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Committee lays over series of tree bills: drought seedling purchases, emerald ash borer response and metro tree-planting grants
Summary
Lawmakers laid over three related bills to extend drought-replanting authority, fund emerald ash borer response, and provide metro tree-planting grants; DNR and nursery industry representatives described nursery stock constraints and deployment plans.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The committee considered a cluster of bills aimed at replanting and managing trees across Minnesota, laying them over for possible inclusion in future legislation.
Representative Fue Lee Vang moved House File 2,602 to extend a drought‑relief provision passed in 2021. Vang said the bill would extend the authorization to 2029 and allow purchases from the private market for containerized seedlings to ensure sufficient supply for replanting trees affected by past droughts. Bob Meyer, assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, told the committee the state currently does not produce containerized stock and has been…
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