Minnesota HF4061 extends funding for grants to expand Minnesota's wild elk population and range.

Minnesota HF4061 extends the availability of appropriations for a grant to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to expand Minnesota's wild elk population and range. The bill allocates funds for activities such as developing capture and handling protocols, producing postrelease state and Tribal elk comanagement plans, and considering moving elk from existing herds in northwest Minnesota to the Fond du Lac State Forest and Reservation in Carlton and southern St. Louis Counties. The funding is sourced from the heritage enhancement account in the game and fish fund.

Minnesota HF4061 extends funding for grants to expand Minnesota's wild elk population and range.

Minnesota HF4061 extends the availability of appropriations for a grant to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to expand Minnesota's wild elk population and range. The bill allocates funds for activities such as developing capture and handling protocols, producing postrelease state and Tribal elk comanagement plans, and considering moving elk from existing herds in northwest Minnesota to the Fond du Lac State Forest and Reservation in Carlton and southern St. Louis Counties. The funding is sourced from the heritage enhancement account in the game and fish fund.