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recreational uses (MN Statute 86A.05, subpart 8). State wildlife management areas satisfy the <br /> following criteria: <br /> 1. Includes appropriate wildlife lands and habitat, including but not timited to marsh or wetlands <br /> and the margins thereof, ponds, Iakes, stream bottomlands, and uplands, which permit the <br /> - propagation and management of a substantial population of the desired wildlife species; and <br /> 2. Includes an area large enough to ensure adequate wildlife management and regulation of the <br /> permitted recreational uses. � <br /> No State wildlife management areas are shown within the District on the MnDNR Wildlife <br /> Management Areas Map (MnDNR, 1999, http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/compass.html). <br /> 4.3.6 Aquatic,Management Areas <br /> Minnesota Statutes 86A.05, Subpart 14, allows for the establishment of aquatic management areas to <br /> protect, develop, and manage lakes, rivers, streams, and adjacent wetlands and lands that are critical <br /> for fish and other aquatic life, for water quality, and for their intrinsic biological value, public <br /> � fishing, or other compatible outdoor recreational uses. Aquatic management areas may be <br /> established to protect wetland areas under ten acres that are donated to the department of natural <br /> resources. Aquatic management areas must meet one or more of the following criteria: <br /> 1. Provides angler or management access; <br /> 2. Protects fish spawning, rearing, or other unique habitat; <br /> 3. Protects aquatic wildlife feeding and nesting areas; � <br /> 4. Protects critical shoreline habitat; or <br /> 5. Provides a site for research on natural history. <br /> No aquatic management areas have been established in Hennepin or Carver County, and thus none <br /> exist within the District (Ellison, D. 2001) <br /> \\fred\wp�23�27\D06�Reports�Fina1 Report\Wetland_mgmt_plan dft011503.doc 4-27 <br />