For critics of the Minnesota buffer-strip law, the easy solution is to present a viable alternative plan that would have the same desired effect. The buffer-strip law is an attempt to slow the ...

While the title of Mike Van Horn's letter February 21, 2017, ' Minnesota Buffer Strip Law about control ' is somewhat accurate, that's where it ends. Yes, the Minnesota buffer strip laws are about ...

If you have farmland along a county ditch, judicial ditch or township road, you will be affected by the the Minnesota Buffer Strip Land Grab. As the Department of Natural Resources adds ditches to ...

Earl Benson welcomed the news this summer that Minnesota lawmakers had struck a deal to bolster the protective vegetative buffer strips along the state’s rivers and lakes. Studies show strips of ...

Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal to require 50 feet of grasses around waterways is simple. The establishment of a uniform requirement around all of the state’s waterways is the strength of the idea, he ...

Minnesota farmers are hovering near 99% compliance with a buffer law that’s been enforced since 2017. That’s a sign of success in a state filled with waterways, wetlands and over 14,000 lakes that are ...

Gov. Mark Dayton speaks at the dedication of a Wildlife Management Area south of Worthington during the Governor's 2014 Minnesota Pheasant Opener, a tradition Dayton began in 2011. To boost pheasant ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn.-I appreciate Mike Van Horn's words about Minnesota's buffer-strip law ("Buffer-strip law is 'unconstitutional land grab'," letter, Page A4, Feb. 28). I agree with him 100 percent ...

A common criticism of farmers against Gov. Mark Dayton's 50-foot buffer proposal is that it's a one-size-fits-all regulation. This accusation is false. Dayton's proposal includes a section titled ...