2002 Minnesota Statutes

     84.964 Interagency native vegetation task force. 

    (a) An interagency task force on native plant conservation 
 is established composed of the commissioners or their designees 
 of the departments of agriculture, natural resources, 
 transportation, and the pollution control agency and the 
 executive director or designee of the board of water and soil 
 resources.  The commissioner of natural resources or the 
 commissioner's designee shall chair the task force. 

    (b) The purpose of the task force is to identify priority 
 conservation needs for native plants and their habitats in the 
 ecological regions of the state, and to coordinate 
 implementation of interagency programs to address those needs.  
 The task force shall also ensure, to the greatest extent 
 practicable, that native plant species and communities are 
 maintained, enhanced, restored, or established on public lands, 
 and are promoted on private lands. 

    HIST: 1995 c 220 s 64