Thursday, December 8th 2016
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is making progress on finalizing the Buffer Protection Map. DNR public waters hydrologist John Gleason says following the map’s initial release in July and subsequent update last month, more than 3,400 comments were submitted for review. The DNR accepted over 2,000 change requests and plans to release another revision in January. The map is intended to help landowners locate waters that require buffers, based on Minnesota’s Buffer Law.