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Senate advances bill to form Sustainable Foraging Task Force after DNR says it is not pursuing active rulemaking
Summary
Senate File 14-64 would create a Sustainable Foraging Task Force to develop science‑based recommendations for managing foraging on state lands. The DNR told the committee it is not currently pursuing foraging rule changes; the committee adopted amendments and referred the bill to the Rules Committee.
Senate File 14-64, sponsored by Senator Carolyn Pah, would establish a Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force to provide lawmakers with recommendations grounded in traditional ecological knowledge, science and data about foraging on public lands.
Advocates including Tara Erickson and Peter Martignacco of the Minnesota Mycological Society testified in favor, saying foraging is a longstanding cultural practice shared by Indigenous peoples, immigrant communities and many Minnesotans and…
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