The funding requests below will be considered by the council for recommendation to the 2018 legislature. The council received 52 requests totaling over $338 million.
Subd/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 X | Jay Johnson | MN DNR | $5,934,700 |
P A 02 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase X | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $13,948,100 |
P A 03 | MN Prairie Recovery Project - Phase VIII | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $7,000,000 |
P A 04 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase IX | Rich Johnson | The Nature Conservancy | $6,175,000 |
P A 05 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Complex - Phase VIII | DJ Forbes | The Trust for Public Land | $3,188,600 |
P A 06 | Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection - Phase VII | Judy Schulte | MN DNR | $8,000,000 |
P A 07 | RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water - Phase VIII | Tabor Hoek | BWSR | $8,000,000 |
P A 08 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley Phase IV | Eran Sandquist | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $9,576,700 |
P A 09 | Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition Phase II | Doug Hartke | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc. | $9,108,000 |
P A 10 | Protect and Restore MN IBAs within the Tallgrass Aspen Parklands - Phase II | Kristin Hall | Audubon Minnesota | $4,065,000 |
P A 11 | Grassland Conservation Partnership - Phase III | Emilee Nelson | The Conservation Fund | $6,514,300 |
P A 12 | Accelerating the USFWS Habitat Conservation Easement Program - Phase I | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $12,570,000 |
P A 13 | East Fork Des Moines River Wetland and Prairie Restoration | Michael Forstner | Martin County Drainage Authority | $2,518,800 |
Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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P RE 01 | DNR Grasslands - Phase X | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $17,068,200 |
P RE 02 | Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands - Phase III | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $4,983,700 |
Forest Acquisition |
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F A 02 | Laurentian Forest - St. Louis County Habitat Project - Phase II | Emilee Nelson | The Conservation Fund | $6,106,000 |
F A 03 | Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape ACUB Protection Program - Phase VII | Helen McLennan | Morrison SWCD | $3,207,000 |
F A 04 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration - Phase VI | Richard Biske | The Nature Conservancy | $9,796,200 |
F A 05 | Minnesota Forests for the Future - Phase VI | Richard F. Peterson | MN DNR Forestry | $5,707,300 |
F A 06 | Protect Key Forest Habitat Lands in Cass County - Phase VIII | Kirk Titus | Cass County | $2,000,000 |
F A 07 | State Forest Acquisition - Richard J. Dorer Memorial Forest - Phase V | Robert Milne | MN DNR Forestry | $3,708,500 |
F A 08 | Critical Shoreland Habitat Protection Program - Phase V | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,296,200 |
Forest Restore / Enhance |
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F RE 01 | Improving Forest Wildlife Habitat and Forest Health through Increased Species and Structural Diversity | Leslie McInenly | MN DNR | $987,800 |
F RE 02 | Minnesota Moose Habitat Collaborative - Phase III | Craig Engwall | MN Deer Hunters Association | $6,298,000 |
F RE 03 | Northern Minnesota Forest Recovery Project | Jim Manolis | The Nature Conservancy | $6,123,600 |
Wetland Acquisition |
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W A 01 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase X | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $13,861,100 |
W A 02 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection Program - Phase VII | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $13,500,000 |
W A 03 | RIM Wetlands - Phase IX | Dave Rickert | BWSR | $20,000,000 |
W A 04 | Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase III | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,283,900 |
Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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W RE 01 | Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancement - Phase X | Ricky Lien | DNR | $6,900,000 |
W RE 02 | Living Shallow Lake Enhancement & Wetland Restoration Initiative - Phase VI | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $6,900,000 |
Habitat Acquisition |
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H A 02 | Metro Big Rivers - Phase VIII | Deborah Loon | MN Valley Trust | $8,217,000 |
H A 03 | Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project - Phase III | Tim Terrill | Mississippi Headwaters Board | $8,099,700 |
H A 04 | Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase IV | Lindsey Ketchel | Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation | $7,099,700 |
H A 05 | DNR Trout Stream Conservation Easements | Martin Jennings | MN DNR | $3,030,000 |
H A 06 | Metro Wildlife Management Areas | Emilee Nelson | The Conservation Fund | $2,502,000 |
H A 07 | Dakota County Habitat ProtectionRestoration Phase VI | Lisa West | Dakota County | $6,250,000 |
H A 08 | Hennepin County Habitat Conservation Program - Phase I | Karen Galles | Hennepin County | $5,000,000 |
Habitat Restore / Enhance |
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H RE 01 | Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement, Phase X | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $3,450,000 |
H RE 02 | Lower Mississippi River Habitat Partnership (Phase IV)-Upper Pool 9 Backwater Enhancement and Floodplain Forest Restoration | Dan Dieterman | MN DNR | $1,555,400 |
H RE 03 | St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase V | John Lindgren | MN DNR | $8,598,000 |
H RE 04 | Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation - Phase III | Kevin J. Bovee | Lake Superior Steelhead Association | $3,600,000 |
H RE 05 | Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program - Phase VII | Andy Henschel | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $3,034,800 |
H RE 06 | Lake George Dam and Rum River Erosion | Glenn Fuchs | Anoka County Parks | $539,000 |
H RE 07 | Buffalo River Watershed Stream Habitat Program - Phase I | Bruce Albright | Buffalo-Red River Watershed District | $1,700,000 |
H RE 08 | Two Rivers Fish Passage Restoration and Habitat Enhancement | Dave Treumer | City of Hallock | $2,000,000 |
H RE 09 | Six Mile Creek-Halsted Bay Habitat Restoration - Phase I | Anna Brown | Minnehaha Creek Watershed District | $795,000 |
H RE 10 | Slow the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer | Mark Abrahamson | MN Department of Agriculture | $14,689,500 |
H RE 11 (formerly H A 01) | DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement | Brian Nerbonne | MN DNR | $11,838,900 |
Other |
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CPL | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase IX | Jessica Lee | MN DNR | $12,036,000 |
O 1 | Contract Management 2018 | Katherine Sherman-Hoehn | MN DNR | $210,000 |
O 2 | Restoration Evaluations | Wade Johnson | MN DNR | $150,000 |
Total: $338,721,700 |