1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for the protection of native fish and 
1.3 	wildlife species and habitat in the Lake Superior watershed;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2004, section 97B.665, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
1.5 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 97C; 103G.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.665, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Agreement by county board, landowner, and commissioner. (a) 
1.9 	Except as provided under subdivision 3, when a drainage watercourse is impaired by a 
1.10 	beaver dam, the commissioner shall take action to remove the impairment, if:
1.11 	(1) the county board unanimously consents;
1.12 	(2) the landowner approves;
1.13 	(3) the commissioner agrees; and
1.14 	(4) the action is financially feasible.
1.15 	(b) In a county with unanimous consent of the county board of commissioners and 
1.16 	approval of the landowner, the department shall take action agreed to by unanimous 
1.17 	consent of the county board, the commissioner, and the landowner. The action may 
1.18 	include destruction or alteration of beaver dams and removal of beaver. This subdivision 
1.19 	does not apply to state parks, state game refuges, and federal game refuges.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.665, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.21 	to read:
1.22 		Subd. 3.Lake Superior watershed.  The commissioner shall not alter or remove 
1.23 	a beaver dam from the Lake Superior watershed unless the beaver dam causes a threat 
1.24 	to personal safety or a serious threat to damage property.

2.1 	Sec. 3. [97C.202] SALMONIDS STOCKING PROHIBITED; LAKE SUPERIOR 
2.2 	AND TRIBUTARIES.
2.3 	The commissioner shall not stock, nor grant authority to any person to stock, 
2.4 	nonnative salmonids in Lake Superior or its tributaries.

2.5 	Sec. 4. [103G.55] WATERFALL ALTERATION PROHIBITED; LAKE 
2.6 	SUPERIOR TRIBUTARIES.
2.7 	Notwithstanding section 103G.545, subdivision 2, a natural waterfall occurring on a 
2.8 	tributary of Lake Superior shall not be altered or removed.