underwater log harvesting in mn

[DetectorGuy]

Here is a quote from Minnesota's Submerged Cultural Resources Plan:
"Logging Underwater

Any place where log-driving activities or logging dams (e.g., spillways and sluiceways) are known to have been located are potentially fruitful locations for submerged logs and logging-related artifacts. The Department of Administration issues permits for logging underwater, and the applications are reviewed by the SHPO. The Department of Administration handles the requests because (at present) submerged logs are considered abandoned property, and since they are resting on state bottomlands, they are technically property of the state.

The SHPO currently allows this activity with the following conditions:

   * Permission from the state is needed prior to undertaking any underwater logging.
   * The location of the logging (and logs recovered) needs to be documented.
   * Any tools or logging related artifacts must be turned over to the state.
   * Any significant marks on the logs (such as stamps) must be documented with photographs."
Here is a link to this whole document:

Sounds kinda cut and dry (pun intended)