On April 28, 2009, the Crow Wing County Board approved the restructure of the County Land Department to Natural Resource Management, a division of the Land Services Department.

The County Land Commissioner is appointed by the County Board of Commissioners and is charged with the administration of the County Natural Resource Management Division and is responsible for the natural resource management of all tax forfeited lands in Crow Wing County. Management is based upon professional natural resource management practices and techniques, Minnesota Statutes relating to the management of tax forfeited lands and County Board policies and directives. Some of the major activities include: Timber Harvest Program, Recreation, Land Sales, Land Exchanges, Leases, Forest Development Projects and Urban Management. A variety of aerial photographs, forest vegetation maps and topographical maps are available for viewing. The Natural Resource Management Staff welcomes your questions relating to County administered tax forfeited lands.