MN Landowners Coalition

Landowners fighting to protect property rights from the MN DNR and Roseau River Watershed District’s harmful projects that put land at risk.

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

🚨 The MN DNR and Roseau River Watershed District are trying to push through *state funding* for a flood project that threatens 12,600+ acres of private land — homes, farms, and livelihoods. And they're doing it under the radar. 🧵 #MNLeg #MNLandownersCoalition

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Full background and history on this case: https://t.co/ggXjkYMNtJ

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Construction is happening now in Roseau County on the Roseau Lake and River projects, threatening farmland, homes, and outbuildings.

Lawmakers said wait. RRWD and DNR found funding elsewhere anyway.

A workaround, plain and simple.

#SaveRoseauFarms #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Lawmakers approved funding May 17—BUT restricted it until 2027, and blocked it entirely if a court halts the project. There's an active federal lawsuit right now, the 4th lawsuit since 2022. RRWD and DNR found another funding source instead. Landowners deserve their day in court

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

More landowners have joined the federal lawsuit over the Roseau Lake & River projects.

Lawmakers restricted project spending until Jan. 1, 2027.

The legal and property-rights questions remain unresolved, and more families are seeking answers.

#mnleg #MnLandownersCoalition

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

The Senate voted to pause funding. The House was split.

Meanwhile, 100+ landowners and 12,600 acres of productive private farmland are at risk in Roseau County — with a federal lawsuit pending.

This deserves a pause.

#MNLeg #MNLandownersCoalition

https://t.co/QcikfO8SXc

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Protests & opposition since 2022

$60M+ in funding for projects that will destroy multigenerational farms

100+ landowners
12,600 acres at risk

Now in federal court for constitutional violations

MN legislators: pause funding until the courts rule

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Despite this support, the House vote was split on pausing funding for the Roseau Lake "Rehabilitation" and Roseau River "Restoration" projects—so we're looking at the next opportunity.

We’re calling for bipartisan leadership to save Roseau farms.

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

100+ landowners, 12,600 acres on the line. The House Legacy Finance Committee votes this morning on funding for the Roseau Lake “Rehabilitation” and Roseau River “Restoration” projects that will permanently flood our productive private farmland.

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

We ask the Committee to keep funding paused so that landowners can get a fair process while the current federal case against the RRWD is resolved.

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Several landowners returned to the MN State Capitol to testify before the House Legacy Finance Committee last week on the lack of transparency and fair process on the Roseau Lake “Rehabilitation” and Roseau River “Restoration” projects.

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Three separate hydrologists, which landowners had to hire at our own expense, have all concluded that these projects WILL flood our productive private farmland, making it unfarmable.

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

The MN Senate Environment Committee voted unanimously to pause funding. It’s now headed to the House.

We’re asking legislators to keep funding paused to ensure transparency and a fair process before any additional work moves forward.

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

More Roseau Co. landowners are just now learning what the Roseau River & Lake projects mean for their land and livelihoods.

100+ landowners and 12,600 acres at risk.

We’re asking legislators to keep funding paused.

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg #Minnesota #SaveRoseauFarms

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

They’re pursuing more funding from Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund and other sources—funding that is not intended for taking private land.

Even project funders acknowledge the need for public support.

Landowner support is clearly not there.

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Sen. Green: funding “was going to damage their land”

Funding was unanimously removed. More funding is still in play during litigation

100+ MN landowners at risk of losing productive private farmland

Help us pause funding until resolved

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Yesterday, the MN Senate Environment Committee paused funding for the Roseau Lake & River projects

Landowners raised concerns - lack of transparency, flawed process, and risk to 100+ landowners and productive private farmland

A meaningful step

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

We’re asking legislators to pause funding and review these projects before more private farmland is impacted.

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

This flooding on productive private farmland began after Roseau Lake “Restoration” Project construction.

A federal case is now underway involving the Roseau River Watershed District and
@mndnr.

Yet additional project phases are moving forward.

#MNLandownersCoalition #MNLeg

[MN Landowners Coalition @MNLandCoalition]

Despite the federal case and growing evidence of landowner rights concerns, additional phases of the projects are continuing.