HF 669

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/12/2015 04:51pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; prohibiting the use of pollinator lethal insecticides
on wildlife management areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
86A.05, subdivision 8.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

State wildlife management area; purpose; resource and site
qualifications; administration.

(a) A state wildlife management area shall be established
to protect those lands and waters which have a high potential for wildlife production and
to develop and manage these lands and waters for the production of wildlife, for public
hunting, fishing, and trapping, and for other compatible outdoor recreational uses.

(b) No unit shall be authorized as a state wildlife management area unless its
proposed location substantially satisfies the following criteria:

(1) includes appropriate wildlife lands and habitat, including but not limited to
marsh or wetlands and the margins thereof, ponds, lakes, stream bottomlands, and
uplands, which permit the propagation and management of a substantial population of
the desired wildlife species; and

(2) includes an area large enough to ensure adequate wildlife management and
regulation of the permitted recreational uses.

(c) State wildlife management areas shall be administered by the commissioner of
natural resources in a manner which is consistent with the purposes of this subdivision to
perpetuate, and if necessary, reestablish quality wildlife habitat for maximum production
of a variety of wildlife species. Public hunting, fishing, trapping, and other uses shall
be consistent with the limitations of the resource, including the need to preserve an
adequate brood stock and prevent long-term habitat injury or excessive wildlife population
reduction or increase. Physical development may provide access to the area, but shall be
so developed as to minimize intrusion on the natural environment. new text begin The commissioner
shall not use a product, including seeds, containing a pollinator lethal insecticide, as
defined under section 18H.02, subdivision 28a, on a wildlife management area.
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