Minnesota Legislature
FY 2021 LSOHC Funding Requests Received
The funding requests below will be considered by the council for recommendation to the 2020 legislature. The council received 44 requests totaling over $324 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 XII | Jay Johnson | MN DNR | $4,785,800 |
| P A 02 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XII | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $16,923,800 |
| P A 03 | MN Prairie Recovery Project - Phase X | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $9,929,500 |
| P A 04 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge - Phase XI | Ruth Thornton | The Nature Conservancy | $8,432,700 |
| P A 05 | Lower Wild Rice Corridor Habitat Restoration - Phase III | Kevin Ruud | Wild Rice Watershed District | $5,118,300 |
| P A 06 | Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition - Phase IV | Doug Hartke | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc. | $11,646,800 |
| P A 07 | RIM Grassland Reserve - Phase II | John Voz | BWSR | $6,150,000 |
| P A 08 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley - Phase VI | Steven Burdick | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $9,947,200 |
| P A 09 | Heron Lake Area Conservation Partnership | Jan Voit | Heron Lake Watershed District | $9,610,900 |
| P A 10 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Complex - Phase IX | DJ Forbes | Trust for Public Land | $3,421,700 |
| P A 11 | Accelerating the USFWS Habitat Conservation Easement Program - Phase II | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $12,900,000 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| P RE 01 | DNR Grasslands - Phase XII | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $10,918,000 |
| P RE 02 | Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands - Phase IV | Alexander Nelson | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $5,008,200 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| F A 01 | Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape ACUB Protection Program - Phase VIII | Shannon Wettsein | Morrison SWCD | $5,260,000 |
| F A 02 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration - Phase IIX | Richard Biske | The Nature Conservancy | $12,539,300 |
| F A 03 | Northern Forest Habitat Conservation | Kris Larson | Minnesota Land Trust | $10,302,000 |
| Forest Restore / Enhance |
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| F RE 01 | DNR Forest Habitat Enhancement | Bryan Lueth | MN DNR | $7,759,900 |
| F RE 02 | Southeast Forest Habitat Enhancement - Phase II | Bryan Lueth | MN DNR | $2,524,700 |
| F RE 03 | Young Forest Conservation - Phase III | Peter Dieser | American Bird Conservancy | $2,417,300 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| W A 01 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XII | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $18,959,400 |
| W A 02 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection Program - Phase IX | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $13,600,000 |
| W A 03 | Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase V | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,566,400 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| W RE 01 | Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancement - Phase XII | Ricky Lien | MN DNR | $3,951,000 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| H A 01 | Protecting Coldwater Fisheries on Minnesota's North Shore | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,755,800 |
| H A 02 | Metro Big Rivers - Phase X | Deborah Loon | MN Valley Trust | $14,407,000 |
| H A 03 | Resilient Habitat for Heritage Brook Trout | John Lenczewski | MN Trout Unlimited | $9,021,000 |
| H A 04 | Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase VI | Kathy Moore | Northern Waters Land Trust | $7,370,200 |
| H A 05 | Accelerating Habitat Conservation in Southwest Minnesota | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $6,653,300 |
| H A 06 | Targeted RIM Easement Program to the Individual Parcel: Pine and Leech Watersheds Phase I | Melissa Barrick | Crow Wing SWCD | $4,853,000 |
| H A 07 | Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project - Phase IV | Tim Terrill | Mississippi Headwaters Board | $9,105,300 |
| H A 08 | Hennepin County Habitat Conservation Program - Phase II | Kristine Maurer | Hennepin County | $8,926,000 |
| Habitat Restore / Enhance |
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| H RE 01 | Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - Phase XII | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $2,210,000 |
| H RE 02 | DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement - Phase III | Jamison Wendel | MN DNR | $10,442,600 |
| H RE 03 | St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase VII | Melissa Sjolund | MN DNR | $6,731,200 |
| H RE 04 | Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation - Phase V | Tony Cuneo and Kevin J.Bovee | Zeitgeist (ZG) and Lake Superior Steelhead Association (LSSA) | $1,890,000 |
| H RE 05 | Shell Rock River Watershed Restoration Program - Phase IX | Courtney Phillips | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $4,070,800 |
| H RE 06 | Rum River Wildlife and Fish Habitat Enhancement using Bioengineered Bank Stabilization | Chris Lord | Anoka Conservation District | $952,200 |
| H RE 07 | Roseau River Habitat Restoration | Tracy Halstensgard | Roseau River Watershed District | $7,200,000 |
| H RE 08 | Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration - Phase II | Scott Henderson | Sauk River Watershed District | $7,540,000 |
| H RE 09 | Southeast Wetland Restoration | Michael McCarty | City of Mankato | $6,651,800 |
| H RE 10 | East Twin Lake Outlet Establishment | John Biren | Lyon County SWCD | $718,300 |
| Other |
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| CPL | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase XII | Kathy Varbel | MN DNR | $12,475,000 |
| O 1 | Contract Management 2020 | Katherine Sherman-Hoehn | MN DNR | $210,000 |
| O 2 | Restoration Evaluations - ML 2020 | Wade Johnson | MN DNR | $150,000 |
| Total: $325,006,400 |