Minnesota Legislature
FY 2013 LSOHC Requests Received
The below funding requests were considered by the council for recommendation to the 2012 legislature. The council received 43 requests totaling over $207 million.
| Proposal | Title | Project Manager | Organization | Requested Amount |
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| Prairie Acquisition |
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| P A 01 | Conserving Grasslands and Working Lands for Wildlife | Bill Penning and Tabor Hoek | MN Dept of Natural Resources / BWSR | $10,000,000 |
| P A 02 | SNA and Native Prairie Bank Easement Acquisition | Margaret (Peggy) Booth | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $3,276,027 |
| P A 03 | Minnesota Buffers for Water and Wildlife - II | Matt Holland and Tabor Hoek | Pheasants Forever, DNR and BWSR | $5,000,000 |
| P A 04 | Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project 3 | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $7,699,181 |
| P A 05 | Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex, Phase II | Becca Nash | The Trust for Public Land | $2,888,000 |
| P A 06 | DNR Wildlife Management Area Acquisition | Dennis Simon | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $8,028,000 |
| P A 07 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition | Micheal Pressman and Alice Hanley | The Nature Conservancy and USFWS | $3,500,000 |
| P A 08 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program Phase 4 | Joe Pavelko | Pheasants Forever | $6,700,000 |
| P A 09 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program, Phase 4 | Joe Pavelko and Jim Leach | Pheasants Forever and USFWS | $7,500,000 |
| P A 10 | Prairie Chicken Wildlife Habitat Partnership | Greg Hoch | MN Prairie Chicken Society | $3,150,000 |
| P A 11 | Green Corridor Legacy Program Phase IV | Bradley Cobb | Redwood Area Development Corporation | $6,306,000 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| P RE 01 | DNR Prairie/Grassland Habitat Restoration and Enhancement | Bill Penning | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $4,440,767 |
| P RE 02 | Habitat Restoration/Enhancement in the Anoka Sandplain -Phase 2 | Wayne Ostlie | Great River Greening | $1,455,720 |
| P RE 03 | Mid-Minnesota River Corridor Habitat Restoration and Enhancement | Catherine M. Fouchi | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $1,317,000 |
| P RE 04 | Enhanced Public Land Grasslands | Greg Hoch and Joe Pavelko | MN Prairie Chicken Society and Pheasants Forever | $3,000,000 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| F A 01 | Protecting Mississippi River Corridor Habitat ACUB Partnership | Helen McLennan | Morrison SWCD, Camp Ripley and BWSR | $3,097,900 |
| F A 02 | Mississippi River Northwoods Habitat Complex Protection | Susan Schmidt | The Trust for Public Land and Partners | $14,500,000 |
| F A 03 | Minnesota Forests for the Future Phase 4 | Richard Peterson | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $7,500,000 |
| F A 04 | Root River Watershed Acquisition and Restoration | Hannah Texler | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $3,239,987 |
| F A 05 | Conservation Easements in the Avon Hills using MMAPLE | Thomas Kroll and John Taylor | Saint Johns Arboretum | $1,354,000 |
| F A 06 | Northeastern Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Habitat Partnership | Ward Julien | Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society | $3,909,500 |
| F A 07 | Protect (Acquire) Key Forest Habitat Lands in Cass County | Joshua Stevenson | Cass County | $718,400 |
| F A 08 | Lower Mississippi River Habitat Partnership | Tim Schlagenhaft | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $4,058,000 |
| F A 09 | Acquisition: State Forest Land | Dave Schueller | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $2,110,000 |
| Forest Restore / Enhance |
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| F RE 01 | MN DNR Accelerated Forest Wildlife Habitat Program | Cynthia Osmundson | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $1,720,000 |
| F RE 02 | Minnesota Moose Habitat Collaborative | Mark Johnson | Minnesota Deer Hunters Association | $6,566,151 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| W A 01 | The RIM-WRP Partnership | Kevin J. Lines and Tim Koehler | BWSR and USDA-NRCS | $25,000,000 |
| W A 02 | Columbus Lake Conservation Area | John VonDeLinde | Anoka County - Parks and Recreation | $1,017,000 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| W RE 01 | Living Shallow Lakes & Wetlands Initiative | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $8,000,000 |
| W RE 02 | Wetland and Shallow Lake Enhancement | Ray Norrgard | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $6,000,000 |
| W RE 03 | Marsh Lake Enhancement | Ray Norrgard | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $3,264,000 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| H A 01 | DNR Aquatic Habitat Program | Michael Duval | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $12,204,000 |
| H A 02 | Metro Big Rivers Habitat Phase 3 | Deborah Loon | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. | $8,453,310 |
| H A 03 | Riparian and Lakeshore Protection/ Managemment in Dakota County | Alan Singer | Dakota County | $3,200,000 |
| Habitat Restore / Enhance |
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| H RE 01 | Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration | John Lindgren | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $3,793,772 |
| H RE 02 | Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Habitat Enhancement Program | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $2,699,000 |
| H RE 03 | Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration | Myron Jesme | Red Lake Watershed District | $2,764,000 |
| H RE 04 | Seven Mile Creek Watershed Habitat Restoration and Enhancement | Kevin Ostermann | Nicollet Soil & Water Conservation District | $518,000 |
| H RE 05 | Knife River Habitat Restoration | Craig Wilson | Lake Superior Steelhead Association | $ 400,000 |
| H RE 06 | Zequanox as the control for Zebra Mussels | Bonnie Huettl | Douglas County Lakes Association | $ 350,000 |
| Other |
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| X 01 | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program | Leslie Tannahill | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $6,000,000 |
| X 02 | Contract Management | Marcia Honold | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $250,000 |
| X 03 | Restoration Evaluations Program | Rachel Hopper | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $89,000 |