2008 Natural Resources Legislation A Summary of the Actions of the 2008 Regular Session Eighty‐Fifth Minnesota Legislature Minnesota Department of Natural Resources July 2008 For further information please contact: Bob Meier Assistant Commissioner of Policy & Government Relations 651‐259‐5024
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[email protected] Website Reference: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/ Department of Natural Resources Legislative Summary Table of Contents CAPITAL BONDING 2008 Page 3 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Page 15 LANDS AND MINERALS Page 17 WATERS Page 40 FORESTRY Page 49 PARKS AND RECREATION Page 64 TRAILS AND WATERWAYS Page 74 FISH AND WILDLIFE Page 79 ECOLOGICAL SERVICES Page 130 ENFORCEMENT Page 135 MANAGEMENT RESOURCES Page 137 OMBS Page 138 ENERGY AND CLIMATE Page 139 LCCMR Page 144 BWSR Page 145 2 2008 CAPITAL BUDGET Chapter 179 HF 380 SF 3295 Omnibus Capital Investment Bill The omnibus bonding bill authorizes spending to acquire and better public lands and buildings, issuing bonds, and appropriating money. Sec. 7, Subd. 1. Total Appropriation. $104,805,000 To the commissioner of natural resources for the purposes specified in this Section. The appropriations in this section are subject to the requirements of the natural resources capital improvement program under Minnesota Statutes, sec. 86A.12, unless this section or the statutes referred to in this section provide more specific standards, criteria, or priorities for projects than Minnesota Statutes, sec. 86A.12. To the extent possible, prairie restorations funded in whole or in part with this appropriation must be made using best management practices for native prairie species of a local ecotype as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Sec.