Nisswa Marine is fowarding an email that we received from the Minnesota DNR. If you have already completed this survey, please disregard. We feel it is important to provide the Department of Natural Resources this important information. Please take a few moments to complete their survey. PLEASE NOTE: You need your MN Registration Numbers from your boat/pontoon/water craft to complete the survey. Nisswa Marine has many of our Customer's Registration numbers. Please email info@nisswamarine.com to have your MN Reg Numbers emailed to you. DNR ASKS WATERCRAFT OWNERS TO TAKE ONLINE SURVEY If you own a watercraft, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants your opinion about boatlifts, docks and platforms. The information will supplement public meeting feedback contributing to the DNR's rulemaking process for structures in public waters. Watercraft owners are invited to take the survey online by Jan. 19. The DNR will name members for an advisory committee before the end of the year to provide input and review drafts of the rules revisions. A period for public comments and a public hearing on the proposed rules will take place in 2009. New rules are expected to go into effect. Jan. 15, 2010. Minnesota has more than 880,000 licensed watercraft and is the third largest in per-capita watercraft ownership in the United States. Legislation passed earlier this year requires the DNR to update rules and permit requirements on structures allowed in public waters by January 2010. Those who do not have access to the survey online can call 651-259-5700 to request a paper copy. Results of the survey will be available online shortly after the deadline. Those who don't own boats but would like to express their opinion on structures in public waters can send comments via e-mail to structures@dnr.state.mn.us or mail their comments to Docks and Structures Survey, DNR, 500 Lafayette Rd., St. Paul 55155. Background Since 1978 DNR has had specific rules on how it would administer permits for activities that alter the "course, current or cross-section" of public waters. The rules have been amended several times and have included several categories of activities for which no permit would be required as long as certain conditions were met. One of these categories included simple seasonal docks on lakes, rivers and streams. Nisswa Marine 24238 Smiley Road Nisswa, MN 56468 www.nisswamarine.com Click here for store hours and map. To subscribe to this newsletter, click here.

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