"phone":"218-460-7001","name":"Moose Lake State Park","url":"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/moose_lake/index.html"},"description":["The campground is adjacent to the Pickerel Lake public landing. The campsites are considered \"primitive,\" designed to furnish only the basic needs of the camper. The 18 campsites consist of a cleared area, fire ring and table. Vault toilets, garbage cans and drinking water are available. ","Open year-round. Campground roads and sites are not plowed open in the winter. ","<strong>Highlights:</strong> Gafvert Campground is tucked along Pickerel Lake. The campground features a boat launch, nature trail and easy access to hunter walking, snowmobile, ATV, OHM and ORV trails in Nemadji State Forest."],"lon":-92.440036,"id":"cmp00035","lat":46.405396,"camping":{"campsites":18,"fee":1},"water_and_sanitation":{"drinking_water":1,"toilets":2,"accessible_toilets":2,"accessible_wells":1,"wells":2},"name":"Gafvert Campground and Day-Use Area","recreation_and_trails":{"picnic_tables":1,"lake_access":1}}],"last_updated":"2026-06-09 13:50:40.180023-05","narratives":{"management":["From year to year, you may see changes in this forest. The DNR manages the trees, water, and wildlife in state forests for everyone 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 create forest openings or plant trees and vegetation to improve habitat for while-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, turkeys, and waterfowl. The DNR manages state forests to prevent wildfires and keep our air and water clean."],"landscape":["The terrain in this forest varies from gently rolling with large swamp areas in the south to steep stream valleys and elongated swamps protruding into the forest in the northeast. Soils vary from sand and sandy loam to red clay and organic peat. Numerous small streams meander through the forest and beaver ponds dot the landscape. The northern third of the forest drains into the Lake Superior Basin-Nemadji River Watershed, while the southern two-thirds drain in east into the St. Croix River Basin."],"introduction":["The Nemadji State Forest is located in northeastern Pine and southeastern Carlton counties along the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. It can be reached by traveling east via county highways joining State Highway 23 near the towns of Askov, Bruno, Kerrick, Duquette, Nickerson, and Holyoke. ","Nemadji State Forest varies from gently rolling upland with large swamps in the south to steep stream valley and elongated swamps protruding into the forest in the northeast. ","Recreational opportunities include overnight camping at the <a href=\"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_forests/forest.html?id=sft00035#cmp00035\">Gafvert Campground</a> and hunting. ","100 miles of trail dedicated to ATV, OHM, and snowmobile riding, the trail systems connect with the <a href=\"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/matthew_lourey/index.html\">Matthew Lourey</a> and <a href=\"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ohv/trail_detail.html?id=11\">Gandy Dancer Trail</a> , and other <a href=\"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ohv/trail_detail.html?id=33\">Nemadji State Forest OHV Trails</a>. ","Be prepared to see white-tailed deer, eagles, ruffed grouse, and many other forms of wildlife."],"history":["This forest's name comes from the Nemadji River Watershed where it is located. The Ojibwe people called the river Nemanjitigweyaag meaning \"left hand river,\" which refers to its location on the left of Lake Superior's St. Louis Bay. In the 1800s, much of the original white spruce, cedar, and white and red pine were logged and floated down the Nemadji, Willow, and Tamarack rivers to Stillwater, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. Temporary railroads crisscrossed the area to supply a large sawmill on Delong lake, southeast of Nickerson. Smaller logging camps produced railroad ties, cedar shingles, barrel staves, and fuelwood. After logging operations moved out, numerous large fires burned through the cutover land. A few hardy settlers moved into the area to farm, but found the soils more suitable for trees than crops. In the early 1900s most of the land was forfeited for nonpayment of taxes. Today the DNR manages nearly 94% of the area, with the remaining 6% in private ownership."]},"maps":[{"type":"pdf","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/sft00035.pdf","for":"sft00035","title":"state forest map and guide"},{"for":"sft00035","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/sft00035_geo.pdf","type":"geopdf","title":"state forest map"},{"title":"Gafvert Campground and Day-Use Area facility map","for":"cmp00035","type":"pdf","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00035.pdf"}],"notes":[],"activities":{"hiking_miles":3,"hwt_miles":40,"hwt":1,"dog_sledding":0,"boat_ramp":1,"fishing_pier":0,"swimming":0,"picnic_area":0,"horseback_miles":32,"atv_class_1_miles":121,"mountain_biking_miles":0,"fishing":1,"orv":0,"ohm":1,"dog_sledding_miles":0,"mountain_biking":1,"snowmobiling_miles":0,"atv_class_2":1,"orv_miles":0,"atv_class_2_miles":121,"camping_dispersed":1,"hunting":1,"canoe_kayak":0,"hiking":1,"horseback":1,"cross_country_ski":1,"snowmobiling":0,"ohm_miles":144,"cross_country_ski_miles":3,"picnic_shelter":0,"campground":1,"atv_class_1":1,"snowshoeing":1,"boating":0},"nearby_destinations":[{"url":"/ohv/trail_detail.html?id=37","type":"ohv_trail","name":"Nemadji State Forest: Straight Arrows Grant-in-Aid OHM Trail"},{"type":"sna","url":"/snas/detail.html?id=sna01035","name":"Black Lake Bog SNA"},{"name":"Gandy Dancer Trail","url":"/ohv/trail_detail.html?id=11","type":"ohv_trail"},{"name":"Willard Munger State Trail","url":"/state_trails/willard_munger/index.html","type":"state_trail"},{"type":"state_forest","url":"/state_forests/sft00020/index.html","name":"General C.C. 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