2005 Minnesota Statutes - 84.15 — Commissioner\'s authority; rice harvesting.

     84.15 Commissioner's authority; rice harvesting. 


    Subdivision 1.    Authority to restrict harvest.  The 
 commissioner may restrict or prohibit the harvesting of wild 
 rice grain on public waters of any designated area when, upon 
 investigation of conditions, it shall be determined necessary or 
 advisable to protect against undue depletion of the crop so as 
 to retard reseeding or restocking of such area or so as to 
 endanger its effective use as a natural food for waterfowl.  


    Subd. 2.    Harvest for research or planting.  The 
 commissioner may harvest not to exceed 10,000 pounds of wild 
 rice in any calendar year for the purposes of obtaining wild 
 rice seed for experimental and research purposes and replanting 
 in public waters of the state, including waters within the 
 original boundaries of the Minnesota Indian reservations. 


    HIST: (6131-15) 1939 c 231 s 12; 1949 c 628 s 1; 1957 c 85 s 
 1; 1986 c 444