Minnesota Statutes § 103F.505 - PURPOSE AND POLICY

(a) It is the purpose of sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 to restore certain marginal agricultural land and protect environmentally sensitive areas to: (1) enhance soil and water quality; (2) minimize damage to flood-prone areas; (3) sequester carbon; (4) support native plant, fish, and wildlife habitats; and (5) establish perennial vegetation. (b) It is state policy to encourage: (1) restoration of wetlands and riparian lands; (2) restoration and protection of marginal, highly erodible land, particularly land adjacent to public waters, drainage systems, wetlands, and locally designated priority waters; and (3) protection of environmentally sensitive areas, including wellhead protection areas, grasslands, peatlands, shorelands, karst geology, and forest lands in priority areas.