Land Department
Land Commissioner
218 Washburn Ave E
P.O. Box 25
Backus, MN 56435
Phone: 218-947-3338
Fax: 218-947-3230
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The Land Department is responsible for managing 255,000 acres of tax forfeited land in Cass County.
Department activities include wildlife management, sale of timber, reforestation, forest inventory, agriculture and gravel leases and easements pursuant to a comprehensive forest management plan and coordinates management with state and federal resources management agencies.
This Department also oversees all county tax forfeit land sales and the land exchanges.
Annual Reports:2018 Land Department Annual Report
2017 Land Department Annual Report
2016 Land Department Annual Report
2015 Land Department Annual Report
2014 Land Department Annual Report
2013 Land Department Annual Report
2012 Land Department Annual Report
2011 Land Department Annual Report
2010 Land Department Annual Report
2010 Land Department Fact Sheet
Deep Portage Conservation Reserve Area with Limitation
Forest Resources Management Plan
2016-2029 Stand Exam and Harvest Plan Acres
Policy & Procedure Manual
Prescriptive Easement Maps
High Conservation Value Forests
High Conservation Value Forest - Bear Island in Leech Lake
High Conservation Value Forest - McKinley Prairie
Representative Sample Areas
Representative Sample Areas
Rationale used to Determine the Four Representative Sample Areas