LAKES AND PONDS

Access

Sites, see WATER ACCESS SITES

Streets and roads, costs, payment from state park road account, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.06

Aeration systems, see PUBLIC WATERS

Aquaculture, see Waters under AQUACULTURE

Aquatic management areas

Criteria for establishment, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.05

Land acquisition for critical aquatic habitat, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.02

Master plans, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.09

Aquatic plants, see AQUATIC PLANTS

Beaches, see BEACHES

Beds, stabilization, fill, permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0190 to 6115.0192

Boating facilities, see BOATHOUSES AND LAUNCHING FACILITIES

Boats, see BOATS AND BOATING

Boundary waters, see under WATERS (GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES)

Canoe area, purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 6140.0100

Fishing

Generally, Minn. Rules 6266.0100

Minnesota-Canada boundary waters, Minn. Rules 6266.0700

Minnesota-Iowa boundary waters, Minn. Rules 6266.0200

Minnesota-North Dakota boundary waters, Minn. Rules 6266.0300

Minnesota-South Dakota boundary waters, Minn. Rules 6266.0400

Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters, Minn. Rules 6266.0500, 6266.0600

Bridges over, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 164.15

Cities

City councils, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 459.20

Fourth class cities, powers generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 465.49

Improvements, authorizing, Minn. Statutes 2024 429.021

Weed and algae control, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.621

Commercial fishing

Areas, Minn. Rules 6260.2400

Minnows, list of closed waters, Minn. Rules 6254.0300

Comprehensive municipal plans, open space systems, Minn. Statutes 2024 394.231

Conservation districts, see LAKE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

Definitions, public water supplies, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Definitions, water levels, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.005

Disease-free certification, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.342

Eutrophication, water quality standards, Minn. Rules 7050.0222

Family fishing lakes, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.005

Fences

Lands bounded by waters, Minn. Statutes 2024 344.10

Waters as legal fences, status, Minn. Statutes 2024 344.02

Fish populations, aquatic management areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.06, 97C.02

Fish preserves, Minn. Rules 6264.0125

Fish rearing ponds, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.205

Fish screens, counties, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.077

Fishing

Commercial fishing, Minn. Rules 6254.0300, 6260.2400

Restricted harvest lakes, Minn. Rules 6264.0400

Waters closed to fishing, lists, Minn. Rules 6262.0500

Whitefish and ciscoes, schedules on specific lakes, Minn. Rules 6262.0800

Fishing guides, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.311

Flood control, see FLOOD CONTROL

Flow boundaries, defined, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Great Lakes, see GREAT LAKES, Minn. Rules 7052.0005 to 7052.0380

Ice, see Bodies of water under ICE

Improvements, dredging, Minn. Rules 6115.0200 to 6115.0202

Industrial solid waste land disposal facilities, high water areas, prohibited sites, Minn. Rules 7035.1600

Lake improvement districts, see LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Lake improvement programs, Minn. Statutes 2024 103F.801, 103F.805

Lake levels, information about, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.412

Lakes groups, consulting, phosphorus-containing fertilizers and fertilizer products, Minn. Statutes 2024 18C.60

Lands bordering

Multijurisdictional program, lakeshore improvements under, Minn. Statutes 2024 383B.79

Tax-forfeited land sales, easements, Minn. Statutes 2024 282.37

Maps, county topographical land maps, valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.061

Meandered lakes, bridges from islands, town roads, bridges part of, Minn. Statutes 2024 164.15

Migratory waterfowl feeding and resting areas, Minn. Rules 6240.2000, 6240.2100

Mining operations, reclamation, Minn. Rules 6130.0300

Mosquito abatement, see Abatement under MOSQUITOES

Municipal parks, Minn. Statutes 2024 412.521

Names, changing, constitution, Minn. Const. art 12 s 1

Natural preservation routes, county state-aid highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.021

Natural Resources Department, control, conservation areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 84A.55

Ordinances, park district boards, Minn. Statutes 2024 398.09, 398.12

Park districts

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 398.07

Multijurisdictional program, provisions of, Minn. Statutes 2024 383B.79

Ordinances, board, power to regulate, Minn. Statutes 2024 398.09

Pesticides, application equipment, filling from, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.09

Planning, statewide water management plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.155

Preservation and protection

County programs, Minn. Statutes 2024 103F.801, 103F.805

Lakes groups, phosphorus-containing fertilizers, Minn. Statutes 2024 18C.60

Public access, see WATER ACCESS SITES

Public lakes, minerals under, draining to mine, Minn. Statutes 2024 93.34

Public water access sites, Minn. Rules 6218.0100, 6218.0200

Ramsey County, authority to acquire and maintain, Minn. Statutes 2024 383A.07

Restoration, dredging, Minn. Rules 6115.0200 to 6115.0202

Restricted harvest lakes, fishing limits, Minn. Rules 6264.0400

Saint Louis County, see Lakes and ponds under SAINT LOUIS COUNTY

Seven-county metropolitan area, seaplane operation, Minn. Rules 8800.2800

Shallow lakes, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.005

Shoreland management grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.975

Shoreline, bordering lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 282.37, 383B.79

South Dakota-Minnesota boundary waters, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.451, 103F.185

Spawning beds, Minn. Rules 6264.0125

Special species management lakes, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.005

Specific lakes

Swimming ponds, public, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.1222

Taconite, excluded areas for mining, Minn. Rules 6130.1200

Tanners Lake, speed restrictions, Minn. Rules 6110.4100

Town boards of supervisors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 459.20

Trophy lakes, Minn. Statutes 2024 97C.005

Trout lakes, see TROUT LAKES

Trunk highways across, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.27

Unnamed lakes and wetlands

Designated trout lakes, Minn. Rules 6264.0050

Water pollution, classification, Minn. Rules 7050.0470

Upper Red Lake, whitefish and ciscoes, gill netting, Minn. Rules 6262.0800

Utility crossings, public lands and waters, standards for route design, Minn. Rules 6135.1100

Water appropriation and impoundments, management planning process, Minn. Rules 6115.0810

Water level controls, Minn. Rules 6115.0220 to 6115.0222

Water levels

Appeal of order establishing ordinary high-water level, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.413

Authority to establish, applications for, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.401

Big Stone Lake, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.415

Changes, approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.545

Changes, river diversion by first class cities, Minn. Statutes 2024 465.26

Flood control, see FLOOD CONTROL

Generally, see Water levels under WATERS (GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES)

Great Lakes Commission, stabilizing, Minn. Statutes 2024 1.21

Landlocked lakes, water level control permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.405

Low-water levels, stipulations, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.411

Mississippi headwaters lakes, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.421

Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.255

Ordinary high water level, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.005

Public waters, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.245

South Dakota-Minnesota boundary waters, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.451

Waterbasins, protective elevations, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.285

Water pollution, see WATER POLLUTION

Water pollution, prevention, Health Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.35

Wellhead protection plans, Minn. Rules 4720.5400

Whitefish chain, Mississippi headwaters plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.421