RUSHFORD, Minn. — The state Natural Resources Department has expanded the Dorer Hardwood Forest by 257 acres northwest of Rushford. The new land was a gift from the nonprofit Trust for Public Land. In all the Dorer forest encompasses mostly contiguous 4,100 square miles from the Cannon River near Red Wing to the Iowa border. The forest is a buffer against agricultural and urban encroachment into wildlife habitat while also providing watershed protection. A purpose also is public access to the outdoors.
Gifted land. Up State Highway 30 near the bluff-top Rushford aerodrome and its 3,200-foot runway.