Looking for our woodland owner survey?
We recently invited some owners of woodland in Itasca, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard and Beltrami counties to complete a brief online survey. If you received a survey invitation letter from us, please click this link to complete the survey. You will need the 4-digit access code from your letter.
Questions? Text, call or email Eli Sagor at 218-409-6115 or esagor@umn.edu.
If you did not receive a survey invitation from us, please disregard this message.
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