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Minnesota Session Laws 2004 to 2025 Index (topics)

WILD ANIMALS

Aquatic habitat, appropriations, Minn. Law 2017 c 91 art 1 s 2, 2018 c 208 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 40 art 1 s 2, 6, 2024 c 106 art 1 s 2

Aquatic habitat, outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 9

Aquatic habitat, outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2022 c 77 art 1 s 2

Burrows and dens, taking animal from, Minn. Law 2014 c 290 s 42

Cervidae

Carcasses, importing prohibited, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 35

Importation or possession, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 35

Cervidae, importation or possession, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 53, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 62

Chasing or harassing, dogs, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 49, 54

Chronic wasting disease, study, appropriations, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 2 art 3 s 2

control, firearms, silencers, Minn. Law 2005 c 102

Cooperative damage management agreements, Minn. Law 2008 c 297 art 1 s 23

Crop destruction by, emergency deterrent materials assistance, Minn. Law 2006 c 282 art 9 s 4, 9

Damage by

Deer, nonlethal deterrents allowed, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 4 s 60

Elk, nonlethal deterrents allowed, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 4 s 60

Damage by, doing damage, taking, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 2 s 98, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 64

Definition, dead animals included, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 19

Definitions, game and fish law, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 2 s 63, 67

dens, nests, houses or dams, removal, Minn. Law 2005 c 146 s 8, 9, 36

Destruction of, wanton waste, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 4 s 40

Endangered, threatened, or of special concern species

Specific location data, Minn. Law 2004 c 290 s 15, 23

Environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Feeding, bovine tuberculosis areas, Minn. Law 2006 c 281 art 5 s 1

Feeding, restrictions, bovine tuberculosis control, Minn. Law 2008 c 274 s 3

Feral swine, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 18

Defined, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 4 s 5

Violations and penalties, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 6 s 4

Game refuges

Designation, petitions opposing, Minn. Law 2006 c 281 art 2 s 20

Managers, Minn. Law 2006 c 281 art 1 s 20

Habitat

Critical natural habitat, acquisition, Minn. Law 2014 c 290 s 9

Outdoor heritage fund projects, appropriations, Minn. Law 2014 c 256 art 1 s 2

Habitat, appropriations, Minn. Law 2013 c 137 art 1 s 2, 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 5, 6, 2017 c 91 art 1 s 2, 2018 c 208 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 4, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 40 art 1 s 2, 2024 c 106 art 1 s 2

Habitat conservation partnership, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 2 art 3 s 2

Habitat enhancement landscape program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 7

Habitat, outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2022 c 77 art 1 s 2

Habitat restoration

Projects, Minn. Law 2012 c 264 art 1 s 2

Woody by-products of, use, Minn. Law 2012 c 272 s 85

Habitat restoration projects, evaluation, Minn. Law 2010 c 361 art 1 s 8, 9

Health threat information system, Minn. Law 2018 c 214 art 4 s 2

Highways for habitat program, protecting animals, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 14

Hunting, see HUNTING

Invasive species, see NONNATIVE SPECIES

invasive species, infested waters

equipment used in, Minn. Law 2005 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 48

Landscape corridors for habitat, Minn. Law 2007 c 30 s 2

Management, fish and wildlife plans, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 11, 12, 70

management projects, lawful purpose of gambling, Minn. Law 2005 c 146 s 50

natural habitat

critical habitat match, Minn. Law 2005 c 20 art 1 s 7

highway rights of way, Minn. Law 2005 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 137

Natural habitat, cooperative farming agreements, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 13

Nongame wildlife, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3, 2017 c 93 art 1 s 3, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 3, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 3, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 3

Nongame wildlife, appropriations, Minn. Law 2009 c 37 art 1 s 4

Nongame wildlife program, Minn. Law 2018 c 214 art 4 s 2

Nonnative species, control, term changes, Minn. Law 2004 c 243

Ownership, animals on farms, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 6 s 3

Ownership generally, Minn. Law 2014 c 290 s 14

Pest control, see PESTICIDES

Pets, special permit to take, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 53

Possession, restrictions, Minn. Law 2004 c 264

Protected wild animals

Special permits to take, Minn. Law 2007 c 131 art 1 s 21

Regulated animals, possession, Minn. Law 2022 c 95 art 2 s 28

Regulated animals, violations, Minn. Law 2006 c 260 art 1 s 5 to 2006 c 260 art 1 s 9

Rehabilitators, Minn. Law 2013 c 114 art 4 s 65, 103

Reptiles, permits to breed, propagate, or sell, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 54

Research, Minn. Law 2024 c 83 s 2

Roadside habitat, study and report, Minn. Law 2004 c 215 s 37

Sales, unlawful buying or selling, collateral sanctions, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 22

Scavenger study, Minn. Law 2022 c 94 s 2

Shipping, Minn. Law 2009 c 176 art 2 s 37, 71

Specific animals

Taking

Generally, see HUNTING

Special permits in general form, Minn. Law 2012 c 272 s 24

Taking, permits, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 4 s 47

Taking to protect public safety, Minn. Law 2009 c 176 art 1 s 22

Threatened species, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 7

Violations and penalties, gross overlimit violations, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 2 s 76

Violations and penalties, joint and several liability, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 1 s 22

Wildlife buffers, outdoor heritage fund, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 2

Wildlife food plots, retirement, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 13

Wildlife health, appropriations, Minn. Law 2009 c 37 art 1 s 4

Wildlife management areas, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 3

Wildlife management, outdoor heritage fund appropriations, Minn. Law 2012 c 264 art 1 s 2

Wildlife management purposes, waters designated for

Boating restrictions, Minn. Law 2006 c 281 art 2 s 21

Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Minn. Law 2009 c 95 art 1 s 5

Wolf predation assessment, Minn. Law 2017 c 96 s 2

Wolves, see WOLVES