Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
Generally.
Unless otherwise provided by law, no person in a state park
or forest recreation area shall disturb, destroy, injure, damage, deface,
molest, or remove any state property, including, but not limited to,
wildflowers or vegetation of any kind dead or alive, ruins, wild animals,
geological formations, historical or archaeological artifacts or sites,
historic structures, signs, or facilities, except edible fruit, mushrooms,
legally taken wild animals, and vegetation unavoidably damaged or destroyed by
the ordinary recreational uses of these areas as specifically permitted by
parts
6100.0100 to
6100.2400. Collections for
scientific and educational purposes may be made only with the written
permission of the commissioner. It is unlawful to damage vegetation or damage
and deface rock formations with rock-climbing equipment.
Subp. 2.
State parks.
A. Within a state park, collecting,
harvesting, or taking a tangible object for resale or commercial use is
prohibited, except by written permission of the commissioner. The commissioner
may further restrict collecting, harvesting, or taking a plant, animal, or
other tangible object for scientific, educational, commercial, or any other
purpose if the commissioner finds it necessary for the protection of the park's
resources.
B. Collection of
firewood in state parks, except where expressly permitted, is
prohibited.
C. Subject to posted
restrictions, rock specimens and fossils may be collected at Hill Annex Mine
State Park for noncommercial use.
D. Harvesting wild rice on bodies of water
totally enclosed within a state park boundary is prohibited except by written
permission of the commissioner.
E.
Collecting or possessing naturally occurring plants in a fresh state in state
parks is prohibited, except that edible fruit and mushrooms may be harvested
for personal, noncommercial use.
F.
Except for scientific research conducted under special permit from the
commissioner and with a field archaeology license issued by the state
archaeologist, the use of metal detectors in state parks is permitted only for
locating specifically identified items of lost personal property. Metal
detectors may be used only with prior written permission from the park manager
and under the supervision of the park manager.
G. It is unlawful at any time to construct,
occupy, or use an elevated scaffold or other elevated device in a state park,
except that a portable tree stand may be used for hunting or watching wild
animals if the stand is removed each day and does no permanent damage to the
tree in which it is placed.
H. A
person may not release, place, or transplant plant or animal life in a state
park unless approved by the commissioner. This item does not apply to a person
operating under a contract, lease, license, or permit from the commissioner
that allows releasing, placing, or transplanting plant or animal life in a
state park.
Subp. 3.
Forest lands.
A. Wood that is
dead and lying on the ground on forest lands may be used to build fires, as
long as it is used on forest lands and not removed, except under permit issued
by the commissioner.
B. No person
may cut live merchantable trees on forest lands for constructing an elevated
scaffold, except that shrubs, the lateral branches of trees, and saplings
measuring smaller than four inches in diameter at 4-1/2 feet off the ground may
be removed.
C. A person may not
release, place, or transplant plant or animal life on forest lands unless
approved by the commissioner. This item does not apply to a person operating
under a contract, lease, license, or permit from the commissioner that allows
releasing, placing, or transplanting plant or animal life on forest
lands.
Statutory Authority: MS s
14.045;
84.03;
85.052;
85.053;
85.20;
86A.05;
86A.06;
89.031;
89.19 to
89.21;
89.71