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    This database allows for searching of mandated reports that the Library is expecting or has received since 2003, with selected mandates prior to 2003 included. Searches by committee only cover 2019 to the present. Each year, the Legislature mandates reports and studies to be completed by state agencies or other governmental entities. Legislative Reference Library staff track these mandates and obtain copies of the reports for our collection in order to provide long-term access. All mandated reports that the library has acquired are searchable through our catalog. For more information, see Mandated Reports. Please notify Library staff with questions or concerns.


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    Topics: Wildlife & Hunting

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    Last Date ReceivedMandate DescriptionItem TitleAgencie(s)Session LawStatuteNext Due DateSubjects Committee/Agency Jurisdiction
    Details Analysis of the effect that allowing persons who are under age 60 to hunt with a crossbow during regular archery seasons has had on the deer population Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 4 Sec. 107 10/01/2025 Wildlife & Hunting Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 01/09/2024 Report expenditures on equipment for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to test for chronic wasting disease, African swine fever, avian influenza, and other animal diseases, including a list of equipment purchased and the cost of each item. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Expenditures University of Minnesota - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 2022 Minn. Laws Chap. 95 Art. 1 Sec. 1 Subd. 5(v) 09/01/2025 Agriculture
    Wildlife & Hunting         		Agriculture Finance
    Higher Education
    Details Report expenditures on equipment for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to test for chronic wasting disease, African swine fever, avian influenza, and other animal diseases, including a list of equipment purchased and the cost of each item. University of Minnesota - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 43 Art. 1 Sec. 2 Subd. 5(x) 12/31/2024 Agriculture
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/09/2024 Report expenditures on equipment for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to test for chronic wasting disease, African swine fever, avian influenza, and other animal diseases, including a list of equipment purchased and the cost of each item. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Expenditures University of Minnesota - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 43 Art. 1 Sec. 2 Subd. 5(x) 12/31/2024 Agriculture
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 12/15/2023 Report on Game and Fish Fund expenditures Game and Fish Fund Report Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 1994 Minn. Laws Chap. 562 Art. Sec. 12 Subd. 4 97A.055 Subd. 4 12/15/2024 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 12/15/2023 Report on total amount of damages paid, by elk herd, in previous two fiscal years Elk Damage Payments Made by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Minn. Dept. of Agriculture 2016 Minn. Laws Chap. 184 Art. Sec. 1 3.7371 Subd. 8 12/15/2024 Agriculture
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 08/08/2023 Citizen oversight report on game and fish fund expenditures Citizen Oversight Report on Game and Fish Fund Expenditures Game and Fish Fund Budgetary Oversight Committee 97A.055 Subd. 4b 08/15/2024 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Reports on chronic wasting disease activities Minn. Board of Animal Health
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 6(b) 08/01/2024 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report on the receipt and expenditure of any federal money received for purposes of chronic wasting disease 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 7 Sec. 8(b) 35.156 Subd. 2 02/15/2024 Wildlife & Hunting Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 01/16/2024 Report with results of a study of water's role in transporting chronic wasting disease prions Clean Water Fund Final Report [to study water's role in transporting chronic wasting disease prions] University of Minnesota 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 1 Art. 2 Sec. 9(d)(4) 01/15/2024 Environment/Natural Resources - Water Resources
    Wildlife & Hunting         		Environment and Natural Resources
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance – Senate
    Legacy Finance Division – House of Representatives
    Details 08/08/2023 Report on chronic wasting disease (CWD) activities. Emergency Response to Disease Outbreaks in Wildlife Minn. Board of Animal Health
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 6 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 6(b) 11/01/2023 Wildlife & Hunting Agriculture
    Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 08/08/2023 Quarterly report on planning for and emergency response to disease outbreaks in wildlife funded under this paragraph. Emergency Response to Disease Outbreaks in Wildlife Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2019 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 4 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 6(b) 07/31/2022 Wildlife & Hunting Agriculture
    Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 02/01/2022 Report on the implementation of concurrent authority to regulate farmed white-tailed deer, including: (1) a summary of how the Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources and the Minn. Board of Animal Health worked together; (2) an assessment of ongoing challenges to managing chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Minnesota; and (3) recommendations for statutory and programmatic changes to help the state better manage the disease. Report: Concurrent Authority Regulating Farmed White-tailed Deer Minn. Board of Animal Health
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 6 Art. 2 Sec. 17 35.155 Subd. 14(b) 02/01/2022 Agriculture
    Wildlife & Hunting         		Agriculture
    Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 06/24/2021 Recommendations to increase access to wildlife management areas for hunting and other natural-resource-based recreational opportunities, focusing on: reducing the barriers to accessing wildlife management areas, including increasing opportunities for persons with disabilities to use motorized vehicles or other mobility aids; improving infrastructure; and publicizing and communicating access opportunities. Accessibility of Wildlife Management Areas Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2020 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 4 Art. Sec. 3 02/15/2021 Disability Issues
    Wildlife & Hunting         		Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 02/25/2020 Recommendations of the Commissioner for improvement or conservation of state parks Summaries of Wildlife Research Findings Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 84.03 11/15/2020 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 09/28/2000 Recommendations of the Commissioner for improvement or conservation of state parks Directions for Natural Resources: An Ecosystem-based Framework for Setting Natural Resource Management Priorities Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 84.03 11/15/2020 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/09/2020 A report on the outcomes of the wolf-livestock conflict prevention grants and whether livestock compensation claims were reduced in the areas that wolf-livestock conflict prevention grants were awarded. Wolf-Livestock Conflict Prevention Grants: Outcomes and Impacts on Livestock Compensation Claims, FY 2017-Present Minn. Dept. of Agriculture 2017 Minn. Laws Chap. 88 Art. 1 Sec. 2 Subd. 2(k) 01/15/2020 Agriculture - State Policy
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 02/10/2020 Report the results of the program developed to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease and protect public health, taking into consideration infectious waste, with guidelines for hunters in handling deer in the field and transporting and disposing of carcasses; and for solid waste facilities and solid waste haulers, taxidermists, and meat processors in properly handling, processing, and disposing of deer carcasses. Deer Carcass Adopt-A-Dumpster Program: Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2019 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 4 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 6(c)(3) 01/15/2020 Wildlife & Hunting Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 12/19/2017 Elk management plan Interim Strategic Elk Management Plan 2016-2019 Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2009 Minn. Laws Chap. 176 Art. Sec. 65 97B.516 01/01/2020 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 03/07/2018 Report on study of lead shot deposition on state lands. Deposition of Lead Shot on State Lands in Minnesota Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2017 Minn. Laws Chap. 93 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 6(c) 03/01/2018 Environment/Natural Resources
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 12/27/2017 Progress made in implementing the law relating to designating anatomical gifts on hunting and fishing licenses Anatomical Gift: Legislative Interim Report Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2016 Minn. Laws Chap. 131 Art. Sec. 3 01/01/2018 Fishing
    Health Care
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report the distribution of funds from the game and fish fund for agency operating adjustments, and resulting base-level appropriations for each program. Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2017 Minn. Laws Chap. 93 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 8(c) 09/01/2017 Fishing
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies
    Government Finance - State Budget & Finance
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 08/15/2017 Report the distribution of funds from the game and fish fund for agency operating adjustments, and resulting base-level appropriations for each program. Agency Operating Adjustment Distribution: Adjustments to General Fund, Game and Fish Fund, and Natural Resources Fund Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2017 Minn. Laws Chap. 93 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 8(c) 09/01/2017 Fishing
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies
    Government Finance - State Budget & Finance
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/01/2016 A summary of the hunter satisfaction survey Report on Hunter Surveys Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2015 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 4 Art. 5 Sec. 22 97B.063 01/01/2017 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Minnesota breeding bird atlas Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources
    University of Minnesota - University of Minnesota Board of Regents         		2008 Minn. Laws Chap. 367 Art. Sec. 2 Subd. 5(d) 01/15/2015 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 02/02/2015 Feasibility study for the restoration of a wild population of quail Feasibility Study for the Restoration of Wild Northern Bobwhite in Minnesota Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2014 Minn. Laws Chap. 290 Art. Sec. 67 01/15/2015 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 02/02/2015 Feasibility study for the restoration of a wild population of quail Progress Report to the Minnesota State Legislature on the Feasibility Study for the Restoration of Wild Northern Bobwhite in Minnesota Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2014 Minn. Laws Chap. 290 Art. Sec. 67 01/15/2015 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 02/02/2015 Restoration plan to recover the historical native population of bobwhite quail Feasibility Study for the Restoration of Wild Northern Bobwhite in Minnesota Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2014 Minn. Laws Chap. 312 Art. 12 Sec. 6 Subd. 5 01/01/2015 Environment/Natural Resources
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 02/02/2015 Restoration plan to recover the historical native population of bobwhite quail Progress Report to the Minnesota State Legislature on the Feasibility Study for the Restoration of Wild Northern Bobwhite in Minnesota Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2014 Minn. Laws Chap. 312 Art. 12 Sec. 6 Subd. 5 01/01/2015 Environment/Natural Resources
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 11/22/2013 Report on the adequacy of lifetime license fees and requests for fee adjustments for the lifetime licenses Report on the Adequacy of Lifetime License Fees Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2000 Minn. Laws Chap. 341 Art. Sec. 7 Subd. 3 97A.4742 Subd. 3 10/15/2014 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report on amount of wild animal restitution collected Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 97A.345 01/15/2014 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 08/10/2016 Comprehensive and integrated water quality, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreational corridor plan in the Vermillion River watershed Vermillion River Corridor Plan: Improving Water Quality, Habitat, and Recreation Dakota County
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2008 Minn. Laws Chap. 367 Art. Sec. 2 Subd. 3(b) 06/30/2011 Environment/Natural Resources - Water Resources
    Parks & Recreation
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 06/17/2010 Report on the feasibility, process and timeline for creation of a Minnesota fish and wildlife foundation, and on the possibility of allowing this entity to administer the conservation partners grant program Feasibility of a Minnesota Fish and Wildlife Foundation Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2009 Minn. Laws Chap. 172 Art. 1 Sec. 2 Subd. 5 02/15/2010 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 06/17/2010 Report on the participation in and the effectiveness of the venison donation program Participation in and the Effectiveness of the Venison Donation Program Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 57 Art. 1 Sec. 81 97A.065 02/10/2010 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Dietary study of the cormorant population on Lake of the Woods Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 131 Art. 1 Sec. 87 01/15/2009 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/16/2009 Recommendations for future management of hunting wild turkeys in Minnesota Recommendations for Future Wild Turkey Hunting Management Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2008 Minn. Laws Chap. 368 Art. 2 Sec. 73 01/15/2009 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 07/30/2013 Progress report on the moose management and research plan Minnesota Moose Management and Research Plan Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2008 Minn. Laws Chap. 368 Art. 2 Sec. 76 01/15/2009 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 12/30/2008 Report on changes necessary to simplify the process for obtaining disabled hunting permits and for landowners to allow hunts on their land for the disabled Report on Changes Necessary to Simplify Disability Hunting Permits and Procedures Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2008 Minn. Laws Chap. 368 Art. 2 Sec. 75 01/01/2009 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 11/17/2008 Report on game and fish fund receipt and expenditure imbalances between hunting-related and fishing-related activities Game and Fish Fund Hunting and Fishing Revenue/Expenditure Allocations Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 57 Art. 1 Sec. 4 11/15/2008 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/18/2008 Walk-in public access program under which the commissioner may encourage owners and operators or privately held land to voluntarily make that land available for walk-in access by the public for hunting and fishing under programs administered by DNR Access to Minnesota Outdoors Plan Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 131 Art. 1 Sec. 85 Subd. 3 01/15/2008 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Guidelines or best management practices for managing and maintaining brushland and open land habitat on public and private lands Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2005 Minn. Laws Chap. 97 Art. 5 Sec. 2 216B.2424 07/01/2007 Public Lands
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/18/2008 Report on the impact of allowing a limit of three pheasants after the first 16 days of pheasant season Evaluation of the Effects of Raising the Pheasant Bag Limit to Three Birds Per Day After the First Sixteen Days of the Season Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2006 Minn. Laws Chap. 281 Sec. 54 02/01/2007 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/18/2008 Evaluation of the impacts of the change in shooting hours, including harvest success and the effect on local waterfowl populations Waterfowl Shooting Hours Legislative Report Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2004 Minn. Laws Chap. 215 Art. 32 01/16/2006 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 04/20/2004 Information on how the money for chronic wasting disease has been spent Report on Expenditures for Chronic Wasting Disease Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2002 Minn. Laws Chap. 376 Art. Sec. 8 Subd. 1(c) 01/15/2006 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/21/2004 Annual report on amount of revenue received in and expenditures made from revenue transferred from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund to the game and fish fund Summary of Lifetime License Sales Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2000 Minn. Laws Chap. 341 Art. Sec. 7 Subd. 4 97A.4742 Subd. 4 11/15/2005 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/29/2008 Report on the results of the mourning dove season, including a description of the impact of the season on the mourning dove population in the state 2004 Mourning Dove Season Legislative Report Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2004 Minn. Laws Chap. 215 Sec. 35 08/01/2005 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report on the quality deer management pilot zone Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2004 Minn. Laws Chap. 215 Art. Sec. 36 05/15/2005 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report on the amounts appropriated for the electronic licensing system Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2004 Minn. Laws Chap. 255 Sec. 49 01/31/2005 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 07/05/2005 Recommendations to improve and promote wildlife habitat within the right-of-ways of public roads in the state and the impact of those recommendations on public safety Roadside Wildlife Habitat Legislative Report Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2004 Minn. Laws Chap. 215 Sec. 37 01/15/2005 Transportation - Highways & Bridges
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 01/16/2003 Recommendations on measures to protect domestic and wild cervidae from chronic wasting disease Legislative Report on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Minn. Board of Animal Health
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2002 Minn. Laws Chap. 373 Sec. 34 01/15/2003 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Annual report of the budgetary oversight committee of the game and fish fund's citizen oversight subcommittees Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2001 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. Sec. 105 11/15/2002 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Recommendations of the game and fish fund's budgetary oversight committee for a biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2001 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. Sec. 105 08/15/2002 Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report regarding deer population management program Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 1993 Minn. Laws Chap. 172 Art. Sec. 5 Subd. 7 02/15/1994 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details Report regarding excess funds from the non-game check-off Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 1993 Minn. Laws Chap. 172 Art. Sec. 5 Subd. 7 01/15/1994 Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 12/16/2002 Report on efforts to control beaver Beaver Damage Control Grant Program Status Report Minn. Dept. of Agriculture 1997 Minn. Laws Chap. 216 Art. Sec. 20 Subd. 4 17.110   Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 05/19/2008 Report on the efforts to control beaver Beaver Damage Control Grant Minn. Board of Water and Soil Resources 2005 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 1 Art. 2 Sec. 120 Subd. 4 103F.950   Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 10/20/2016 Final products related to Golden Eagle survey Golden Eagle Survey Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2011 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 3 Sec. 2 Subd. 3(e)   Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 10/20/2016 Final products related to determining causes of mortality in moose populations Determining Causes of Mortality in Moose Populations Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2011 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 3 Sec. 2 Subd. 3(f)   Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 10/20/2016 Information system to facilitate improved management of wildlife and fish habitat and facilities Information System for Wildlife and Aquatic Management Areas Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2011 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 3 Sec. 2 Subd. 3(j)   Fishing
    Wildlife & Hunting
    Details 10/20/2016 Final products related to the Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP)- Phase VII Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
    Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources         		2011 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 3 Sec. 2 Subd. 4(j)   Environment/Natural Resources
    Wildlife & Hunting