The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources this past week revealed its four new Critical Habitat License Plate designs. The new designs feature a showy lady slipper, a northern Minnesota fishing scene, a white-tailed buck and a black-capped chickadee. The new license plates now are available at all deputy registrar offices statewide, as are the existing loon and white-tailed deer plates, which will continue to be offered. Motorists who purchase the critical habitat plates make a minimum contribution of $30 to the Reinvest in Minnesota program. They also must contribute at least $30 each year to renew the plate. Every dollar generated through the sale of the license plate is matched with private donations of cash or land. The Critical Habitat License Plate program was created in 1995 to provide additional opportunity for Minnesotans to contribute to conservation.
