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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:
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For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this
section shall have the meanings given them.
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"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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"Created grassland" means a restoration using seeds
or plants with origins outside of the state of Minnesota.
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"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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Ecotype Region new text end |
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Counties or portions thereof: new text end |
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Rochester Plateau, Blufflands, and Oak Savanna new text end |
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Houston, Winona, Fillmore, Wabasha, Goodhue, Mower, Freeborn, Steele, Olmsted, Rice, Waseca, Dakota, Dodge new text end |
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Anoka Sand Plain, Big Woods, and St. Paul Baldwin Plains and Moraines new text end |
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Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, Chisago, Scott, Carver, McLeod, Wright, Benton, Isanti, Le Sueur, Sherburne new text end |
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Inner Coteau and Coteau Moraines new text end |
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Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock, Murray, Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood new text end |
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Red River Prairie (South) new text end |
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Traverse, Wilkin, Clay, Becker new text end |
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Red River Prairie (North) and Aspen Parklands new text end |
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Kittson, Roseau, Red Lake, Pennington, Marshall, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk, Norman new text end |
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Minnesota River Prairie (North) new text end |
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Big Stone, Pope, Stevens, Grant, Swift, Chippewa, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Renville, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine new text end |
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Minnesota River Prairie (South) new text end |
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Nicollet, Redwood, Brown, Watonwan, Martin, Faribault, Blue Earth, Sibley new text end |
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Hardwood Hills new text end |
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Douglas, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd new text end |
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"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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"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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"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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"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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