2007 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. The commissioner shall, to the extent feasible, work with
private individuals and groups to cause to be erected markers at either end of each native prairie
within a railroad right-of-way.
History: 1997 c 216 s 125; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 147