2001 Minnesota Statutes

     219.99 Railroad prairie right-of-way; best management 
  practices. 

    The commissioner of natural resources shall conduct a field 
 review of railroad rights-of-way to identify native prairie.  
 The priority will be to identify and conduct a field review of 
 any surveys which have been conducted previously, whether by 
 public or private persons, of native prairies within railroad 
 rights-of-way in this state.  In cooperation with railroad 
 companies, the commissioner shall identify management practices 
 used to control vegetation along railroad rights-of-way.  The 
 commissioner shall then assess the impact of those management 
 practices on the prairie lands within the railroad rights-of-way.
 Based on that assessment, the commissioner and railroad 
 companies shall jointly develop voluntary best management 
 practices for prairie lands within railroad rights-of-way. 

    HIST: 1997 c 216 s 125