LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON MINNESOTA RESOURCES:

An Inventory of Its Subject Files and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.
	Title:	Subject Files and Reports.
	Dates:	1971-2013.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Mainly background files that provide information on the work of the commission, including government and private groups interested in commission activities; legislation; relations with individual legislators and state officers; appropriations and allocations; and various subjects of interest to the commission, including pollution, economic development, tourism, watershed management, gasohol, outdoor recreation, and parks. Also includes a chronological series of miscellaneous reports.
	Quantity:	16.4 cubic feet (16 boxes and 2 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

There are major subseries devoted to the following: dams, the state Department of Natural Resources, Energy Agency, and Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Historical Society, University of Minnesota, and LCMR's Land Acquisition Advisory Committee.

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ARRANGEMENT

Organized alphabetically. A chronological series beginning in 1997 follows the alphabetical series.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. Subject Files and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 996-24; 2008-61; 2017-55; 2021-28

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001734154

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


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113.B.9.1B	Alphabetical Subject Files:
		Acid rain.
		Administration Department.
		Agriculture Department.
		Alcohol.
		Allocation background.
		AMAX.
		American Underground Association.
		Arrowhead Regional Development Commission.
		Aspen for cattle fed.
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130.A.18.1B		Awards, undated, 1971-2007.
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113.B.9.1B		Banzhaf and Company.
		Barton-Aschman Associates.
		Bicentennial Commission.
		Big Marine Lake.
		Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
		Cheng, Da Yu.
		Chisago County.
		Coalition of Lakeshore Association.
		Coastal zone management. 2 folders.
		Dams:
			Dams.
			Grand Meadow.
			Lake Byllesby Dam.
			Rum River Dam-Anoka.
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113.B.9.2F			Sunrise Dam-Chisago County.
		Deep Portage.
		Department of Natural Resources (DNR):
			Fish and Wildlife:
				Dingell-Johnson, Pittman-Robertson.
				Fisheries.
				Game lake management.
				Land acquisition.
				Operation Pheasant.
				Prairie chicken habitat.
				Non-game funds.
				Wildlife.
				Wildlife management.
			Forestry:
				Forestry.
				BWCA Forestry Intensification Program.
				Firefighting.
				Forest inventory.
				Forest management information.
				Forest roads.
				Forestry Generated Revenues from Permanent School Fund Lands.
				Fuelwood.
				General.
				General Andrews Nursery.
				Land acquisition.
				Memorial Hardwood Forest. 3 folders.
				Nurseries.
				Planning.
				Private forest management.
				Pulpwood weight conversions.
				Sand Dunes State Forest.
				Taxation.
				Timber sales.
				Willow River.
			General:
				2 percent personnel reduction.
				Professional services.
			Land acquisition.
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113.B.9.3B			Land acquisition fact sheets.
			Land exchange.
			Land systems merger.
			LCMR, 1990-2005.
				Newsletter; scattered.
			Minerals.
			Minerals: CuNi leases.
			Parks and Recreation:
				Acquisition.
				Afton State Park.
				Blue Mound State Park.
				Development.
				Great River Road.
				Helmer Myre State Park.
				Kettle River.
				Lower St. Croix Scenic Riverway.
				Scientific and natural areas.
				State parks.
				Tettagouche State Park.
				Upper St. Croix Scenic Riverway.
				Whitewater State Park.
				Wild and scenic rivers.
				Wild and scenic rivers-Cannon River.
				Wild and scenic rivers-Cloquet River.
				Wild and scenic rivers-Mississippi River.
				Wild and scenic rivers policy/plan.
				Wild Rivers State Park.
			Planning:
				Con-Con lands.
				Long range plan.
				Natural Heritage Program.
				Planning.
				SCORP (State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan).
				SCORP-ORPTAC (Outdoor Recreation Planning Technical Advisory Committee).
				Tourism.
			Trails and Waterways:
				Betterment of state trails.
				Gasoline use in motorboats and snowmobiles.
				General.
				Minnesota Valley Trail.
				Minnesota/Wisconsin Boundary Trail.
				Planning.
				Public access.
				Root River Trail.
				Public access-Lake Minnetonka.
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113.B.9.4F				Snowmobile trails.
				Trails.
			Waters:
				Chisago Chain of Lakes.
				Dams.
				General.
				Groundwater study.
				Mississippi River Master Plan.
				St. Cloud Hydropower Dam.
				Waters.
		Dieterich, Neil Senator.
		Duluth, City of: Proposed ballpark facility.
		Duluth, City of: Fishing pier.
		Durenberger, David.
		Dutch Elm Disease.
		Economic Development Association.
		Edman, Robert F. and Associates.
		Education, Department of: Environmental Education Council.
		Education, Department of: FFA.
		Ekono, Inc.
		Elk Creek Park Reserve.
		Ely: Heat Transfer Project.
		Energy.
		Energy Agency:
			Energy Agency.
			Alternative energy grants.
			Biomass Resources.
			Detroit Lakes Energy System.
			District heating.
			Energy plantations.
			Hydropower.
			Timber and wood waste utilization.
		Energy, Planning and Development Deptartment:
			District Heating Grant Program.
			Ely Heat Pump Project.
		Environmental Conservation Library.
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113.B.9.5B		Environmental Quality Board.
		Esthetic Environment Programs.
		Federal Regional Council.
		Federal reimbursement account.
		Fiber Fuels Institute.
		Finance, Department of.
		Fish hatcheries.
		Flood plain management.
		Ford Foundation.
		Frenzel, William.
		Freshwater Biological Institute.
		Fuhr, Allison.
		Gasohol. 3 folders.
		Goff, Robert and Associates.
		Governor's Task Force on Waste Management.
		Grand Portage.
		Green Lake (Chisago County).
		Ground water.
		Gulf Machinery Company.
		Health, Department of.
		Health, Department of: Groundwater contamination.
		Heritage Trails: Embarrass Lake.
		Historical Society:
			General. 2 folders.
			Fort Snelling.
			Historical archeology.
			Interpretive centers.
			Old Federal Courts Building.
			Pipestone Native American Culture Center.
			St. Croix Interpretive Center.
			Washington Court Courthouse.
		House Appropriations Committee: Subcommittee on Computers.
		House Environment and Natural Resource Committee.
		Housing and Urban Development
		Housing Finance Agency.
		Humphrey, Hubert H.
		Ice Age Trail.
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113.B.9.6F		Krajcovic-Ilok, Dr. V. Stephen, President, Ilok Power Co. 2 folders.
		Indian affairs.
		International Harvester.
		International Joint Commission.
		International Power Technology.
		Iron Range Interpretative Program.
		Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.
		Issue responses.
		Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
		Lake Itasca.
		Kirchner, Senator William.
		Knickerbocker, Rep. Gerald.
		Koochiching County ditch problem.
		Lake Elmo.
		Lake and Cook County application.
		Lake Minnetonka Task Force.
		Lake Tetonka Watershed Project.
		Lalich, Mike
		Land. 2 folders.
		Land Acquisition Advisory Committee. 2 folders.
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113.B.9.7B		Land Acquisition Advisory Committee. 2 folders.
		Landsat.
		Lappegaard, Ray.
		Laufenburger, Senator Roger.
		Leech Lake Reservation.
		Legislative Advisory Commission.
		Legislative Auditor.
		Legislative Coordinating Commission. 2 folders.
		Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR):
			Administration.
			Allocations.
			1979 appropriations bill.
			Dedicated account.
			FY 1981, FY1982, FY1983 expenditure reductions.
			General. 2 folders.
			1977 Goals and Objectives Subcommittee.
			Liaison officers.
			Reductions.
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113.B.9.8F			Status reports.
			Timber Resources: Prospects for Development.
			Task Force on Forestry (Timber Study):
				Timber Study. 2 folders.
				Timber Study: Legal compendium.
				Contract negotiation.
				Meeting files. 3 folders.
					More meeting files can be found in the LCMR's set of meeting files.
				Prospects for development.
				Testimony before House Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
				Timber Study: Draft final report.
		Lessard, Sen. Bob.
		Lime sludge issue.
		Louisiana Pacific Corporation.
		Lumber grading.
		Luther, Senator William P.
		Maple syrup.
		Mapping.
		Metropolitan Council.
		Metropolitan Parks and Open Spaces Commission.
		Metzen, Rep. James.
		Minne, Rep. Lona.
		Minnegasco Gas Company.
		Minnesota Forests, 1983.
		Minnesota Minerals Coordination Committee.
		Minnesota River Valley Trail.
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113.B.9.9B		Minnesota, University of:
			Minnesota, University of.
			Agricultural Extension Service.
			Center for Urban and Regional Affairs.
			College of Forestry.
			Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering.
			Eagle Lake.
			Executive Council for Natural Resources.
			Funding requests.
			Limnological Research Center.
			Minnesota Geologic Survey.
			Minnesota Recreation and Tourism Research Symposium.
			National Underground Construction Research Institute.
			Prehistoric archaeology.
			Regional Soils Atlas.
			St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory.
			Soil survey. 2 folders.
			Solid Waste Management.
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113.B.9.10F			Underground Space Center.
			Underground Space Center Advisory Committee.
			Water Resources Research Center.
		Minnesota-Duluth, University of.
		Minnesota Valley restoration.
		Minnesota’s Timber Resources: Prospects for Development, Final Report, Volume 1, Executive Summary; Volume II, Primary Document, November 11, 1980.
		Moe, Senator Roger.
		Mondale, Senator Walter F.
		National Park Service: Midwest Regional Advisory Committee.
		National Science Foundation.
		Natural Heritage Program.
		Natural Resources and Agriculture-Senate.
		Natural Resources acceleration.
		Natural Resources Bonding Proposal.
		Nature Conservancy.
		Nemadji River.
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309.W.9.1B		Nongame work plans, 1993-2010. 3 folders.
		Nongame program information, 1998-2003.
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113.B.9.10F		Normandale College.
		North Central Minnesota Forest Development Committee.
		Northeastern Minnesota Economic Trust Board-2002 Funding.
		Northwest Economic Development.
		NSP.
		Operation Walleye.
		Outdoor Recreation Bureau.
		Peat Advisory Committee/Interagency Task Force:
			Correspondence, minutes, etc., 1975-1976. 5 folders.
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113.B.9.11B			Correspondence, minutes, etc., 1977-1985. 13 folders.
			Bay Houston Company, 1977-1982.
			Konrad Ruckstahl, SPM Group Inc., 1981-1982.
				Includes photographs.
			Sax Zzyzx, 1981-1982.
		Peterson, Roger (Legal Counsel).
		Peterson, Roger: Land Acquisition Proposal.
		Peterson, Roger: Opinion on Ramsey County Lilydale Grant-In-Aid.
		Plymouth, City of.
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113.B.9.12F		Pollution Control Agency:
			Pollution Control Agency. 2 folders.
			Lake classification.
			Lake improvement.
			Lake restoration.
		Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman and Doty, Ltd.
		Poyry, Jaakko:
			Consulting engineers. 3 folders.
			Notes on Forestry in Minnesota: A Preliminary Appraisal.
			Report comments.
		Pres-to-Logs.
		Project 80.
		Railroads-Abandoned land.
		Rainy River Navigation Project.
		Rebecca Lake (Hastings).
		Recreational tourism.
		Red River flooding.
		Red Wing.
		Remonumentation.
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113.B.9.13B		Rockstore 77 Conference.
		Rockstore '80.
		Rolvaag, Governor.
		Root River Interpretive Center.
		Rough fish processing.
		St. Cloud.
		St. Louis Park application.
		St. Paul, City of: Crosby Farm.
		Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee: DNR Problems Subcommittee.
		Sierra Club.
		Soil and Water Conservation Commission-State. 2 folders.
		Southeastern Minnesota.
		Southeastern Minnesota Legislative Tour.
		Southern Minnesota Rivers Basin Commission.
		Southwestern Minnesota State College.
		Spirit Mountain-Duluth.
		Stewart Lake-Crow Wing County.
		Strategic Plan: July 1990-July 1996, December 11, 1989.
		Swedish Group for Underground Development and Cooperation.
		Swedish Embassy/Consul General.
		Swimmers' itch.
		Technology Assessment, Office of.
		Transportation Department: Great River Road.
		Twentieth Year Symposium, February 9, 1983.
		Underground oil storage.
		United States: Forest Service.
		United States: Geological Survey.
		Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission.
		Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission.
		Uranium.
		Voyageurs National Park.
		Voyageurs National Park: Citizens Advisory Committee.
		Weather.
		Wild rice.
		Wild turkeys.
		YCC Program.


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309.W.9.1B	Chronological Series:
		Session reports, 1997-2012. 2 folders.
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103.L.13.8F		2003 Web Survey, 2003.
		Process, 2005 Proposals, 2003-2004.
		Summary of 2005 Proposals Received, Database Reports, 2004.
		LCMR 2005 Proposals, 2004. 10 folders.
			Arranged alphabetically by project manager.
			[0.2 cubic feet empty, legal]
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103.J.1.9B		2011 [Legislative] Session, 2011.
		2011 Session Committee Meetings, 2011.
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103.J.1 10F		2011 Session Committee Meetings, 2011.
		2013 Support letters, 2013.
		2013 Session, 2013.
		2013 Session - House Environment and Agriculture Committee, 2013.
		2013 Session - House Legacy Committee, 2013.
		2013 Session - Senate Environment and Energy Committtee, 2013.
		2013 Session - Budget Overviews, 2013.
		2013 Session - House Floor, 2013.
		2013 Session - Senate Environment, 2013.
		H.F. 976, 2013.
		2013 Session - House Legacy Committee, 2013.
		2013 Session - House Environment and Agriculture Committee, 2013.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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.; Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.; Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.; Gasohol industry -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.; Parks -- Minnesota.; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.; Recreation areas -- Minnesota.; Tourism -- Minnesota.; Watershed management -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: Minnesota Energy Agency.; Minnesota Historical Society.; Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.; Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources.; Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. Land Acquisition Advisory Committee.; Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives.; Minnesota. Legislature. Senate.; Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources.; Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources -- Appropriations and expenditures.; University of Minnesota.

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LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON MINNESOTA RESOURCES:

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