DNR accepting comments on environmental review documents for Twig Area Trail Riders ATV Trail System

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments through Oct. 1 on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for an all-terrain vehicle project that would include approximately 510 miles of roadway and natural surface trail alignments in Carlton and St. Louis counties as part of the Twig Area Trail Riders’ proposed trail system.

The proposed project would utilize existing trails, construct trail segments, and allow for seasonal (spring, summer, and fall) motorized all-terrain vehicle and off-highway motorcycle use. The proposed project aims to connect communities in Carlton and St. Louis counties to the trail system.

The EAW was published in the Sept. 1 edition of the EQB Monitor (eqb.state.mn.us/eqb-monitor).

A copy of the EAW is available on the project page of the DNR website (mndnr.gov/input/environmentalreview/twig-area-trail.html).

A hard copy of the EAW may be requested by calling 651-259-5101 and is available for public review at the following libraries:

• DNR Library, 500 Lafayette Road N, St. Paul, MN 55155
• Carlton Public Library, 310 Chestnut Ave., Carlton, MN 55718
• Moose Lake Public Library, 313 Elm Ave., Moose Lake, MN 55767
• Cloquet Public Library, 320 14th St., Cloquet, MN 55720
• Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN, 55802
• Virginia Public Library, 215 S 5th Ave., Virginia MN 55792

Comments must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2026.

• Comments should be submitted online at Comments for Twig Area Trail Riders ATV Trail System EAW (mndnr.commentinput.com/?id=R5gYATEe3); or
• Mailed to Twig Area Trail Riders ATV Trail System EAW Project Manager, Environmental Review Unit, Ecological and Water Resources Division, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road N, St. Paul, MN 55155.

Anyone who provides a mailing address or submits online comments will receive a copy of the subsequent decision document, which will include responses to comments. Because all comments and related information are part of the public record for this environmental review, commenters’ names as well as email or postal addresses will be published and publicly available as they appear in the materials commenters submit.

###