Creating the Minnesota forests for the future program to identify and protect private working forest lands; defining certain terms; providing for land eligibility; authorizing commissioner of natural resources to acquire permanent interests in lands by fee title, easement acquisition, gift or donation; specifying an application process; authorizing the commissioner to develop an advisory team for program management; providing for the correction and termination of easements under certain conditions; providing for payments to landowners; requiring the commissioner to establish a monitoring and enforcement program for future easements; providing a rulemaking exemption for certain easements
(me)