{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-219.99","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 219.99","heading":"RAILROAD PRAIRIE RIGHT-OF-WAY; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.","body":"The commissioner of natural resources shall conduct a field review of railroad rights-of-way to identify native prairie. The priority will be to identify and conduct a field review of any surveys which have been conducted previously, whether by public or private persons, of native prairies within railroad rights-of-way in this state. In cooperation with railroad companies, the commissioner shall identify management practices used to control vegetation along railroad rights-of-way. The commissioner shall then assess the impact of those management practices on the prairie lands within the railroad rights-of-way. Based on that assessment, the commissioner and railroad companies shall jointly develop voluntary best management practices for prairie lands within railroad rights-of-way. The commissioner shall, to the extent feasible, work with private individuals and groups to cause to be erected markers at either end of each native prairie within a railroad right-of-way.","path":["CARRIERS","CHAPTER 219. RAILROAD SAFETY AND EMPLOYMENT","MISCELLANEOUS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/219.99","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:37Z","sha256":"b9db5e1bc0d6ce463f703740afd370ceda65fb574b91ca7c84f648fc04c1aa8c","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-219.98","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-219.995"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}