2007 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.
History: 1995 c 220 s 79,141,142; 1995 c 263 s 12; 1996 c 351 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 115,191;
1Sp2001 c 2 s 151; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 108