§ 103H.105 — Conservation Easements to Protect Sensitive Areas
Plain-Language Summary
This section allows the use of conservation easements to protect sensitive groundwater areas. Property owners can voluntarily place easements on their land that restrict activities to protect groundwater quality.
103H.105 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE AREAS.
(a) Agricultural land within a sensitive area identified in section 103H.101, subdivision 2, or by the Board of Water and Soil Resources and land in or immediately surrounding a sinkhole is marginal agricultural land for purposes of section 103F.515, subdivision 2, and is eligible for the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program under section 103F.515.
(b) Notwithstanding section 103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), clause (1), and subdivision 4, the Board of Water and Soil Resources may authorize acquisition of hillside easements that restrict hillside pasturing or grazing of livestock.
History:
1989 c 326 art 1 s 4; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 50; 2025 c 20 s 80
History: History: 1989 c 326 art 1 s 4; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 50; 2025 c 20 s 80