HF 1423

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/20/2023 06:55pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; appropriating money for elk reintroduction.

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

Section 1. new text begin FOND DU LAC BAND ELK REINTRODUCTION; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of natural resources for a grant to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to
expand Minnesota's wild elk population and range. Consideration must be given to moving
elk from existing herds in northwest Minnesota to the area of the Fond du Lac State Forest
and the Fond du Lac Reservation in Carlton and southern St. Louis Counties. The Fond du
Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's elk reintroduction efforts must undergo thorough
planning with the Department of Natural Resources to develop necessary capture and
handling protocols, including protocols related to cervid disease management, and to produce
postrelease state and Tribal elk comanagement plans. This is a onetime appropriation.
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