FY 2016 LSOHC Draft Accomplishment Plans

At the October 7, 2014 council meeting, members recommended funding for 35 programs totalling just under $100 million. Managers completed the below draft accomplishment plans for their programs reflecting the recommended amounts.

FY 2016 Final Appropriation Language and Accomplishment Plans

Subd	Title	Project Manager	Organization	Requested Amount
	Prairies
2(a)	DNR WMA and SNA Acquisition, Phase VII	Pat Rivers	MN DNR	$ 4,570,000
2(b)	Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Acquisition, Phase VII	Eran Sandquist	Pheasants Forever, Inc.	$ 7,452,000
2(c)	Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project, Phase VI	Neal Feeken	The Nature Conservancy	$ 4,032,000
2(d)	Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition, Phase VI	Rich Johnson	The Nature Conservancy	$ 3,430,000
2(e)	Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection, Phase IV	Jason Garms	MN DNR	$ 3,740,000
2(f)	Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water, Phase V	Tabor Hoek	MN BWSR	$ 4,544,000
2(g)	Cannon Rivers Headwaters Habitat Complex, Phase V	Danielle Salus	Trust for Public Land	$ 1,380,000
2(h)	Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley	Eran Sandquist	MN Prairie Chicken Society/Pheasants Forever, Inc.	$ 1,800,000
2(i)	Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's Important Birds Areas	Mark Martell	Audubon Minnesota	$ 1,730,000
2(j)	Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat Restoration	Kevin Ruud	Wild Rice River Watershed District	$ 2,270,000
2(k)	Accelerated Prairie Restoration and Enhancement on DNR lands, Phase VII	Mike Tenney	MN DNR Wildlife	$ 4,880,000
2(l)	Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands, Phase II	Eran Sandquist	Pheasants Forever, Inc.	$ 1,120,000
	Forests
3(a)	Protecting Forest Wildlife Habitat in the Wild Rice River Watershed	Lorena Vogt	White Earth Nation	$ 2,188,000
3(b)	Camp Ripley Partnership, Phase V	Helen McLennan	Morrison SWCD	$ 1,500,000
3(c)	Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration, Phase III	Richard Biske	The Nature Conservancy	$ 2,910,000
3(d)	Protecting Pinelands Sands Aquifer Forestlands, Phase II	Richard Peterson	MN DNR Forestry	$ 2,180,000
3(e)	Protect Key Forest Lands in Cass County, Phase VI	Joshua Stevenson	Cass County	$ 442,000
3(f)	Critical Shoreland Protection Program, Phase III	John Brosnan	Minnesota Land Trust	$ 1,690,000
3(g)	Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Partnership	Robert McGillivray	The Trust for Public Land	$ 3,002,000
3(h)	Southeast Forest Habitat Enhancement	Bryan Lueth	MN DNR Wildlife	$ 910,000
	Wetlands
4(a)	Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Acquisition, Phase VII	Eran Sandquist	Pheasants Forever, Inc.	$ 7,620,000
4(b)	Living Shallow Lakes & Wetland Initiative, Phase V	Jon Schneider	Ducks Unlimited	$ 9,040,000
4(c)	Wild Rice Shoreland Protection Program, Phase IV	Dan Stewart	MN BWSR	$ 1,600,000
4(d)	Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancement, Phase VII	Ricky Lien	MN DNR	$ 2,130,000
	Habitats
5(a)	DNR Aquatic Habitat, Phase VII	Martin Jennings	MN DNR	$ 4,540,000
5(b)	Metro Big Rivers, Phase VI	Deborah Loon	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.	$ 2,000,000
5(c)	Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement & Restoration, Phase VII	John Lenczewski	Minnesota Trout Unlimited	$ 1,890,000
5(d)	Lake Bemidji South Shore Restoration and Enhancement	David Hengel	City of Bemidji	$ 1,650,000
5(e)	Sand Hill River Fish Passage	Daniel Wilkens	Sand Hill River Watershed District	$ 990,000
5(f)	Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program, Phase IV	Carmen Christensen	Shell Rock River Watershed District	$ 2,414,000
5(g)	Lake Nokomis Integrated Habitat Enhancement	Adam Arvidson	Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board	$ 444,000
	Administration
5(h)	Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat, Phase VII	Jessica Lee	MN DNR	$ 8,440,000
6(a)	Contract Management	Amanda Graeber	MN DNR	$ 150,000
6(c)	Technical Evaluation Panel	Wade Johnson	MN DNR	$ 100,000