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CHAPTER 6284, WILD RICE

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Table of Parts
Part Title
6284.0100 MR 1997 [Obsolete, MS s 14.47, subd. 6, paragraph (b)]
6284.0200 MR 1997 [Obsolete, MS s 14.47, subd. 6, paragraph (b)]
6284.0300 METHODS OF HARVESTING WILD RICE.
6284.0400 PERMIT REQUIRED ON FEDERALLY DESIGNATED AREAS.
6284.0500 HARVESTING WILD RICE IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS.
6284.0600 HARVESTING WILD RICE IN WHITE EARTH, LEECH LAKE, BOIS FORTE, GRAND PORTAGE, FOND DU LAC, AND MILLE LACS INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
6284.0700 HARVESTING WILD RICE IN LEECH LAKE RESERVATION.

6284.0100

MR 1997 [Obsolete, MS s 14.47, subd. 6, paragraph (b)]

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

6284.0200

MR 1997 [Obsolete, MS s 14.47, subd. 6, paragraph (b)]

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

6284.0300 METHODS OF HARVESTING WILD RICE.

In addition to the restrictions in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.111, a boat, skiff, or canoe may not have any extension or appliance built onto it or attached to it which will increase its normal or ordinary height or its capacity to carry wild rice. Flails used to harvest wild rice must be round and smooth.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 84.14

History:

18 SR 83

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

6284.0400 PERMIT REQUIRED ON FEDERALLY DESIGNATED AREAS.

A person must obtain the required federal permits before harvesting wild rice in Voyageur's National Park, on the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, or on the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 84.14

History:

18 SR 83

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

6284.0500 HARVESTING WILD RICE IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS.

All wildlife management areas are open to the harvest of wild rice, except as specifically closed by posting or rule.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 84.14; 84.152

History:

18 SR 83; 19 SR 2222; 24 SR 644

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

6284.0600 HARVESTING WILD RICE IN WHITE EARTH, LEECH LAKE, BOIS FORTE, GRAND PORTAGE, FOND DU LAC, AND MILLE LACS INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

Subpart 1.

Allowable methods for harvesting.

The methods for harvesting wild rice on public waters within the original boundaries of the White Earth, Leech Lake, Bois Forte, Grand Portage, Fond du Lac, and Mille Lacs Indian reservations are subject to the provisions of this chapter, to the extent these provisions are not inconsistent with this part.

Subp. 2.

Persons eligible to harvest.

Only the commissioner, tribal members, and persons who are residents of the reservation on which they are harvesting, may harvest or gather wild rice within the boundaries of the reservation.

Subp. 3.

Wild rice management.

The harvest of all native wild rice within a reservation is managed by the wild rice committee of that reservation's business committee. Every member of a wild rice committee is appointed a deputy director of the wild rice harvest.

Subp. 4.

Open dates for harvesting in reservations.

The opening date, days, and hours of harvest must be established by the wild rice committees not less than 24 hours prior to the designated opening and must be publicly announced by issuance of a news release.

Subp. 5.

Alterations to open dates in reservations.

Once opened, the wild rice committees may alter the days and the hours of harvest on any of the waters by posting notice of the change at the major entrances to the waters affected not less than 12 hours prior to the time the alterations are to take effect.

Subp. 6.

Harvesting license required in reservations.

Persons, other than tribal members, harvesting wild rice within a reservation must possess a license to harvest wild rice.

Subp. 7.

Dealer license required in reservations.

Every non-Indian wild rice buyer purchasing wild rice on a reservation must possess a wild rice dealer's license.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 84.14

History:

18 SR 83

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

6284.0700 HARVESTING WILD RICE IN LEECH LAKE RESERVATION.

Subpart 1.

Allowable methods for harvesting.

In addition to the following subparts, the methods for harvesting on public waters within the original boundaries of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation are subject to the provisions of this chapter to the extent that these provisions are not inconsistent with this part.

Subp. 2.

Permit requirements in the reservation.

Persons eligible to harvest wild rice in the reservation must adequately identify themselves to the reservation business committee or its agents and obtain a reservation permit to harvest wild rice. The reservation business committee may charge a fee for reservation permits. The fee for reservation permits sold to nontribal members must be the same as that charged to tribal members. The reservation permit must be carried upon the person while engaged in harvesting and displayed to authorized state or reservation conservation officers upon request.

Subp. 3.

Harvesting license required in reservation.

Persons, other than tribal members, harvesting wild rice on the reservation must possess a license to harvest wild rice in addition to the reservation permit.

Subp. 4.

Dealer license required in reservation.

Non-Indian wild rice buyers buying wild rice within the reservation must possess a buyer's permit from the reservation business committee in addition to a state wild rice dealer's license.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 84.14

History:

18 SR 83

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008

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