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The Aitkin County Land Department (ACLD) is responsible for managing the natural resources on the approx. 222,000 acres of Aitkin County tax forfeited lands that are located in our county. We do this in a variety of ways by managing the timber, the recreational opportunities, and the roads that are on these lands to provide access for different reasons to the lands.

Our objective is to manage these lands in an environmentally, economically, and socially sound manner. Management of these lands primarily consists of forest management, recreation, and land sales.

The Land Department is also involved with many wildlife groups in seeding for particular species of animals - grouse and deer. Many recreational opportunities are available on the over 222,000 acres of tax forfeited land. The three abandoned railroad Right of Ways in Aitkin County have been purchased by the County to provide corridor trails for snowmobile and ATV trails, along with providing logging access to tax forfeited lands.

The Land Department also holds one land sale per year. Certain parcels of land are approved for sale each year. Each of these sale parcels have to be approved by many different agencies before being approved for sale. Much of the tax forfeited land is not offered for sale, but is retained for forest management and recreation use.

The Land Department consists of the Land Commissioner - Mark Jacobs, Assistant Land Commissioner - Beth Jacqmain, 4 Foresters, Recreation Forester, Forestry/Park Tech, an Inventory Specialist, Survey Tech and crew, Parks Foreman, GIS Specialist, Survey Coordinator, and Deputy Land Commissioner.