{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-103f.505","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 103F.505","heading":"PURPOSE AND POLICY.","body":"(a) It is the purpose of sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 to restore certain marginal agricultural land and protect environmentally sensitive areas to:\n(1) enhance soil and water quality;\n(2) minimize damage to flood-prone areas;\n(3) sequester carbon;\n(4) support native plant, fish, and wildlife habitats; and\n(5) establish perennial vegetation.\n(b) It is state policy to encourage:\n(1) restoration of wetlands and riparian lands;\n(2) restoration and protection of marginal, highly erodible land, particularly land adjacent to public waters, drainage systems, wetlands, and locally designated priority waters; and\n(3) protection of environmentally sensitive areas, including wellhead protection areas, grasslands, peatlands, shorelands, karst geology, and forest lands in priority areas.","path":["WATER","CHAPTER 103F. PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES","REINVEST IN MINNESOTA RESOURCES LAW"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/103F.505","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"87d180ab48a4f85f9633df6dd4825540502c44a4b59f84deff665e600d58a769","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-103f.501","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-103f.511"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}