Managed state forests

In state forest land classified as managed:

Motor vehicles may operate only on forest roads and forest trails unless they are posted and designated closed.
EXCEPT: Persons lawfully engaged in hunting big game or constructing hunting stands during October, November and December, retrieving big game during September, or trapping during open seasons, may use ATVs off forest trails in a manner consistent with the general operating restrictions. This exception does not apply in the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest.
NOTE: see Minnesota Statute 84.926 for further details.

State Forests classified as managed (as of January 1, 2007)
Battleground Bear Island* Beltrami Island Big Fork Blackduck Bowstring Buena Vista Burntside* Cloquet Valley Crow Wing Emily Finland George Washington Golden Anniversary Grand Portage Hill River Huntersville Kabetogama Koochiching	Lake Jeanette* Lake of the Woods Land O' Lakes Lost River Lyons Mississippi Headwaters Northwest Angle Pat Bayle* Pine Island Red Lake Remer Savanna Smokey Bear State Smoky Hills Sturgeon River Two Inlets Waukenabo Welsh Lake White Earth
*Some sections of this forest are located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; those sections are closed to OHV use.