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Environment and Natural Resources
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The Dept. of Natural Resources must assist the Minn. Office of School Trust Lands by providing existing outdoor recreation use data. The Minn. Office of School Trust Lands may contract for additional survey data to complete the study.
The study must include the following:
(1) the estimated annual number of daily visits by individuals with a Minnesota hunting license accessing school trust lands and as a percentage of annual days hunted by all individuals with a Minnesota hunting license;
(2) the estimated annual number of daily visits by individuals with a Minnesota fishing license using a public water access site that contains school trust lands and as a percentage of annual days fishing by all individuals with a Minnesota fishing license;
(3) the estimated annual visits by Minnesota-licensed watercrafts to state-owned public water access sites that contain school trust lands and as a percentage of all visits by Minnesota-licensed watercrafts using public water access sites;
(4) the total number of miles of state-maintained snowmobile trails and all-terrain vehicle trails that are on school trust lands and as a percentage of total miles of state-operated trails for each purpose;
(5) the total amount of acres of school trust lands located within state parks and recreation areas and as a percentage of all acres of land in state parks and recreation areas;
(6) any other uses of school trust lands for outdoor recreation that include individuals purchasing a permit or paying a fee for access to the school trust lands and the percentage of the total permits or fees for that purpose;
(7) the estimated cost of posting signage near entrances to school trust lands declaring that certain portions of the public land that are being used for outdoor recreation is school trust land; and
(8) the estimated cost of updating recreational use maps and other electronic and printed documents to distinctly label school trust lands that are contained within or are part of state recreational areas, parks, and trails.
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