In the interim period ahead of the Minnesota legislative session, lobbyist Bruce Kleven has three key issues on his radar. The list includes climate change agency rulemaking. “We are also watching the movement of captive deer as a result of Chronic Wasting Disease. In late 2019, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued an order to stop the movement of deer from farms,” explains Kleven. “That’s significant, because that’s the first time I can remember the DNR weighing in to what is considered agricultural production.” Kleven says the other deals with testing deer for neonicotinoids. “Just before hunting season without warning, the DNR asked deer hunters to send in spleens for testing. The concern I have with that is if they find a neonicotinoid in a spleen, what does that mean? Does that mean the DNR will use the same analysis they used on the captive herds and ban the use of seeds, because it’s showing up in the wild deer?”
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