Lake Bemidji State Park's storm cleanup effort brings staff, community together

BEMIDJI — In June, Lake Bemidji State Park was hit overnight with a natural disaster larger than anyone could have imagined. In the early morning of June 21, a storm with wind speeds equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane tore a path roughly 10 miles wide through Beltrami County. Across DNR-managed lands in the region, more than 1,100 acres were impacted. Within Lake Bemidji State Park alone, about 300 acres were forever changed —...