2001 Minnesota Statutes

     89A.02 Policy. 

    It is the policy of the state to: 

    (1) pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection 
 of the state's forest resources to achieve the state's economic, 
 environmental, and social goals; 

    (2) encourage cooperation and collaboration between public 
 and private sectors in the management of the state's forest 
 resources; 

    (3) recognize and consider forest resource issues, 
 concerns, and impacts at the site and landscape levels; and 

    (4) recognize the broad array of perspectives regarding the 
 management, use, and protection of the state's forest resources, 
 and establish processes and mechanisms that seek and incorporate 
 these perspectives in the planning and management of the state's 
 forest resources. 

    Nothing in this chapter abolishes, repeals, or negates any 
 existing authorities related to managing and protecting the 
 state's forest resources. 

    HIST: 1995 c 220 s 79; 1999 c 231 s 115 

*   NOTE:  This section, as added by Laws 1995, chapter 220, 
*section 79, is repealed by Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 141, 
*paragraph (b), effective June 30, 2007.  Laws 1995, chapter 220, 
*section 142, as amended by Laws 1995, chapter 263, section 12; 
*Laws 1996, chapter 351, section 1; Laws 1999, chapter 231, 
*section 191; and Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2, 
*section 151.