1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for silvicultural research.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.6 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the Natural 
1.7 	Resources Research Institute for silvicultural research to improve the quality and quantity 
1.8 	of timber fiber.  The appropriation must be matched in the amount of $200,000 each 
1.9 	year, in cash or in-kind contributions, from the forest products industry members of the 
1.10 	Minnesota Forest Productivity Research Cooperative.