Minnesota Legislature
FY 2018 LSOHC Funding Requests Received
The below funding requests were considered by the council for recommendation to the 2017 legislature. The council received 44 requests totaling over $317 million.
| Proposal | Title | Project Manager | Organization | Requested Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Acquisition |
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| P A 01 | DNR WMA and SNA Acquisition - Phase IX | Pat Rivers | MN DNR | $15,000,000 |
| P A 02 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase IX | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $18,814,000 |
| P A 03 | MN Prairie Recovery Project - Phase VII | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $3,778,300 |
| P A 04 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VIII | Rich Johnson | The Nature Conservancy | $6,175,000 |
| P A 05 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Complex - Phase VII | Robert McGillivray | The Trust for Public Land | $2,054,900 |
| P A 06 | Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection - Phase III | Judy Schulte | MN DNR | $8,994,000 |
| P A 07 | RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water - Phase VII | Tabor Hoek | BWSR | $10,000,000 |
| P A 08 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley Phase III | Eran Sandquist | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $8,138,000 |
| P A 09 | Martin County/Fox Lake DNR WMA Aquisition - Phase II | Doug Hartke | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc. | $2,478,900 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| P RE 01 | DNR Grasslands - Phase IX | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $13,184,800 |
| P RE 02 | Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation - Phase V | Wiley Buck | Great River Greening | $4,735,100 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| F A 01 | Carnelian Creek Conservation Corridor | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,265,200 |
| F A 02 | Laurentian Forest - St. Louis County Habitat Project | Craig Engwall | MN Deer Hunters Association | $8,309,600 |
| F A 03 | Camp Ripley ACUB Phase VII | Helen McLennan | Morrison SWCD | $3,000,000 |
| F A 04 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration - Phase V | Richard Biske | The Nature Conservancy | $8,699,700 |
| F A 05 | Minnesota Forests for the Future - Phase V | Richard F. Peterson | MN DNR Forestry | $8,000,000 |
| F A 06 | Protect (Acquire) Key Forest Habitat Lands in Cass County Phase VIII | Kirk Titus | Cass County | $1,404,000 |
| F A 07 | State Forest Acquisition - Richard J. Dorer Memorial Forest - Phase IV | Robert Milne | MN DNR Forestry | $7,000,000 |
| F A 08 | Critical Shoreland Habitat Protection Program - Phase IV | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,226,500 |
| F A 09 | Bushmen Lake | Emilee Nelson | The Conservation Fund | $4,611,500 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| W A 01 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase IX | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $18,744,500 |
| W A 02 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection Program - Phase VI | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $20,410,000 |
| W A 03 | RIM Wetlands - Phase VIII | Dave Rickert | BWSR | $25,000,000 |
| W A 04 | Wild Rice Shoreland Protection - Phase V | Dan Steward | BWSR | $1,400,000 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| W RE 01 | Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancement - Phase IX | Ricky Lien | DNR | $3,000,000 |
| W RE 02 | Living Shallow Lake Enhancement & Wetland Restoration Initiative - Phase V | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $14,900,000 |
| W RE 03 | Restoration of Non-native Cattail Dominated Wetlands in Rainy Lake | Bryce Olson | Voyageurs National Park | $1,782,700 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| H A 01 | MN DNR Aquatic Protection and Enhancement - Phase IX | Martin Jennings | MN DNR | $7,023,000 |
| H A 02 | Metro Big Rivers - Phase VIII | Deborah Loon | MN Valley Trust | $6,643,900 |
| H A 03 | Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project - Phase II | Tim Terrill | Mississippi Headwaters Board | $8,998,500 |
| H A 04 | Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase III | Lindsey Ketchel | Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation | $6,974,000 |
| H A 05 | Wildlife and Rare Species Habitat | Emilee Nelson | The Conservation Fund | $13,260,800 |
| H A 06 | Goose Prairie | Kevin Ruud | Wild Rice Watershed District | $1,820,000 |
| Habitat Restore / Enhance |
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| H RE 01 | Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement, Phase IX | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $3,260,000 |
| H RE 02 | DNR Stream Habitat - Phase II | Brian Nerbonne | MN DNR | $6,130,000 |
| H RE 03 | St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase IV | John Lindgren | MN DNR | $6,305,000 |
| H RE 04 | Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation - Phase III | Kevin J. Bovee | Lake Superior Steelhead Association | $5,200,000 |
| H RE 05 | Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program - Phase VI | Andy Henschel | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $4,122,400 |
| H RE 06 | Lake Wakanda Enhancement Project | Loren Engelby | Kandiyohi County | $921,100 |
| H RE 07 | Wolverton Creek Habitat Restoration | Bruce Albright | Buffalo-Red River Watershed District | $3,015,000 |
| H RE 08 | Fairmont Lakes Foundation Dutch Creek Habitat Restoration | Mike Katzenmeyer | Fairmont Lakes Foundation, Inc. | $1,580,000 |
| Other |
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| CPL | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase IX | Jessica Lee | MN DNR | $11,634,000 |
| O 1 | Contract Management 2017 | Katherine Sherman-Hoehn | MN DNR | $150,000 |
| O 2 | Restoration Evaluations | Wade Johnson | MN DNR | $150,000 |
| Total: $317,294,400 |