Section 89.27 — Land Suitable For Reforestation Withdrawn From Sale.
89.27 LAND SUITABLE FOR REFORESTATION WITHDRAWN FROM SALE. All lands owned, controlled, or held in trust by the state, which lands would be overflowed by the complete and full development of the water powers referred to in section 89.26 are hereby reserved and withdrawn from sale in order that they may be overflowed by the […]
Section 89.28 — Pulpwood Investigation.
89.28 PULPWOOD INVESTIGATION. The commissioner shall make an investigation of the possibility of the state securing by purchase or condemnation water powers in the vicinity of state lands wherein pulpwood is now growing or upon which it may be profitably grown in the future. For such purpose the commissioner may call upon the state drainage […]
Section 89.35 — Tree Planting.
89.35 TREE PLANTING. Subdivision 1. Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply to sections 89.35 to 89.39. (a) “Tree” means any species of tree, woody perennial, shrub, or vine approved by the commissioner for the purposes authorized in sections 89.35 to 89.39, except cultivated varieties that are capable of producing fruit for human consumption. (b) […]
Section 89.36 — Producing And Procuring Planting Stock.
89.36 PRODUCING AND PROCURING PLANTING STOCK. Subdivision 1. Production at state nurseries. The commissioner of natural resources may produce tree planting stock for the purposes of sections 89.35 to 89.39 upon any lands under control of the commissioner which may be deemed suitable and available therefor so far as not inconsistent with other uses to […]
Section 89.18 — Roads Through State Forests.
89.18 ROADS THROUGH STATE FORESTS. No public highway, other than a state trunk highway, shall be established or laid out through any state forest as the same shall be created and withdrawn from public sale and entry by existing or subsequent act, without the consent of the commissioner, certified in writing to the public authority […]
Section 89.19 — Rules.
89.19 RULES. Subdivision 1. Rulemaking authority. The commissioner may prescribe rules governing the use of forest lands under the authority of the commissioner and state forest roads, or any parts thereof, by the public and governing the exercise by holders of leases or permits on forest lands and state forest roads of all their rights […]
Section 89.03 — Advancing Education.
89.03 ADVANCING EDUCATION. The commissioner may advance education in forestry within the state by publications and lectures, and upon the invitation of the director of the School of Forestry of the University of Minnesota may cooperate with the school, and the school shall furnish such aid to the commissioner as, in the circumstances, is consistent […]
Section 89.031 — Management And Control.
89.031 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL. All state forest lands shall be under the management and control of the commissioner who shall have authority to make, establish, promulgate and enforce all necessary rules not inconsistent with the laws of the state for the care and management of state forest lands. History: 1943 c 171 s 2; 1961 […]
Section 89.032 — Acquiring Land.
89.032 ACQUIRING LAND. Subdivision 1. Acquiring for state use and development. The commissioner may acquire administrative sites or rights-of-way by eminent domain, in the manner provided by law, or by purchase any lands or interest in lands in the state forests as created by law, which the commissioner deems necessary for state use, and development. […]
Section 89.033 — Gifts.
89.033 GIFTS. The commissioner may accept for and in behalf of the state, any gift, bequest, devise, or grant of land or interest in lands in any state forests, or of money or personal property of any kind, which the commissioner may deem suitable for use in connection with the operation, control, development, or use […]