2006 Minnesota Statutes

88.79 STATE FOREST SERVICE TO PRIVATE OWNERS.
    Subdivision 1. Employment of competent foresters; service to private owners. The
commissioner of natural resources may employ competent foresters to furnish owners of forest
lands within the state of Minnesota who own not more than 1,000 acres of forest land, forest
management services consisting of:
(1) advice in management and protection of timber, including written stewardship and
forest management plans;
(2) selection and marking of timber to be cut;
(3) measurement of products;
(4) aid in marketing harvested products;
(5) provision of tree-planting equipment; and
(6) such other services as the commissioner of natural resources deems necessary or
advisable to promote maximum sustained yield of timber upon such forest lands.
    Subd. 2. Charge for service; receipts to special revenue fund. The commissioner of
natural resources may charge the owner receiving such services such sums as the commissioner
shall determine to be fair and reasonable. The charges must account for differences in the value
of timber. The receipts from such services shall be credited to the special revenue fund and are
annually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes specified in subdivision 1.
    Subd. 3. Cost-sharing of conservation practices. The commissioner of natural resources
may provide cost-sharing of conservation practices to nonindustrial owners of less than 5,000
acres of private land within this state, provided that the landowners successfully complete
conservation practices approved by the commissioner. The cost shared by the commissioner may
not exceed 75 percent of the actual cost of the conservation practice.
    Subd. 4. Rulemaking exemption. The charge for forest management services and
cost-sharing conservation practices under this section are not subject to the rulemaking provisions
of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
History: 1947 c 580 s 1; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1987 c 226 s 1; 1989 c 335
art 4 s 106; 1993 c 172 s 42; 1997 c 216 s 70; 2004 c 221 s 27; 2006 c 281 art 3 s 8