 The survey also found that for Democrats, the most serious issue that the country faces are gun violence and climate change. Republicans ranked inflation and illegal immigration as their top concerns. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Office of School Trust Lands, and the U.S. Forest Service Superior National Forest are planning to transfer approximately 80,000 acres of school trust lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to federal ownership benefiting Minnesota's public education system.