2007 Minnesota Statutes

84.155 CONSERVATION PROJECTS; BELTRAMI ISLAND, PINE ISLAND.
    Subdivision 1. Certain leases between the state and the United States of America ratified
and approved. Leases entered into between the United States of America and the state of
Minnesota, through the commissioner of conservation, under date of August 2, 1940, demising to
the state of Minnesota federal owned lands in what are known as the Beltrami and Pine Island
areas, located in the counties of Koochiching, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, and Beltrami, in the
state of Minnesota, for a period of 50 years, are hereby in all things ratified and approved.
    Subd. 2. Beltrami Island conservation project created. For the purpose of protecting,
preserving, and managing wild life, forest and water resources, there is hereby established the
Beltrami Island conservation project consisting of all lands within the descriptions hereinafter
contained. All public lands, except tax forfeited lands, lying within these areas are hereby set
aside and reserved from sale. These areas shall comprise the following lands and waters in
Beltrami County, Minnesota:
All of Townships 155 and 156, North, in Ranges 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 West of the fifth
principal meridian:
All of Townships 157 and 158, North, in Ranges 36 and 37 West of the fifth principal
meridian:
and the following described lands and waters in the Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota:
All of Township 157, North, Range 32 West of the fifth principal meridian:
All of Townships 157, 158 and 159, North, in Range 33 West of the fifth principal meridian:
All of Townships 157, 158, 159 and 160, North, in Range 34 West of the fifth principal
meridian:
All of Townships 157, 158, 159 and 160, North, in Range 35 West of the fifth principal
meridian:
All of Townships 159 and 160, North, in Range 36 West of the fifth principal meridian:
and the following described lands and waters in Roseau County, Minnesota:
The South one-half of Township 161, North, in Range 35 West of the fifth principal meridian:
The South one-half of Township 161, North, in Range 36 West of the fifth principal meridian:
All of Townships 159 and 160 and the South two-thirds of Township 161, North, in Range
37 West of the fifth principal meridian, and
The East two-thirds of Township 160, North, in Range 38 West of the fifth principal meridian.
    Subd. 3. Pine Island conservation project created. For the purpose of protecting,
preserving and managing wild life, forest and water resources, there is hereby established the Pine
Island conservation project consisting of all lands within the descriptions hereinafter contained.
All public lands, except tax-forfeited lands, lying within these areas are hereby set aside and
reserved from sale. These areas shall comprise the following lands and waters in Koochiching
County, Minnesota:
All of Townships 64 and 65, North, in Range 24 and 25 West of the fourth principal meridian:
All of Townships 64, 65, 66 and 67, North, in Range 26 West of the fourth principal meridian:
All of the lands in Townships 64, 65, 66 and 67, North, in Range 27 West of the fourth
principal meridian:
All of Township 152; the South one-half of Township 153; all of Townships 155 and 156; the
West two-thirds of Township 157 and that portion of Township 158, North, situated south of the
center line of Black River, all in Range 25 West of the fifth principal meridian:
All of Township 152, North; the South one-half of Township 153; the North one-half of
Township 155; all of Townships 156 and 157 and that portion of Township 158, North, situated
south of the center line of Black River, all in Range 26 West of the fifth principal meridian:
All of Townships 153 and 154; the North one-half of Township 155; all of Townships 156
and 157, and that portion of Township 158, North, situated south of the center line of Black River
and east of that branch of the Black River which flows north through Sections 33 and 28, in
Range 27 West of the fifth principal meridian:
All of Townships 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 and 158 and the West one-third of Township 159,
North, in Range 28 West of the fifth principal meridian; and
All of Townships 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158 and 159, North, in Range 29 West of the
fifth principal meridian.
    Subd. 4. Lands to be under management of commissioner. All public lands except
tax-forfeited lands, owned by the state of Minnesota, as well as lands owned by the United States
and leased by the state of Minnesota within the Beltrami and Pine Island projects shall be under
the management and control of the commissioner, who shall have authority to negotiate for and
enter into on behalf of the state of Minnesota, leases for hay stumpage and timber stumpage at
such fees and prices as the commissioner may determine reasonable and just.
    Subd. 5. Commissioner to make rules. Within the boundaries of the Beltrami Island and
Pine Island areas, the commissioner is hereby given full power and authority to make, establish,
promulgate, and enforce all necessary rules for the care, preservation, protection, breeding,
propagation, and disposition of any and all species of wild life therein and the regulation, issuance,
sale, and revocation of special licenses or special permits for hunting, fishing, trapping, camping
and other uses within the areas not inconsistent with the terms of this section. The commissioner
shall have the power and authority to declare the terms and conditions of such licenses and
permits and the charges to be made therefor. The commissioner may issue rules specifying and
controlling the terms under and by which any wild animals may be taken, captured, or killed
therein or under and by which fur-bearing animals having commercial value may be sold and
transported. The commissioner may regulate and effect the sale of merchantable timber from such
lands as are owned or leased by the state; provided, authority as to the leased lands shall not
exceed that provided in the leases.
    Subd. 6. Two accounts created; disposition of receipts. There shall be created two
accounts, one to be known as the Beltrami Island conservation account and the other as the Pine
Island conservation account. All income and revenue received by virtue of all hay and stumpage
leases, timber sales, sales of special licenses and permits, as hereinabove provided, from each
of the areas described in this section, shall be paid in to the state treasury and credited to that
account bearing the name of the project from which the income was derived. These sums are
hereby appropriated for the purpose of administering said areas in accordance with the terms of
this section and the terms of the leases herein referred to as having been approved and ratified
and for making repairs and replacements on the properties leased as provided by the leases.
Any portion of income or revenue not needed for the above purposes may be used, subject to
the mutual agreement between the state of Minnesota and the United States provided for in the
leases, covering the acquisition by the state of Minnesota of additional lands to block in, round
out and enlarge its holdings. Nothing herein contained shall alter, modify, or change the method
of handling revenue or income provided for in Laws 1929, chapter 258, from lands now in the
public domain under the provisions of that act and nothing herein contained shall alter, modify, or
change the method of handling revenue or income provided for in Laws 1929, chapter 258, from
lands now in the public domain under the provisions of this section.
History: 1941 c 215 s 2-6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106