Scott County designates no heritage or landmark trees and runs no specimen-tree program in the townships. The nearest protection is shoreland and bluff vegetation rules plus the county's authority over trees in the road right-of-way.
There is no county heritage-tree list or landmark-tree ordinance in unincorporated Scott County; the county's zoning does not single out old or large private trees for protection. What shields significant stands is indirect: the shoreland rules under MN Rules chapter 6120 protect wooded shore and bluff impact zones along Prior Lake, Spring Lake, and the Minnesota River valley from intensive clearing, and trees in the public road right-of-way are county- or township-managed and cannot be removed by residents. Cities may adopt their own heritage or significant-tree bylaws; the county has not.
No penalty exists for a designation the county does not make. Clearing protected shore or bluff woodland violates the shoreland ordinance, and removing a right-of-way tree brings a county restitution or replacement charge.
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