AG Week

First of buffer maps to debut soon in Minnesota

WILLMAR, Minn. - The first rendition of the maps showing where buffers will be required along public ditches in Minnesota will be released in about a week to 10 days, according to Dave Leuthe, project ...
AG Week

Buffer maps coming by July 1, but plenty of questions remain

ST. PAUL - Minnesota landowners are to have access to maps showing where they need to install buffer strips by July 1, but questions, distrust and clarifications remain. The Minnesota Legislative ...
West Central Tribune

First of buffer maps to debut soon

WILLMAR - The first rendition of the maps showing where buffers will be required along public ditches in Minnesota will be released in about a week to 10 days, according to Dave Leuthe, project ...
Grand Forks Herald

Minnesota buffer maps coming by July 1, but plenty of questions remain

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota landowners are to have access to maps showing where they need to install buffer strips by July 1, but questions, distrust and clarifications remain. The Minnesota Legislative ...
West Central Tribune

Buffer maps to come out by July 1, but questions remain

ST. PAUL - Minnesota landowners are to have access to maps showing where they need to install buffer strips by July 1, but questions, distrust and clarifications remain. The Minnesota Legislative ...
inforum

Minnesota buffer maps out, but many already are in place

ST. PAUL-Minnesota farmers may not need to install as many mandated buffer strips as originally thought, but it still will cost millions of dollars to comply with a new state law. After announcing ...
inforum

Minnesota buffer maps out, but many already are in place

ST. PAUL-Minnesota farmers may not need to install as many mandated buffer strips as originally thought, but it still will cost millions of dollars to comply with a new state law.After announcing ...
Mankato Free Press

Buffer map shows farmers where vegetative strips must go

Minnesota farmers now know whether the waterways bordering their crops will require strips of vegetation to protect water quality and how wide those strips need to be. The Department of Natural ...
Post-Bulletin

DNR releases buffer map timeline

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today announced its schedule to produce maps required under the buffer initiative passed by the Legislature earlier this year. This fall, the DNR will use ...
TwinCities.com

DNR updates Minnesota buffer map; implementation continues

The Department of Natural Resources has released the first of two planned updates to Minnesota’s buffer map that was first released in July. The map shows public waters and public ditches requiring ...
TwinCities.com

Here’s where Minnesota farms’ waterway buffer strips must be

"Buffer strips" of year-round vegetation are seen as one way to help protect water from farm runoff. New state laws require them along nearly every public waterway. On Tuesday, the state released a ...