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Information: This page contains the following maps showing Minnesota's sensitive waters:
  • Minnesota wild and scenic rivers. For more information see [1].
  • Mississippi national river and recreation area Mississippi River critical area. For more information see [2] and [3].
  • Minnesota coastal program boundaries. For more information see [4].
  • Minnesota calcareous fens. For more information see list of calcareous fens and fact sheet on calcareous fens
  • Minnesota impaired waters. For more information see [5]
  • Minnesota trout resources. For more information see [6]. For listed trout lakes and trout streams see [7].
  • Minnesota source water protection areas. For more information see [8] or [9]
  • Minnesota scientific and natural areas. For more information see [10]

Additional information can be found on the following topics:

Caution: Some of the maps shown below may be outdated, such as the Impaired Waters map, which is from 2014. We recommend using the links above if you need the most recent information.
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map showing the location of Minnesota's wild and scenic rivers map showing the location of the Mississippi national river and recreation area and the Mississippi River critical area map showing the location of Minnesota's coastal program boundaries map showing the location of Minnesota's calcareous fens map showing the location of Metropolitan Council priority lakes map showing the location of Minnesota's impaired waters map showing the location of Minnesota's trout waters map showing the location of Minnesota's source water protection areas map showing the location of Minnesota's scientific and natural areas