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Pine County board reaffirms plan to classify 200-acre Wilma Township parcel as nonconservation and sell it
Summary
After a public hearing, the Pine County Board reaffirmed a March resolution to reclassify a 200-acre tax-forfeited parcel in Wilma Township as nonconservation and proceed toward auction, prompting objections from township residents worried about loss of public land.
The Pine County Board of Commissioners on Friday held a public hearing and voted to reaffirm Resolution 2025-14, authorizing reclassification of a 200‑acre tax‑forfeit parcel in Wilma Township as nonconservation and the county’s intent to sell the property at public auction.
County Auditor‑Treasurer Kelly Schroeder explained the proposal and the tax‑forfeit management process. “We are here for a public hearing for some tax forfeit lands that the county was intending to reclassify as nonconservation,” Schroeder said, and she emphasized the board’s distinction between pre‑June 2016 forfeitures (managed under older statutes) and later forfeitures subject to state settlement and newer rules.
The reaffirmed action starts a sale process for a parcel that forfeited in 1938 and that county staff proposed splitting into three lots — about 40 acres, 100 acres and 60…
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