St. Paul — A proposal from the state Board of Water and Soil Resources to fine landowners for noncompliance with buffer requirements near public waters drew a harsh reaction last week, leading to a House hearing April 12 during which mostly farmers expressed their anger with a plan they called “excessive,” among other things. But […]
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