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Farm damage

A farm as it appeared in the aftermath of the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

Tornado debris

Tornado debris in a ditch in the aftermath of the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

Chandler-Lake Wilson High School

The exterior of Chandler-Lake Wilson High School as it appeared in June 1992, after the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado.

Tornado damage in Chandler

Survivors inspect property damage in Chandler after the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

Main Street, Chandler

Main Street in Chandler after the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

Chandler grain elevator after the tornado

A grain elevator in Chandler after the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

Dr. William S. Cooper, head of the botany department at the University of Minnesota, urged a newly formed committee of the Minnesota Academy of Science to purchase part of the Anoka Sand Plain in 1937. The Cedar Creek Forest was a bit of natural Minnesota worthy of active protection from disturbance, he believed. He and others would help establish and protect what became the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, about thirty miles north of the Twin Cities.