1997 Minnesota Statutes

     84A.21 Department to manage projects. 

    The department shall manage and control each project 
 approved and accepted under section 84A.20.  The department may 
 adopt and enforce rules for the purposes in section 84A.20, 
 subdivision 1, for the prevention of forest fires in the 
 projects, and for the sale of merchantable timber from lands so 
 acquired by the state when, in the opinion of the department, 
 the timber may be sold and removed without damage to the project.

    These rules may relate to the care, preservation, 
 protection, breeding, propagation, and disposition of any 
 species of wildlife in the project and the regulation, issuance, 
 sale, and revocation of special licenses or special permits for 
 hunting, fishing, camping, and other uses of the areas 
 consistent with applicable state law. 

    The department may provide for the policing of each project 
 as needed for the proper development, use, and protection of the 
 project and its purposes.  Supervisors, guards, custodians, and 
 caretakers assigned to duty in any project have the powers of 
 peace officers while employed by the department. 

    Lands within a project are subject to these rules, whether 
 owned by the state or privately, consistent with the rights of 
 the private owners or with applicable state law.  The rules must 
 be published once in one qualified newspaper in each county 
 affected and take effect after publication.  They must also be 
 posted on the boundaries of each project affected.  

    HIST: (6452-2) 1931 c 407 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 229 art 
 1 s 1