DETROIT LAKES, Minn. —The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources plans to buy almost all of the Toad Mountain site and turn it into a wildlife management area for things like hunting, hiking, wildlife observation, trapping and shore fishing, according to Erik Thorson, DNR area wildlife manager in Park Rapids, Minnesota.

He spoke to the Becker County Board on Tuesday, Aug. 19, which unanimously approved the plan.

The nonprofit Trust For Public Land is in the process of buying the property from owner Susan Carr , and will then sell it to the DNR in the first part of next year.

The total Toad Mountain site is valued at about $1.4 million by Becker County this year, but the sale price is being negotiated. It is considered private information, and will not be released until the sale goe

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