HF 1913

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; defining certain terms; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [84.02] DEFINITIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this
section shall have the meanings given them.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Best management practice for native prairie restoration. new text end

new text begin "Best
management practice for native prairie restoration" means using seeds collected from a
native prairie within the same county or within 25 miles of the county's border, but not
across the boundary of an ecotype region.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Created grassland. new text end

new text begin "Created grassland" means a restoration using seeds
or plants with origins outside of the state of Minnesota.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Ecotype region. new text end

new text begin "Ecotype region" means the following ecological
subsections and counties based on the Department of Natural Resources map, "County
Landscape Groupings Based on Ecological Subsections," dated February 15, 2007.
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new text begin Ecotype Region new text end	new text begin Counties or portions thereof: new text end
new text begin Rochester Plateau, Blufflands, and Oak Savanna new text end	new text begin Houston, Winona, Fillmore, Wabasha, Goodhue, Mower, Freeborn, Steele, Olmsted, Rice, Waseca, Dakota, Dodge new text end
new text begin Anoka Sand Plain, Big Woods, and St. Paul Baldwin Plains and Moraines new text end	new text begin Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, Chisago, Scott, Carver, McLeod, Wright, Benton, Isanti, Le Sueur, Sherburne new text end
new text begin Inner Coteau and Coteau Moraines new text end	new text begin Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock, Murray, Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood new text end
new text begin Red River Prairie (South) new text end	new text begin Traverse, Wilkin, Clay, Becker new text end
new text begin Red River Prairie (North) and Aspen Parklands new text end	new text begin Kittson, Roseau, Red Lake, Pennington, Marshall, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk, Norman new text end
new text begin Minnesota River Prairie (North) new text end	new text begin Big Stone, Pope, Stevens, Grant, Swift, Chippewa, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Renville, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine new text end
new text begin Minnesota River Prairie (South) new text end	new text begin Nicollet, Redwood, Brown, Watonwan, Martin, Faribault, Blue Earth, Sibley new text end
new text begin Hardwood Hills new text end	new text begin Douglas, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Native prairie. new text end

new text begin "Native prairie" means land that has never been plowed
where native prairie vegetation originating from the site currently predominates or, if
disturbed, is predominantly covered with native prairie vegetation that originated from the
site. Unbroken pasture land used for livestock grazing can be considered native prairie if it
has predominantly native vegetation originating from the site and conservation practices
have maintained biological diversity.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Native prairie species of a local ecotype. new text end

new text begin "Native prairie species of a local
ecotype" means a genetically differentiated population of a species that has at least one
trait (morphological, biochemical, fitness, or phenological) that is evolutionarily adapted
to local environmental conditions, notably plant competitors, pathogens, pollinators, soil
microorganisms, growing season length, climate, hydrology, and soil.
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new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Restored native prairie. new text end

new text begin "Restored native prairie" means a restoration
using at least 25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species of a
local ecotype originating in the same county as the restoration site or within 25 miles of
the county's border, but not across the boundary of an ecotype region.
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new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Restored prairie. new text end

new text begin "Restored prairie" means a restoration using at least
25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species from the same
ecotype region in which the restoration occurs.
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