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Mississippi River Critical Area History - Division of Waters: Minnesota DNR Page 1 of 4 JEW ,]r - Y r ( Enter Keywords search A -Z List I Site Map Contact the DNR What's New? I Newsroom I Events & Seasons > MN DNR Home > Waters Division > Water Management > Critical Area > Mississippi River Critical Mississi 1 Rimier Critical Area Program �� Main page Area Program - History and Map Scope History and Scope Critical Areas Act Appendix A: Le Description (34 k) O F - 51- 1 In 1973, the Critical Areas Act was enacted ( Minnesota Statutes Chapter 116G) The Minnesota Legislature found that Appendix B: Corridor the development of certain areas possessing important historic, Districts (11 k) FH}F cultural, or aesthetic values or natural systems that perform functions of greater than local significance could result in Standards and Guidelines (28 irreversible damage to these resources, decrease their value and k) F -P utility for public purposes, or unreasonably endanger life and property. The state should identify these areas of critical Executive Order 79 -19 and concern and assist and cooperate with local units of government Appendices F�F in preparation of plans and regulations for wise use of these areas. Pursuant to the statutes, the Environmental Quality givers & Streams Programs Board adopted rules to iunplement the Act ( Minnesota Rules, parts 4410 8100 - 4410.9910) Rivers and Streams Main Mississippi River Designation Page River and Stream The Mississippi River and its adjacent corridor was designated Management a state critical area on October 18, 1976, by Governor Wendell Anderson through Executive Order No. 130. The designation of Mississippi River Critical the river and its corridor as a State Critical Area was reaffirmed Area Proms and continued by Governor Albert Quie on March 27, 1979, through Executive Order 79 -19 F6E [see Standards and Mississippi River Guidelines [ff o], and made permanently a state critical area by Management - Navigation action of the Metropolitan Council on July 12, 1979. In 1991, the Minnesota Legislature designated the federal Mississippi Wild and Scenic Rivers National River and Recreation Area (Ml``RRA), a unit of the Program National Park Service, as a state critical area in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 116G Shoreland Management Program Corridor Boundary The Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor extends from the — 1 $i W / /www.dnr.state.mn.us /waters /watermgmt_section/critical _ area/history.html 11/13/2007