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Water permits

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  • Do I need a permit?

  • Water-related permit contacts
  • Water appropriations permits
  • Public waters work permits
  • Dam safety permits pdf
  • Aquatic plant management permits
  • Fisheries permits
  • Waters permit forms
  • Water Statutes and Rules

Licenses, permits, regulations

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  • Licenses
  • DNR license agents
  • Regulations
  • Permits
  • Fishing seasons
  • Hunting seasons
  • Recreation Compass
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  • Permits & licenses for persons with special needs
  • Online license sales external link

Do I need a permit?

Select a topic for answers to questions about water and shoreland-related permits. If you have further questions, send them to info.dnr@state.mn.us.

Do I need a permit for...

  • Agricultural processing
  • Aeration systems
  • Aquatic vegetation
  • Beach sand blankets
  • Beaver dams
  • Blasting
  • Bluffs
  • Boat house/boat storage structure
  • Boat ramp
  • Bridge crossing
  • Dams
  • Dewatering
  • Diking
  • Dock and swimming platforms
  • Dredging
  • Fences
  • Fill
  • Fish stocking
  • Floating bogs
  • Geothermal systems
  • Ground water
  • Heat pumps
  • Hydropower
    (small scale)
  • Ice ridges
    (shoreline damage due to ice action)
  • Irrigation, crop
    (for agricultural purposes)
  • Industrial water use
  • Irrigation, non-crop
  • Lakeshore frontage
  • Lawn landscaping
  • Lawn watering
    (pumping surface or ground water to irrigate lawn or garden)
  • Ordinary high water level
  • Permit applications
  • Public access
  • Public waters
  • Public waters wetlands
  • Public waters on federal lands
  • Public waters work permits
  • Remodeling
  • Retaining walls
  • Riprap
  • Road construction
  • Shoreline restoration
  • Structure setbacks
  • Sunken log removal
  • Tribal lands
    (altering Public Waters on)
  • Utility crossings
  • Vegetation removal
  • Water appropriation permits
  • Water law basics
  • Weed control and removal
  • Well construction
  • Wetland maps
  • Wetland taxation
  • Wildlife ponds



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