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103F.511 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.505 to
103F.535.
    Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources.
    Subd. 3. Conservation easement. "Conservation easement" means a conservation easement
as defined in section 84C.01.
    Subd. 4. Conservation reserve program. "Conservation reserve program" means the
program established under section 103F.515.
    Subd. 5. Drained wetland. "Drained wetland" means a former natural wetland that has been
altered by draining, dredging, filling, leveling, or other manipulation sufficient to render the land
suitable for agricultural crop production. The alteration must have occurred before December 23,
1985, and must be a legal alteration as determined by the commissioner of natural resources.
    Subd. 6. Landowner. "Landowner" means an individual or entity that is not prohibited from
owning agricultural land under section 500.24 and either owns eligible land or is purchasing
eligible land under a contract for deed.
    Subd. 7. Marginal agricultural land. "Marginal agricultural land" means land that is:
(1) composed of class IIIe, IVe, V, VI, VII, or VIII land as identified in the land capability
classification system of the United States Department of Agriculture; or
(2) similar to land described under clause (1) and identified under a land classification
system selected by the board.
    Subd. 8. Public waters. "Public waters" means waters and wetlands as defined in section
103G.005, and inventoried under section 103G.201.
    Subd. 8a. Riparian land. "Riparian land" means lands adjacent to public waters, drainage
systems, wetlands, or locally designated priority waters identified in a comprehensive local water
plan, as defined in section 103B.3363, subdivision 3.
    Subd. 9. Sensitive groundwater area. "Sensitive groundwater area" means a geographic
area defined by natural features where there is a significant risk of groundwater degradation from
activities conducted at or near the land surface. These areas may be identified by mapping or other
appropriate methods determined by the commissioner of natural resources and the Board of Water
and Soil Resources. Wellhead protection areas may be designated as a sensitive groundwater area.
    Subd. 10. Wetland. "Wetland" means land that has a predominance of hydric soils and that
is inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to
support, or that periodically does support, a predominance of hydrophytic vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
    Subd. 11. Windbreak. "Windbreak" means a strip or belt of trees, shrubs, or grass barriers at
least six rows deep and within 300 feet of the right-of-way of a highway.
History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 72; 1992 c 415 s 2; 2001 c 99 s 1

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