The July 4th 1999 catastrophic windstorm in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota presents a unique opportunity to explore the multiple effects of a severe wind-disturbance and post-wind-disturbance management activities on the successional trajectories of sub-boreal litter-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). During the summers of 2000-2003, we sampled two forest cover types (Pinus banksiana and Populus tremuloides/Betula papyrifera/conifer) to compare carabid beetle diversity, trap catches, and species composition between forest areas that were undisturbed (control), severely wind-disturbed (> 67% tree mortality), wind-disturbed-salvage-logged, and wind-disturbed-prescribed-burned. Carabids were captured in 32 plots using 192 unbaited pitfall traps with six traps randomly distributed within each plot. During the summers of 2000-2001, we caught 4,671 adults representing 35 species. Results indicate that there were minor differences among species diversity, trap catches, and species composition of carabids in P. banksiana and P. tremuloides/B. papyrifera/conifer forests. However, higher diversity, greater trap catches, and more distinct species composition of carabids were observed in the salvage-logged and prescribed-burned stands of both forest types. In 2001, Pterostichus melanarius, a long-established exotic species from Europe, was trapped in highest numbers in the prescribed-burned areas suggesting that even in remote areas, recently burned areas may be colonized by exotic carabid species. Overall, our results indicate that post-wind-disturbance management activities have the potential to change the successional trajectories of carabid beetles relative to naturally disturbed areas.