(a) The department shall manage and control each project approved and accepted under section 84A.20. The department may adopt and enforce rules for the purposes in section 84A.20, subdivision 1, for the prevention of forest fires in the projects, and for the sale of merchantable timber from lands so acquired by the state when, in the opinion of the department, the timber may be sold and removed without damage to the project.
(b) These rules may relate to the care, preservation, protection, breeding, propagation, and disposition of any species of wildlife in the project and the regulation, issuance, sale, and revocation of special licenses or special permits for hunting, fishing, camping, and other uses of the areas consistent with applicable state law.
(c) The department may provide for the policing of each project as needed for the proper development, use, and protection of the project and its purposes. The commissioner of natural resources may employ and designate individuals according to section 84.0835 to enforce laws governing the use of the projects.
(d) Lands within a project are subject to these rules, whether owned by the state or privately, consistent with the rights of the private owners or with applicable state law. The rules must be published once in one qualified newspaper in each county affected and take effect after publication. They must also be posted on the boundaries of each project affected.
(6452-2) 1931 c 407 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 37; 2004 c 260 s 5
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation
Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation
Section 84A.01 — Red Lake Game Preserve.
Section 84A.02 — Department To Manage Preserve.
Section 84A.03 — Red Lake Game Preserve Fund.
Section 84A.07 — Preserve Lands To Be Held By State.
Section 84A.09 — Gifts Received.
Section 84A.10 — Eminent Domain.
Section 84A.101 — Rule Violation; Misdemeanor.
Section 84A.20 — County Action To Set Off Areas.
Section 84A.21 — Department To Manage Projects.
Section 84A.22 — Disposal Of Proceeds.
Section 84A.23 — County Auditor To Certify Tax-delinquent Lands.
Section 84A.26 — Project Lands To Be Held By State.
Section 84A.27 — Project Lands Classified.
Section 84A.28 — Department To Accept Gifts.
Section 84A.29 — Eminent Domain.
Section 84A.30 — Rules Violation A Misdemeanor.
Section 84A.31 — State Reforestation Projects.
Section 84A.32 — Department To Manage Projects.
Section 84A.33 — County Auditors To Certify Tax-delinquent Lands.
Section 84A.36 — Lands To Be Held By State.
Section 84A.37 — Commissioner Of Management And Budget To Certify List To Department.
Section 84A.38 — Department To Accept Gifts.
Section 84A.39 — Eminent Domain.
Section 84A.40 — County May Assume Bonds.
Section 84A.42 — Rules Violation; Misdemeanor.
Section 84A.50 — Certain Certificates Accepted And Validated.
Section 84A.51 — Consolidated Conservation Areas Account.
Section 84A.52 — Accounts; Examination, Appropriation, Payment.
Section 84A.53 — Receipts Not Credited To Consolidated Account.
Section 84A.54 — Collections Deposited In Consolidated Account.
Section 84A.55 — Commissioner's Control Of Conservation Lands.
Section 84A.56 — Consolidated Conservation Land Acquisition And Disposition.
Section 84A.57 — Certain Tax-forfeited Land Held In Trust For County.