Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota Naturalist Corps is established under the direct control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources.
Subd. 2. Program. The commissioner of natural resources shall develop a program for the Minnesota Naturalist Corps that supports state parks in providing interpretation of the natural and cultural features of state parks in order to enhance visitors' awareness, understanding, and appreciation of those features and encourages the wise and sustainable use of the environment.
Subd. 3. Training and mentoring. The commissioner must develop and implement a training program that adequately prepares Minnesota Naturalist Corps members for the tasks assigned. Each corps member is assigned an interpretive naturalist as a mentor.
Subd. 4. Uniform pin. Uniforms worn by members of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps must have a pin that includes the name of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps and information that the program is funded by the clean water, land, and legacy amendment to the Minnesota Constitution adopted by the voters in November 2008.
Subd. 5. Eligibility. A person is eligible to enroll in the Minnesota Naturalist Corps if the person:
(1) is a permanent resident of the state;
(2) is a participant in an approved college internship program in a field related to natural resources, cultural history, interpretation, or conservation; and
(3) has completed at least one year of postsecondary education.
Subd. 6. Corps member status. Minnesota Naturalist Corps members are not eligible for unemployment benefits and are not eligible for other benefits except workers' compensation. The corps members are not employees of the state within the meaning of section 43A.02, subdivision 21.
Subd. 7. Employee displacement. The commissioner must certify that the assignment of Minnesota Naturalist Corps members will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers or workers on seasonal layoff or layoff from a substantially equivalent position, including partial displacement such as reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other employment benefits. The department may not terminate, lay off, reduce the seasonal hours of, or reduce the working hours of any employee for the purpose of using a corps member with available funds.
2009 c 172 art 3 s 8; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 17-20
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources
Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources
Section 84.01 — Department Of Natural Resources; Commissioner Appointment.
Section 84.025 — Contracts For Professional And Maintenance Services.
Section 84.026 — Contracts And Grants For Providing Natural Resources Services.
Section 84.0261 — Disposition Of Reimbursement From Natural Disasters.
Section 84.0262 — Rural Credit Records.
Section 84.0263 — Issuing Quitclaim Deeds.
Section 84.0264 — Federal Land And Water Conservation Funds.
Section 84.027 — Powers And Duties.
Section 84.0272 — Procedure In Acquiring Lands.
Section 84.0273 — Establishing Boundary Lines Relating To Certain State Landholdings.
Section 84.0274 — Landowners' Bill Of Rights.
Section 84.0276 — Land Transfers By A Federal Agency.
Section 84.0277 — Camp Ripley Buffer Easements.
Section 84.028 — Commissioner Of Natural Resources; Specific Assignments.
Section 84.0285 — Game And Fish Citation Quotas Prohibited.
Section 84.0286 — Conservation Officer Patrol Vehicle; Security Barrier; Exemption.
Section 84.029 — Recreational Areas On Public Land.
Section 84.03 — Additional Duties And Powers.
Section 84.033 — Scientific And Natural Areas.
Section 84.034 — Maintaining Cemetery; Whitewater Wildlife Management Area.
Section 84.035 — Peatland Protection.
Section 84.036 — Peatland Scientific And Natural Areas; Designation.
Section 84.081 — Department Divisions And Bureaus.
Section 84.083 — Assignment And Delegation Of Duties.
Section 84.0835 — Designation Of Employees For Limited Natural Resources Law Enforcement.
Section 84.084 — Transfer Of Funds.
Section 84.0845 — Advance Of Matching Funds.
Section 84.0846 — Natural Resource Seminars And Conferences.
Section 84.085 — Acceptance Of Gifts.
Section 84.0854 — Gift Card And Certificate Sales; Receipts; Transfers; Appropriation.
Section 84.0855 — Sales; Receipts; Appropriation.
Section 84.0856 — Fleet Management Account.
Section 84.0857 — Facilities Management Account.
Section 84.086 — Seals, Uniforms, And Badges.
Section 84.087 — Keeping Records And Orders.
Section 84.0872 — Specific Location Data.
Section 84.0873 — Data On Individuals Who Are Minors.
Section 84.0874 — Electronic Licensing System Data.
Section 84.0875 — Environmental Learning Centers.
Section 84.089 — Volunteers In Natural Resources Program.
Section 84.0894 — Enforcement Of Aquatic Plants And Endangered Species.
Section 84.0895 — Protection Of Threatened And Endangered Species.
Section 84.0896 — Trade In Prohibited Animal Parts Prohibited.
Section 84.091 — Aquatic Vegetation In Public Waters.
Section 84.0911 — Wild Rice Management Account.
Section 84.093 — Wild Ginseng.
Section 84.10 — Wild Rice Harvested In Certain Lakes.
Section 84.105 — Wild Rice Season.
Section 84.111 — Natural Wild Rice Harvesting.
Section 84.15 — Commissioner's Authority; Rice Harvesting.
Section 84.1525 — Stromatolites.
Section 84.153 — Property; Leasing, Renting.
Section 84.154 — Lac Qui Parle Water Control Project.
Section 84.155 — Conservation Projects; Beltrami Island, Pine Island.
Section 84.156 — Interest In Certain Lands Transferred To United States.
Section 84.161 — Land Acquisition For Certain Purposes.
Section 84.162 — Powers Of Commissioner; Flowage Rights.
Section 84.362 — Removal Of Structures.
Section 84.363 — Sale Of Dead And Down Timber.
Section 84.415 — Utility Licenses; Permits.
Section 84.42 — Violations; Penalties.
Section 84.523 — Bwca; Managing Minerals And Related Resources.
Section 84.525 — Maintaining Campsites In Bwca.
Section 84.625 — Conveying Conservation Easements.
Section 84.63 — Conveying Interests In Lands To State, Federal, And Tribal Governments.
Section 84.631 — Road Easements Across State Lands.
Section 84.632 — Conveyance Of Unneeded State Easements.
Section 84.633 — Exchanging Road Easements.
Section 84.64 — Conservation Restrictions.
Section 84.66 — Minnesota Forests For The Future Program.
Section 84.67 — Forests For The Future Revolving Account.
Section 84.69 — Natural Resources Conservation Easement Stewardship Account.
Section 84.76 — Apprentice Riders.
Section 84.765 — Operating Off-road Recreational Vehicles While Impaired.
Section 84.771 — Off-highway Vehicle Definition.
Section 84.773 — Restrictions On Operation.
Section 84.774 — Off-highway Vehicle Criminal Penalties.
Section 84.7741 — Off-highway Vehicle Forfeiture.
Section 84.775 — Off-highway Vehicle Civil Citations.
Section 84.777 — Off-highway Vehicles And Snowmobiles; Use Of State Lands Restricted.
Section 84.780 — Off-highway Vehicle Damage Account.
Section 84.781 — Use Of Department Resources.
Section 84.788 — Registration.
Section 84.789 — Requirements Of Makers Of Off-highway Motorcycles; Sound Emissions.
Section 84.79 — Rulemaking; Accident Report.
Section 84.791 — Education And Training.
Section 84.793 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.794 — Off-highway Motorcycle Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.7945 — Nonresidents; State Trail Pass For Off-highway Motorcycles.
Section 84.795 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation.
Section 84.798 — Registration.
Section 84.799 — Vehicle Identification Number.
Section 84.80 — Rulemaking; Accident Report.
Section 84.8015 — Education And Training.
Section 84.802 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.803 — Off-road Vehicle Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.8031 — Grant-in-aid Applications; Review Period.
Section 84.8035 — Off-road Vehicle State Trail Pass.
Section 84.804 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation.
Section 84.8045 — Restrictions On Off-road Vehicle Trails.
Section 84.82 — Exemptions; Collector Snowmobiles; Unlimited Use.
Section 84.8205 — Snowmobile State Trail Sticker.
Section 84.821 — Requirements Of Snowmobile Makers.
Section 84.83 — Snowmobile Trails And Enforcement Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.84 — Transfer Or Termination Of Snowmobile Ownership.
Section 84.85 — Licensing By Political Subdivisions.
Section 84.862 — Snowmobile Training Required.
Section 84.87 — Operation; Regulations By Political Subdivisions.
Section 84.871 — Equipment Requirements.
Section 84.8712 — Metal Traction Devices; Prohibition On Paved Trails.
Section 84.872 — Youthful Snowmobile Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.89 — Confiscating Snowmobile Used In Burglary.
Section 84.90 — Operating Limitations; Recreational Motor Vehicles.
Section 84.9011 — Off-highway Vehicle Safety And Conservation Program.
Section 84.911 — Reports Of Death.
Section 84.915 — Land Use For Certain Vehicles Restricted.
Section 84.922 — Registration.
Section 84.923 — Requirements Of Makers Of All-terrain Vehicles.
Section 84.924 — Rulemaking; Accident Report.
Section 84.925 — Education And Training Program.
Section 84.9256 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.926 — Vehicle Use On Public Lands; Exceptions.
Section 84.927 — All-terrain Vehicle Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.9275 — Nonresidents; State Trail Pass For All-terrain Vehicles.
Section 84.928 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation.
Section 84.930 — Motorized Trail Grants-in-aid.
Section 84.94 — Aggregate Planning And Protection.
Section 84.942 — Fish And Wildlife Management Plans.
Section 84.943 — Minnesota Critical Habitat Private Sector Matching Account.
Section 84.944 — Acquiring Critical Natural Habitat.
Section 84.946 — Natural Resources Asset Preservation And Replacement (nrapr).
Section 84.95 — Reinvest In Minnesota Resources Fund.
Section 84.96 — Native Prairie Bank.
Section 84.961 — Prairie Land Management.
Section 84.963 — Prairie Plant Seed Production Areas; Prairie Establishment Guidance.
Section 84.97 — Controlled Burning.
Section 84.972 — Prairie And Grasslands Public Grazing Program.
Section 84.973 — Pollinator Habitat Program.
Section 84.975 — Shoreland Management Grants.
Section 84.976 — No Child Left Inside; Grant Program.
Section 84.9765 — Outdoor Engagement Grant Account.