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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I have the honor of serving as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- I have the honor of serving as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- While these administrative designations are important inside the Department of Natural Resources, in
- ><c> natural</c> Setting the department of natural Setting the department of natural resources<00:36:
- Department of Natural Resources.
Bills:
HF624
Keywords:
HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I call this meeting of the Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee to order.
- to help prevent overuse and improper use of Minnesota groundwater resources.
- Natural Resources, Amazon's proposed facility in Becker could use as much as 1.8 billion gallons of
- </c> of Natural Resources, Amazon's proposed of Natural Resources, Amazon's proposed facility<00:35:49.599
- Department of Health at the Minnesota Department of Health and<01:20:24.320><c> I'm</c><01:20:24.560
Keywords:
groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- John Ji, executive director with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.
- John Ji, executive director with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.
- Board of Water and with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil<01:13:00.560><c> Resources.
- Association of Minnesota.
- </c> Expectations that existing Minnesota Department of Natural Resources water permits will transfer
Keywords:
boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Keywords:
natural resources, motorboat, boating safety, personal watercraft, PWC, watercraft operator permit, boater safety exam, off-road vehicle, ORV, ATV, snowmobile, state trail pass, cross-country ski pass, horse pass, state park permit, game and fish, hunting license, fishing license, wildlife permit, invasive species
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He works at the Minnesota Health Department and was testifying on behalf of the Minnesota Health Department
- Under Minnesota law, companies are required to offer the Department of Natural Resources a portion of
- </c><00:42:34.800><c> Department</c><00:42:35.040><c> of</c> been the MPCA, Minnesota Department of been
- She said she is the director of the Ecological and Water Resources Division at the Minnesota DNR and
- </c><01:03:04.160><c> Minnesota</c> most precious source of Minnesota most precious source of Minnesota
Keywords:
crossbow, crossbow hunting, archery season, deer hunting, bear hunting, turkey hunting, fishing, common carp, rough fish, game and fish, wildlife management, hunting license, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, sunset clause, expiration removal, archery equipment, outdoor recreation, infectious waste, pathological waste
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I call the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee together March 17th,
- of approximately 6.2 acres of surplus of approximately 6.2 acres of surplus state<00:07:02.080><c> land
- Chairman, members of the committee. I'm David Kelleher from the Minnesota Historical Society.
- </c> out of committee. out of committee.
- For the record, Bob Myers, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources.
Keywords:
Melissa Hortman, Mark Hortman, memorial park, state park, working group, Minnesota Historical Society, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Saint Paul, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Administration, Legislative Coordinating Commission, general fund appropriation, park planning, interpretive services, public engagement, state memorial, land use, natural resources, commemorative legislation, environment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of Natural Resources and the Capital Area Architecture and Planning Board and the Historical Society
- </c><00:05:08.240><c> of</c><00:05:08.320><c> Natural</c> us as well as the Department of Natural us
- as well as the Department of Natural Resources<00:05:09.960><c> and</c><00:05:10.120><c> the</c><00:05
- of the state of Minnesota.
- c> of</c><01:05:02.600><c> Labor</c> MMB, uh of it with Department of Labor MMB, uh of it with Department
Keywords:
Melissa Hortman, Mark Hortman, memorial park, state park, working group, Minnesota Historical Society, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Saint Paul, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Administration, Legislative Coordinating Commission, general fund appropriation, park planning, interpretive services, public engagement, state memorial, land use, natural resources, commemorative legislation, HF4470
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- in the state of Minnesota.
- I am president of the Student Angler Organization in the state of Minnesota.
- The student anglers and the anglers of Minnesota certainly are supportive of this.
- For the record, my name is Bob Meyer, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources.
- I'm Randall Donine with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Keywords:
water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:05:05.080><c> Minnesota</c> Anglers and the Anglers of Minnesota Anglers and the Anglers of Minnesota
- Chairman, members, for the record, Bob Meyer, Department of Natural Resources, assistant commissioner
- <00:21:17.799><c> of</c><00:21:17.960><c> Natural</c><00:21:18.240><c> Resources</c> Department of Natural
- Resources Department of Natural Resources assistant<00:21:18.960><c> commissioner</c><00:21:19.919><
- My name is Rand Donine with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Keywords:
water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> compromise Minnesota is on the verge of compromise Minnesota is on the verge of achieving<00:04:
- of the state of Minnesota because of the disturbance and the service?
- I'm the deputy director for the Division of Fish and Wildlife at the Minnesota Department of Natural
- My name is Tom Peterson, Commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
- Department of Agriculture.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of the school trust lands division within the Department of Resource Management.
- Chairman, for the record, Bob Meyer, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources.
- The program requires an advisory council to work with and advise the Department of Natural Resources
- I also had Mary Robinson from the Department of Natural Resources. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- enhancement of the state's air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.
Keywords:
HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Bob Meyer, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources.
- Bob Meyer, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources: Mr.
- for the Department of Natural Resources<01:03:49.200><c> and</c><01:03:49.440><c> I'm</c><01:03:49.680
- And then I also had Mary Robinson from the Department of Natural Resources. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- And then I also had Mary Robinson from the Department of Natural Resources. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Keywords:
HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2026-04-08
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I serve as deputy commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
- </c> the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
- </c> the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
- </c><01:18:23.679><c> Um,</c> Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
- Um, Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Um, uh,<01:18:24.880><c> Mr.
Keywords:
energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, elk, cervidae, cervid importation, chronic wasting disease, CWD, animal health, livestock, wildlife disease, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state veterinarian, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- state of Minnesota.
- Water is a key part of Minnesota culture and our way of life.
- the</c><00:26:56.679><c> npca</c> the Department of Commerce and the npca the Department of Commerce
- rid</c><00:59:01.680><c> of</c> Department of Education getting rid of Department of Education getting
- </c> Department of Agriculture to start Department of Agriculture to start sending<01:18:40.239><c> out
Keywords:
human services, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, long-term services and supports, LTSS, public assistance, application process, eligibility determination, customer service survey, wait times, form complexity, lead agencies, Department of Human Services, Department of Children Youth and Families, streamlining, administrative reform, case management, reassessment, intake system, adaptive eligibility form
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Seventy percent of police departments in Minnesota have fewer than 20 officers.
- Uh, in 2019, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sent a letter to Pickwick Mill noting items requiring
- Department</c><01:02:28.120><c> of</c><01:02:28.640><c> uh</c> Uh in 2019, Minnesota Department of uh
- Uh in 2019, Minnesota Department of uh Natural<01:02:29.080><c> Resources</c><01:02:29.720><c> sent<
- > Engineers, by the Minnesota DNR, Engineers, by the Minnesota DNR, Department<01:02:48.360><c> of</c
Bills:
HF4156, HF3835, HF3995, HF4383, HF4091, HF4084, HF4311, HF198, HF4486, HF4302, HF4309, HF4032, HF3855, HF3673, HF4265, HF4012, HF4339, HF4298, HF3852
Keywords:
infrastructure, wastewater, stormwater, Buhl, state bonds, appropriations, economic development, water infrastructure, grants, capital investment, funding, state regulation, Frazee, North River Drive, infrastructure improvements, HF4383, Minnesota capital investment, bonding bill, Department of Natural Resources, DNR
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That money is appropriated from the legislature directly to the Department of Natural Resources to operate
- That money is appropriated from the legislature directly to the Department of Natural Resources to operate
- We do this work with help from the Department of Natural Resources grant unit.
- ><c> Natural</c><00:13:22.720><c> Resources</c> the Department of Natural Resources the Department of
- We are not going of natural resources.
Keywords:
natural resources, environment, sustainability, conservation, outdoor recreation, land acquisition, real property, trust fund, commissioner approval, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, conservation easement, land purchase, state land, public lands, property acquisition, value assessment, tax assessed value, Metropolitan Council, Board of Water and Soil Resources
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Agriculture.
- He explained that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture currently requires product labels to include
- I'm assistant commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
- </c><01:28:15.520><c> Resources</c> Environment and Natural Resources Environment and Natural Resources
- </c><01:37:23.679><c> resources</c> environment and natural resources environment and natural resources
Keywords:
eggs, donation, quality assurance, food assistance, charitable programs, agriculture, grain indemnity, financial security, crop insurance, Minnesota agriculture, farm assistance, down payment, state funding, loan modification, rotational grazing, grazing management, livestock, pasture management, soil health, erosion control
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Administration, Office of Department of Administration, Office of Grants<00:04:08.239><
- </c> from the Department of Education budget. from the Department of Education budget.
- Uh state of Minnesota when we're done.
- Sketches of Minnesota.
- and</c><00:59:33.040><c> extreme</c> of habitat in Minnesota and extreme of habitat in Minnesota and
Bills:
HF4148
Keywords:
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Outdoor Heritage Fund, executive director, natural resources, conservation, wetlands, prairies, forests, wildlife habitat, fish and game, bipartisan hiring, interview panel, legislative branch, Minnesota Statutes 97A.056, administrative expenses, nonpartisan staff, council governance, environment and natural resources, 1183, house
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- Next we have Patrick Chi, Department of Land and Natural Resources in support. Yes.
- of Land and Natural Resources until 2030.
- /c><00:05:50.160><c> Resources</c> Department of Land and Natural Resources Department of Land and Natural
- of department of under the management of department of agriculture<00:46:00.319><c> you</c><00:46:00.480
- Our concern is that as more and more resources move from the Department of Agriculture into the orbit
Keywords:
biosecurity, invasive species, Hawaii Invasive Species Council, Department of Land and Natural Resources, appropriation, agriculture, land use, farm dwelling, renewable energy, income qualification, solar energy, geothermal resources, hydropower, agricultural tourism, aquaculture, commercial activity, swine production, Korean natural farming, land leases, Hawaii
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to go ahead and call this meeting of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee to order.
- Our first order of business is to approve the minutes from April 3, 2025.
- don't have any other business today, but I do think it's important that we take a minute to thank all of
- On both sides of the aisle, both Republicans and Democrats, the challenge in the refinement of bills
Bills:
HF2442
Keywords:
climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy, solar incentive, Made in Minnesota, community solar gardens, transportation electrification, electric vehicles, grid-enhancing technologies, microgrid, University of St. Thomas, Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce, petroleum tank fund