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10/26/1995
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~ TtK ring -Summer 1995 <br />i <br />i <br />Development of a wetlands conservation <br />plan for Minnesota has been underway since <br />August 1993 under a planning grant from the <br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The <br />state matching funds have been provided by the <br />Minnesota Department of Transportation for the <br />first two years of the project; sources for future <br />state funding are uncertain at this time. This <br />project began as a voluntary initiative by nine <br />state and federal agencies with regulatory, <br />programmatic. or compliance responsibilities for <br />wetlands in Minnesota, and emphasizes taking <br />a comprehensive, coordinated approach to <br />dealing with wetlands issues. <br />'The most perplexing and urgent issues with <br />wetlands policy in Minnesota revolve around the <br />following areas, many of which are interrelated <br />and involve more than one agency, law, or <br />objective: <br />Governance: <br />Jurisdiction (confusion & coordination due to <br />the number & variety of government entities <br />involved) <br />Conflicts (greater consistency among laws & <br />programs; equity in decision-making) <br />e ility optioas for wetlands decisions <br />• Ecological: <br />Socio-Economic: <br />Incentives that are sufficient, appropriate, and <br />effective <br />anal costs and beneSts (degree of effort <br />put into protecting or creating wetlands of little <br />relative value when more might be gained from <br />an alternative approach) <br />party is concerns of landowners <br />The following government organizations, or <br />their individual members, are participating in <br />the project: <br />Minnesota Board of Water & Soil, Resources, <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, <br />U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, U.S. Army <br />Corps of Engineers. Minnesota Department of <br />Agriculture, U.S.DA. Natural Resource Con- <br />servation Service, Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation. Federal Highway Administra- <br />tion, Association of Minnesota Counties, <br />league of Minnesota Cities, Minnesota <br />Association of Watershed Districts. Minne- <br />sota Association of Townships, and the Mirine- <br />sota Association of Soil & Water Conservation <br />Districts. <br />These government entities, while not yet <br />agreeing on perceptions of the problems or <br />potential solutions, do agree that they should <br />work together on solutions through a <br />cooperative problem-solving process. The <br />overall purpose of their efforts is to produce a <br />comprehensive wetlands conservation plan that <br />is truly useful and realistic for all concerned. <br />A substantial amount of time was invested <br />in developing a process for participation by <br />state and federal agencies, local governments, <br />and the private sector, that would help ensure <br />eventual implementation of the plan. Twenty <br />resource groups around the state were <br />organized to participate in issues identification; <br />in all. about 250 people participated in these <br />resource groups, which were completed on <br />January 11, 1995. A briefing report will be <br />prepared to describe the issues identified by the <br />resource groups and other current resource <br />materials for distribution in early 1995. This <br />'briefing report will focus the scope and direction <br />-of issues to be addressed by Minnesota's <br />wetlands conservation plan. <br />
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