1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; requiring the 
  1.3             commissioner of natural resources to negotiate to 
  1.4             protect old growth forest in Duluth. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [PROTECTION OF OLD GROWTH AREA.] 
  1.7      The commissioner of natural resources shall negotiate with 
  1.8   the city of Duluth, the Duluth Airport Authority, and other 
  1.9   federal, state, and local parties to identify and delineate the 
  1.10  land subject to the 1939 conveyance on Minnesota Point and 
  1.11  develop a management plan that will provide a level of 
  1.12  protection sufficient to ensure the continued ecological 
  1.13  integrity of the area and to prohibit further cutting of the old 
  1.14  growth forest area.