NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT: COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE

An Inventory of Its General Correspondence at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator:Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources. Commissioner's Office.
Title:General correspondence.
Dates:1971-1977 (bulk 1971-1973).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence documenting various operations and interests of the department, including relations with other Minnesota state agencies/departments and other states and federal natural resources agencies, conservation education, private conservation organizations, fishing and hunting, land exchange, legislation, snowmobiles, water resources, bounties, forestry, environmental quality, Indian affairs, the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission, mining, personnel, set-aside program, scientific and natural areas, St. Croix River, and transportation.
Quantity:15.0 cubic feet (15 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Includes engagement listings, photographs, and letters of Commissioner Robert L. Herbst and series with Governor Wendell Anderson and the department's regional administrators.


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The files are arranged in two alphabetical series: 1971-1977 (bulk 1971-1972) and 1972-1977 (bulk 1972-1973).


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources. Commissioner's Office. General Correspondence. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 977-57; 978-87

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001706545


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseSERIES 1, 1971-1977 (BULK 1971-1972)

Location
107.H.12.2FA.
Administration Department. 2 folders.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Advisory Council. 2 folders.
Advisory Council on Comprehensive Health Planning: Task Force on Environmental Health (State Planning Agency), 1970-1971.
Advisory Council, Fire Service Education and Research.
Aerial photography, 1970-1971.
African and Great Lakes film, 1968-1971.
Afton State Park.
Aircraft.
Assistant Commissioner, Joe Alexander.
Governor Wendell Anderson. 7 folders.
Governor Anderson's department head meeting, (RLH desk File), October 1-3, 1971.
Assignments.
Association of Midwest Fish and Game Commissioners.
Attorney General.
Ba-Bq. 3 folders.
Blue Earth Reservoir, 1969-1971.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area. 2 folders.
Bounties.
Br-Bz. 2 folders.
Budget material.
Bureau of Business Management.
Bureau of Engineering Services.
Bureau of Information and Education.
Bureau of Land Management (U.S.), 1970-1971.
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (U.S. Department of Interior).
Bureau of Planning.
Location
107.H.12.3BCa-Cq. 2 folders.
Civil Defense.
Civil Service Department.
Clippings.
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Conservation departments (miscellaneous states).
Conservation education. 2 folders.
Cr-Cz.
Environmental Education Council. 2 folders.
Internal DNR Environmental Education Advisory Committee.
Environmental Education Steering Committee.
Conservation education file, Herbst.
Conservation Needs Inventory.
Copper-nickel mining leases.
County auditors.
County boards.
Courtesy licenses.
Da-Dh.
Department of Economic Development.
Di-Dz.
Directors of all divisions.
Ditches, correspondence.
Division of Enforcement and Field Service.
Division of Game and Fish. 2 folders.
Division of Lands and Forestry. 2 folders.
Division of Parks and Recreation.
Division of Waters, Soils and Minerals.
E.
Employees Policy Committee.
Executive Council.
Fa-Fk.
Federal legislation.
Fishing For Youth Project
Fl-Fz.
Flood Plain Management Program.
Fort Ridgely State Park, 1970-1971.
Fort Snelling State Park.
Ga-Gk.
Gift tracts of land.
Girl Scouts.
Gl-Gq.
Governor's Citizens Council on Aging.
Governor's Natural Disaster Plan Project.
Gr-Gz.
Location
107.H.12.4FHa-Hd.
Habitat Program.
Ham Lake Airport Site.
He-Hh.
Herbst, R. L.:
Photographs.
Director meetings.
Engagements, 1971. 4 folders.
Letters to all employees.
Personal file.
Highway Department.
Historical Society.
Hi-Hz. 2 folders.
Hunting seasons.
I.D.S. Proposal.
Indian correspondence.
Indian-Red Lake.
Indian Affairs Commission.
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners.
International Joint Commission.
Inter-office memos.
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission.
Commissioner Robert L. Herbst, IRRRC.
Commissioner Robert L. Herbst, November 4, 1971.
Commissioner Robert L. Herbst.
Izaak Walton League of America.
J-Kk. 2 folders.
Keith-Stevens, Incorporated, Management Consultants, 1970-1971.
Kl-Ln. 2 folders.
Miscellaneous lake correspondence.
Lake Superior Taconite Tailings Study.
Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Land exchange.
Land Exchange Commission.
Land Use Classification Program.
Legal Bureau.
Location
107.H.12.5BL.A.C. [Legislative Advisory Committee].
Lo-Mb. 2 folders.
Legislature 3 folders.
Legislative Building Commission.
License Registration Section.
Mc-Md.
McCarthy Beach State Park.
Me-Mn.
Mercury (Governor's Committee), 1970-1971.
Merit awards.
Metropolitan Park Reserve Board.
Midwest Legislative Council.
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce.
Minneapolis Gas Company.
Minnesota Association for Conservation Education.
Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Minnesota Conservation Federation.
Minnesota Constitutional Study Commission.
Minnesota Emergency Conservation Federation.
Minnesota Experimental City, 1969-1971.
Minnesota Information Systems Coordinating Committee.
Minnesota Pollution Agency.
Minnesota Resources Commission. 2 folders.
Minnesota Valley Trail.
Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission.
Miscellaneous bulletins.
Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Missouri Basin Field Committee and Inter-Agency Committee.
Mo-Mt.
Moose season.
Mu-Mz.
Muskies, Incorporated.
Location
107.H.12.6FSl-Ss.
Smelt.
Snowmobiles. 3 folders.
Society of American Foresters.
South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission.
Southern Minnesota River Basin Commission, 1970-1971.
Spearing.
Sportsmen's clubs and conservation organizations.
St-Sz.
State Auditor.
State departments (miscellaneous).
State Fair.
State Lakeshore Cabin Site Leasing (Ad Hoc Committee), 1970-1971.
State Pesticide Review Committee.
State Planning Agency.
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Summer Youth Employment Programs.
T.
Trails.
U-V.
Uniforms.
U.S. Congress: House of Representatives.
U.S. Congress: Senate.
Department of the Army, U.S. Corps of Engineers.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife.
U.S. Forest Service.
U.S. Department of the Interior.
U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
University of Minnesota.
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission.
Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission.
Upper Mississippi River National Recreational Area.
Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee.
Wa-Wg.
Minnesota Water Resources Board.
Water Resources Coordinating Committee (State Planning Agency). 2 folders.
Wh-Wi.
White Oak Project.
Wild rice.
Wild rivers.
Wo-Wz.
Work Farm Refuge, St. Louis County.
XYZ.
Y.C.C. (Youth Conservation Corps, Division of Lands and Forestry)

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Expand/CollapseSERIES 2, 1972-1977 (BULK 1972-1973)

Location
111.H.7.7BA.
Administration Department, 1972. 3 folders.
Administration Department, 1973. 3 folders.
Advisory Board, Iron Range Interpretive Center, 1972.
DNR Advisory Council, 1974-1975.
Advisory Committee, Governors Trail, 1972.
Advisory Committee on Management and Personnel Development, 1971-1972.
Advisory Committee: Outdoor Recreation Planning, Technical, 1972.
Advisory Council, Fire Service, Education and Research, 1972.
Advisory Council, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 1972. 2 folders.
Advisory Council, Pine County, 1972.
Aerial photography, 1972.
Afton State Park, 1972.
Affirmative Action Program, 1972.
Aircraft, 1972.
Governor Wendell Anderson, 1972-1973. 5 folders.
Capsule (Governor's Office), Department of Conservation Administration, 1972.
Assignments, 1972.
Assistant Commissioner, Joe Alexander, 1972.
Association of Midwest Fish and Game Commissioners, 1972.
Attorney General, 1972.
Location
111.H.7.8FBa-Bq. 3 folders.
Bounties, 1972. 2 folders.
Boy Scouts.
Br-Bz. 2 folders.
Budget material, 1972.
Bureau of Business Management, 1972.
Bureau of Engineering Services, 1972.
Bureau of Information and Education, 1972. 2 folders.
Bureau of Land Management (U.S.), 1972.
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (U.S. Department of Interior), 1972.
Bureau of Planning, 1972.
Ca-Cg.
Caldor Corporation, 1973.
Canadian correspondence, 1972.
Ch-Cq.
Citizens League, 1972.
Civil Defense, 1972.
Civil Service Department, 1972.
Civil Service and Unclassified Personnel Study Commission, 1972.
Clippings, 1972.
Compensation Review Board, 1972.
Conservation departments (miscellaneous states), 1972.
Conservation education, 1972.
County auditors, 1972
County boards, 1972.
Da-Dh.
Dams, 1972.
Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR], 1972.
Department of Economic Development, 1972.
Di-Dz.
Directors of all divisions, 1972.
Ditches, correspondence, 1972.
Division of Enforcement and Field Service, 1972.
Location
111.H.7.9BDivision of Game and Fish, 1972. 2 folders.
Division of Lands and Forestry, 1972-1973. 3 folders.
Division of Parks and Recreation, 1972.
Division of Waters, Soils, and Minerals, 1972.
E.
Employees Policy Committee, 1972.
Environmental Education Council, 1972.
Environmental Education Steering Committee, 1972.
Environmental impact statements, 1972.
Environmental policy.
Environmental program file, North East Minnesota.
Environmental Quality Council, 1972-1973. 6 folders.
Location
111.H.7.10FEnvironmental Quality Council, Robert Herbst. 2 folders.
Environmental Quality Council, Robert Herbst, Minnesota State Planning Agency.
Executive Council
Fa-Fk.
Federal legislation, 1972. 2 folders.
Filing system, 1971-1972.
Fl-Fz.
Flood Plain Management Program, 1972.
Fort Snelling State Park, 1972.
French River Fish Hatchery, 1973.
Ga-Gk.
Gift tracts of land, 1972.
Gl-Gq.
Governmental Advisory Committee, 1973-1975. 2 folders.
Governor's Rural Affairs Cabinet, 1972.
Gr-Gz.
Great Lakes Basin Commission, 1972.
Grey Cloud Island, 1972.
Ha-Hd.
Ham Lake Airport Site, 1972.
Hastings State Hospital lands, 1973.
He-Hh.
Herbst, R. L.:
Directors' meetings, 1972.
Photographs, 1972.
Letters to all employees, 1972.
Watereuse, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1973.
1973 Water legislation speech.
Cache River Project, Arkansas, November 1, 1973.
Directors' meetings, 1973-1974. 2 folders.
Hi-Hn.
Highway Department, 1972.
Historical Society, 1972.
Ho-Hz.
Hunting seasons, 1972.
I.
IAGFCC, Special Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Relations.
IAGFCC, National Coordinating Committee for Water Resources '76.
Indian Affairs Commission, 1972.
Indian correspondence, 1972.
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners, 1972-1973. 2 folders.
Location
111.H.8.1BInternational Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners, 1974
International Association, Legislative Committee, 1974.
International Joint Commission, 1972.
Inter-office memos, 1972.
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission, 1972-1973. 9 folders.
Izaak Walton League of America, 1972.
J-Kz 3 folders.
K.I.D.S., Incorporated, 1972, 1974-1977. 2 folders.
La-Ln.
Miscellaneous lake correspondence, 1972.
Land and Water Conservation Fund, 1972.
Land Bureau, 1973.
Land exchange, 1972. 2 folders.
Land Exchange Commission, 1972.
Land Exchange Review Board, 1971-1972. 2 folders.
Land Use Classification Program, 1972.
Legal Bureau, 1972.
L.A.C. [Legislative Advisory Council], 1972. 2 folders.
Location
111.H.8.2FLegislative Audit Commission, 1973.
Legislative Building Commission, 1972.
Legislative, Water Subcommittee Reports for 1973 Session.
Legislative, 1972-1973. 6 folders.
1974 Legislature.
License Registration Section, 1972.
Lo-Lz.
Luedtke Slough (Fairmont, Minnesota), 1971-1973. 2 folders.
Ma-Mn. 3 folders.
Mercury (Governor's Committee), 1972.
Merit awards, 1972.
Mineland reclamation, 1973.
Mineral Resources Research Center, Industrial Liaison Committee (University of Minnesota), 1972.
Minneapolis Gas Company, 1972.
Minnesota Conservation Federation, 1972.
Minnesota Conservation Foundation (Board of Trustees), 1972.
Minnesota Conservation Foundation (Board of Trustees), 1974-1976.
Minnesota Constitutional Study Commission, 1972.
Minnesota Emergency Conservation Federation, 1972
Minnesota Experimental City, 1972.
Minnesota Management System, 1973.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1972.
Minnesota Resources Commission, 1972. 2 folders.
Location
111.H.8.3BMinnesota Valley Trail, 1972
Minnesota Valley Trail Analysis, 1972.
Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission, 1972.
Lake Minnetonka bays, 1973.
Miscellaneous bulletins, 1972.
Mississippi River Task Force, 1972.
Mo-Mt.
Moose Lake State Hospital land, 1970-1972.
Mu-Mz.
Muskies, Incorporated, 1972.
N.
National Park Service, 1972.
National Wildlife Federation, 1972.
Les Nelson, Finance Section, 1972.
Newspapers, 1972.
North American School of Conservation, 1972.
Northern States Power Company, 1972.
O.
Organizations, 1972-1973. 5 folders.
Out-of-state travel, 1972.
Outstanding achievement awards, 1972.
Pa-Ph.
Personnel, 1972. 2 folders.
Personnel Officer, 1972.
Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich, 1972.
Pi-Pz.
Pig's Eye Lake Coal Terminal, 1973.
Pittman-Robertson, Dingell-Johnson Funds, 1972.
DNR Planning and Environmental Review Team, 1971-1972.
Pollution (miscellaneous cases), 1972.
Project 80, 1972.
Public access, 1972.
Q-Rh. 2 folders.
Range River, 1973.
Recreational Rivers Study, 1972.
Red River Basin Planning Committee, 1972.
Regional Administrator, Applicants.
Regional Administrator (Wesloh) Northwest Region I, 1973.
Regional Administrator (Stenlund) Northeast Region II, 1973.
Regional Administrator (Lorenz) Central Region III, 1973.
Regional Administrator (Nelson) Southwest Region, 1973.
Regional Administrator (Story) Southeast Region, 1973.
Regional Administrator, Meeting minutes.
Regional headquarters, 1972.
Location
111.H.8.4FRegional headquarters, 1973.
DNR Reorganization, 1972-1973. 5 folders.
Resources of Conservation and Development Program, 1971-1972.
Ri-Rz.
Ridgedale Shopping Center, 1972.
Minnesota Rural Development Council, 1973.
State Rural Development Council, 1973.
State Rural Economic Development Council, Presentation by Region 6W.
Sa-Sd.
St. Croix Correctional Camp, 1973.
St. Croix River File, 1972.
St. Croix River, Interim Management Team, 1972.
St. Croix Study, Lower, 1972. 2 folders.
St. Croix Task Force, Upper, 1972.
Salary information, 1972.
Scientific and Natural Areas Committee, 1972. 2 folders.
Scientific and Natural Areas Hearing, St. Paul, May 2, 1973.
Scouting material.
Se-Sh.
Seaplane correspondence, 1972.
Secretary of State, 1972.
Section of Fisheries, 1972.
Section of Game, 1972.
Section of Procurement, 1973.
Section of Technical Services, 1972.
Set-Aside Program (Cover Crops), 1971-1972. 2 folders.
Shoreland Management Program, 1972.
Si-Sk.
Sign Program (DNR), 1972.
Sioux Pipe Line Company, 1973.
Sl-Ss.
Smelt, 1972.
Snowmobiles, 1972. 2 folders.
Location
107.H.12.7BSnowmobiles, 1972-1973. 5 folders.
Snowmobiling reports. 6 volumes.
Public Hearing on Snowmobile Rules and Regulations, November 19, 1971. 2 folders.
Society of American Foresters, 1972.
Soil Conservation Society of America, 1972.
Southeastern Minnesota Conservation Tour, August 1972.
Southern Minnesota River Basin Commission, 1972.
Spirit Mountain Project, 1973.
Sportsmen clubs and conservation organizations, 1972.
St-Sz.
State Auditor, 1972.
State departments (miscellaneous), 1972. 2 folders.
State Employees Retirement Association, 1972.
State Fair, 1972.
State Mapping Advisory Board, 1972.
State Pesticide Review Committee, 1972.
State Planning Agency, 1972.
Stream channel modification, 1972
Study Committee, Base Metal Mining in Minnesota, 1972.
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, 1972.
State Trail Council, 1973.
Study Team, Forestry-Game Habitat, 1972.
Location
104.K.19.1BStudy Team, Long Lake Conservation Center, 1971-1972.
Study Team, Organizational, DNR, 1971-1972.
Study Team, Surface Use Regulation of Watercraft, 1971-1972
Study Team, Water Permit, 1971-1972.
Stur-Shan Project, St. Louis Company, 1970-1972.
Summer youth employment programs, 1972.
T.
Timber Law Committee, 1971-1973.
Timber Producers Association, 1971-1972.
Trails, 1972.
Transmission lines, 1973.
Transportation Task Force, 1972. 2 folders.
U-V.
Upper Midwest Council Land Use Committee, 1975-1976.
Department of Army, U.S. Corps of Engineers, 1972.
Department of Army, U.S. Corps of Engineers (permit applications), 1972.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife, 1972.
U.S. Forest Service, 1972.
U.S. Congress: House of Representatives, 1972.
U.S. Congress: Senate, 1972.
U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1972.
U.S. Department of Interior, 1972.
University of Minnesota, 1972.
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, 1972.
Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission, 1972.
Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, 1972.
Upper Mississippi River Recreation Area, 1972.
Wa-Wg.
Watercraft, 1971-1972.
Watergate, 1973.
Water Resources Board, 1972.
Water Resources Coordinating Commission, 1972.
Watershed material, 1972.
Wh-Wn.
Wild rice, 1972.
Wild rivers, 1972.
Wo-Z. 2 folders.
Y.C.C. (Division of Lands and Forestry), 1972.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
Environmental education -- Minnesota.
Environmental policy -- Minnesota.
Federal government -- Minnesota.
Fishing -- Minnesota.
Forests and forestry -- Minnesota.
Hunting -- Minnesota.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Minnesota.
Interstate relations -- Minnesota.
Mines and mineral resources -- Minnesota.
Natural areas -- Minnesota.
Public lands -- Minnesota.
Snowmobiling -- Minnesota.
Transportation -- Minnesota.
Water conservation -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Herbst, Robert L., 1935-
Organizations:
Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources -- Personnel management.
Minnesota. Governor (1971-1976 : Anderson).
Minnesota. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.
Places:
Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.)

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