Minnesota Legislature
FY 2016 LSOHC Funding Requests Received
The below funding requests were considered by the council for recommendation to the 2015 legislature. The council received 46 requests totaling over $221 million.
| Proposal | Title | Project Manager | Organization | Requested Amount |
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| Prairie Acquisition |
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| P A 01 | DNR WMA and SNA Acquisition, Phase 7 | Pat Rivers | DNR | $9,548,000 |
| P A 02 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase 7 | Joe Pavelko | Pheasants Forever | $18,409,000 |
| P A 03 | MN Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 6 | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $4,147,300 |
| P A 04 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition, Phase 6 | Rich Johnson | The Nature Conservancy | $6,000,000 |
| P A 05 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Complex Phase V | Danielle Salus | Trust for Public Land | $2,000,000 |
| P A 06 | Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection | Jason Garms | DNR | $9,887,000 |
| P A 07 | Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water --Phase V | Tabor Hoek | BWSR | $12,000,000 |
| P A 08 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley | Joe Pavelko | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $7,064,000 |
| P A 09 | SW MN Riparian Woodland Habitat Protection - Phase I | Mark Johnson | MN Deer Hunters Association | $5,086,500 |
| P A 10 | Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's Important Birds Areas | Mark Martell | Audubon Minnesota | $6,209,000 |
| P A 11 | Lower Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat Restoration -- Phase 1 | Kevin Ruud | Wild Rice River Watershed District | $6,420,000 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| P RE 01 | DNR Grassland Phase 7 | Mike Tenney | MN DNR | $13,640,700 |
| P RE 02 | Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands Phase II | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever | $2,130,000 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| F A 01 | Young Forest Conservation: Integrated Wildlife Management (Phase II) | George Fenwick | American Bird Conservancy | $2,863,300 |
| F A 02 | Protecting Forest Wildlife Habitat in the Wild Rice River Watershed | Lorena Vogt | White Earth Nation | $2,188,000 |
| F A 03 | Camp Ripley ACUB Phase 5 - Buffering the Gull River WMA and protecting Mississippi/Crow Wing River forested areas. | Helen McLennan | Morrison SWCD | $3,000,000 |
| F A 04 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration Phase III | Richard Biske | The Nature Conservancy | $4,967,400 |
| F A 05 | Protecting Pinelands Sands Forest and Aquatic Habitat Phase 2 | Richard Peterson | DNR | $4,260,000 |
| F A 06 | Protect (Acquire) Key Forest Habitat Lands Cass County 6 | Joshua Stevenson | Cass County | $1,710,000 |
| F A 07 | State Forest Acquisition Phase 3 - Protecting Forest Habitat in the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Forest | Dave Schuller | DNR | $4,020,000 |
| F A 08 | Critical Shoreland Habitat Protection Program: Phase 3 | John Brosnan | Minnesota Land Trust | $1,920,000 |
| F A 09 | Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Partnership | Robert McGillivray | The Trust for Public Land | $4,685,000 |
| Forest Restore / Enhance |
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| F RE 01 | Southeast forest habitat enhancement | Bryan Lueth | MN DNR Wildlife | $949,000 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| W A 01 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase 7 | Joe Pavelko | Pheasants Forever | $16,528,000 |
| W A 02 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection Program - Phase IV | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $16,000,000 |
| W A 03 | Wild Rice Shoreland Protection Phase IV | Dan Stewart | BWSR | $2,494,800 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| W RE 01 | Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancement, Phase 7 | Ricky Lien | DNR | $4,005,000 |
| W RE 02 | Lake Flora Wetland Trail Project | Aaron Wittnebal | City of Lake Park | $1,260,000 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| H A 01 | Aquatic Habitat Protection, Restoration, and Enhancement, Phase 7 | Martin Jennings | MN DNR | $12,948,000 |
| H A 02 | Metro Big Rivers Partnership Phase 6 | Deborah Loon | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. | $3,678,900 |
| H A 03 | Access to Isolated State Lands for Habitat Management | Susan E. Damon | MN DNR | $2,021,000 |
| H A 04 | Elk River Mississippi Natural Area | Steve Hobbs | The Conservation Fund | $3,128,000 |
| Habitat Restore / Enhance |
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| H RE 01 | Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement & Restoration --Phase VI | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $ 2,130,000 |
| H RE 02 | Lake Bemidji South Shore Restoration and Enhancement | John Chattin | City of Bemidji | $ 1,650,000 |
| H RE 03 | Biological Control of Invasive Plants | Monika Chandler | MN Department of Agriculture | $ 453,500 |
| H RE 04 | Sand Hill River Fish Passage | Daniel Wilkens | Sand Hill River Watershed District | $ 1,666,800 |
| H RE 05 | Sargent Creek Streambank Stabilization for Aquatic Habitat and Restoration | Chris Kleist | City of Duluth | $ 640,000 |
| H RE 06 | Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program | Andy Henschel | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $ 4,213,500 |
| H RE 07 | Lake Nokomis Integrated Habitat Enhancements | Adam Arvidson | Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board | $744,300 |
| H RE 08 | Indian Beach Harbor Ecological Enhancement Mission | Margaret Johnson | Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District | $40,000 |
| H RE 09 | White Bear Lake | James Markoe | White Bear Lake Homeowners Association, Inc. | $236,000 |
| Other |
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| CPL 1 | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program, Phase 5 | Jessica Lee | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $5,555,000 |
| CPL 2 | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program Metro Grant Program | Jessica Lee | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $5,065,500 |
| O 1 | Contract Management | Amanda Graeber | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $150,000 |
| O 2 | Restoration Evaluations Program, Phase 5 | Wade Johnson | MN Dept of Natural Resources | $100,000 |