Sustainable Foraging Task Force narrows scope, asks DNR for briefing and plans Fort Snelling field trip

Sep 12, 2025

At its latest meeting, Minnesota’s Sustainable Foraging Task Force reviewed state statutes and pledged to request a DNR presentation, invite foraging educators and groups (including Indigenous educators), pilot a public-survey/land-manager survey, and schedule a Fort Snelling State Park field trip to ground recommendations in site visits and local expertise.

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The Sustainable Foraging Task Force, created by 2025 legislation to advise the Legislature on foraging policy, met to review its charge, hear an LCC memo on current statutes and other states’ approaches, and agree next steps focused on information-gathering rather than immediate rule changes, Chair Senator Pa said.

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