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Statutes > Minnesota > 17-43 > 40A > 40A_0140A.01 STATE AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION POLICY.
Subdivision 1.Goals.
The goals of this chapter are to:
(1) preserve and conserve agricultural land, including forest land, for long-term agricultural use in order to protect the productive natural resources of the state, maintain the farm and farm-related economy of the state, and assure continued production of food and timber and agricultural uses;
(2) preserve and conserve soil and water resources; and
(3) encourage the orderly development of rural and urban land uses.
Subd. 2.Methods.
The goals contained in subdivision 1 will be best met by combining state policies and guidelines with local implementation and enforcement procedures and private incentives.
History:
1984 c 654 art 3 s 31; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 128
