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Tending Norway Pine seedlings at Carlos Avery Game Farm

Anoka Conservation District photograph of Norway Pine seedlings in their second year of growth in the Department of Natural Resource Nursery at Carlos Avery before lifting for sale to forestry cooperators. Julius Edwards, soil conservationist on left; Alex Gurtin, district forester, on right. Photograph was taken June 28, 1972, by USDA-Soil Conservation Service SCS-CART-164 Rev.7.90.

Entrance to the Carlos Avery Game Farm

Main gate of the Carlos Avery Game Farm, with buildings in the background, photograph taken Fall, 1992. Located at 5463 Broadway Avenue, Columbus, MN. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Carlos Avery Game Farm

In the mid-twentieth century, Anoka County's Carlos Avery Game Farm helped to build populations of dwindling game bird species, such as the bob white quail, chukar partridge, and ring-necked pheasant. A National Register-listed historic district since 1991, it is now part of the nearly 25,000-acre Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and has become a reserve for deer, waterfowl, and other woodland animals and birds.

Samuel H. Morgan Land Fund logo

Samuel H. Morgan Land Fund logo.

Samuel H. Morgan

Samuel H. Morgan, ca 1990s.

William O’Brien State Park

William O’Brien State Park, September 26, 1998.

Gateway State Trail

Gateway State Trail, St. Paul. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, June 11, 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Afton State Park

Beach in Afton State Park. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, September 15, 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riverside trail in William O’Brien State Park

View of the St. Croix River from the Riverside Trail in William O’Brien State Park. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morgan, Samuel Huntington (1911–2000)

Samuel Huntington Morgan was a long-time attorney regarded as a champion of Minnesota's outdoors. His advocacy efforts helped create, preserve, or expand many of the state's most popular open spaces, including Fort Snelling State Park, Lilydale Regional Park, Afton State Park, and the Gateway State Trail.

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