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Board asks DNR to map county aggregate resources under Minnesota statute
Summary
The board unanimously adopted Resolution 2025-11 requesting the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to conduct aggregate resource mapping of Big Stone County under Minnesota Statutes section 84.94 to inform land-use decisions.
Heather Arends of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources presented information about aggregate resource mapping and requested county approval to allow the DNR to map resources in the county. The board adopted Resolution 2025-11 unanimously, formally requesting the DNR to conduct the mapping under Minnesota Statutes section 84.94 to help identify locations, amounts and quality of remaining aggregate resources.
The resolution text recorded in the minutes notes the county "requests that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conduct aggregate resource mapping of the County as authorized by Minnesota Statutes section 84.94" and that the county will consider protection of identified resources in land-use decisions upon receipt of the mapping results. No timeline for the mapping or associated costs to the county were recorded in the meeting minutes.
