Foragers want a seat at the rulemaking table as DNR mulls mushroom, berry bag limits - Austin Daily Herald

Foragers want a seat at the rulemaking table as DNR mulls mushroom, berry bag limits - Austin Daily Herald

By Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton Mushroom hunters and berry pickers are worried that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources could curtail their foraging on state lands. The DNR is considering bag limits on how much food people can take from state-managed lands. Right now, that proposal is a one-gallon maximum for foraging in state parks. Ann Pierce, director of the state parks and trails division, told MPR News the DNR’s goal is to bal…