The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article V, the Executive Department. Walz was first elected in 2018 and took office in January 2019. Officials said that before Minnesota resources are provided to another state or province, the DNR ensures that local needs are met first. The 41st and current governor is Tim Walz (D). Please find more information on the Walz-Flanagan Administration on our. “The Minnesota DNR’s partnership with Canada and with our neighboring states ensures we can quickly and efficiently share resources to respond to wildfires throughout the region.” This is the official YouTube channel for the Office of the Governor of Minnesota. “Canada is experiencing a historic fire season this year and I’m proud that our DNR wildland firefighters are ready to protect life and property in Minnesota and beyond, whenever the call comes in,” DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen said in the release. The compact provided engines, aircraft and firefighters to Minnesota, according to a news release from Walz’s office. Representative for Minnesota’s first congressional district for 12 years (from 2007 to 2019). Minnesota used the compact for additional resources during the 2021 wildfire season, which saw multiple large fires in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest. Tim James Walz (born Timothy James Walz) is an American politician serving as Minnesota’s governor-elect since 2019. Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan recommend a one-time investment of 150 million for the Minnesota Forward Fund a revitalized toolbox that would be used to make grants, loans, forgivable loans, or grants for infrastructure or large -scale economic development projects in existing, new, and emerging industries. The DNR last sent firefighters to Canada in 2019, Langeberg said. Governor Tim Walz today signed the One Minnesota Budget into law alongside Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, House Speaker Melissa Hortman, and DFL legislators on the front steps of the State Capitol.
The DNR firefighters were deployed after a mutual aid request through the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact, a partnership among states and provinces including Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Manitoba and Ontario. Governor Walz Signs One Minnesota Budget into Law.
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