Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness state-owned land sale prohibition provision
SF 1702 prohibits the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources from selling any state-owned land located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). It repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 92.82, which previously permitted the sale of such land to the U.S. government. The bill applies broadly to all state-owned lands in the wilderness, including those acquired through condemnation or university grants, but does not block land exchanges. This change ends the state's ability to sell these lands, which were previously eligible under the repealed law.
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