Minnesota Legislature
FY 2024 LSOHC Funding Requests Received
The funding requests below will be considered by the council for recommendation to the 2023 legislature. The council received 54 requests totaling over $361 million.
| Proposal | Title | Project Manager | Organization | Requested Amount |
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| Prairie Acquisition |
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| PA 01 | MN Prairie Recovery Program Phase 13 | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $8,322,300 |
| PA 02 | Martin County DNR WMA Phase 7 | Doug Hartke | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc | $8,730,100 |
| PA 03 | RIM Grassland Reserve Phase V | John Voz | MN BWSR | $5,000,000 |
| PA 04 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley - Phase IX | Sabin Adams | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $10,033,300 |
| PA 05 | Working Lands for Habitat | Bill Penning | MN BWSR | $6,000,000 |
| PA 06 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XV | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $13,880,500 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| PRE 01 | Accelerating the USFWS Habitat Conservation Easement Program - Phase IV | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $10,440,000 |
| PRE 02 | DNR Grassland Enhancement Phase 15 | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $8,187,900 |
| PRE 03 | Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands - Phase VI | Alexander Nelson | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $4,438,300 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| FA 01 | Hardwood Hills Habitat Conservation Program | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $4,203,000 | FA 02 | Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape ACUB Protection Program Phase XI | Shannon Wettstein | Morrison SWCD | $5,500,000 | FA 03 | Protection/Enhancement of Public Land Forest Habitats Through Strategic Acquisition of Private Land Inholdings | Scott Johnson | Ruffed Grouse Society/American Woodcock Society | $2,785,000 |
| Forest Restore / Enhance |
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| FRE 01 | DNR Forest Enhancement Phase III | Ted Dick | MN DNR | $3,869,700 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| WA 01 | 2023 Southeast Wetland Restoration, Land Acquisition, Phase 2 | Michael McCarty | City of Mankato | $1,510,500 |
| WA 02 | RIM Wetlands - Restoring the most productive habitat in Minnesota | John Voz | MN BWSR | $10,000,000 |
| WA 03 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection & Restoration Program - Phase XII | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $13,980,000 |
| WA 04 | Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 8 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $7,360,000 |
| WA 05 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XV | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc | $11,931,000 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| WRE 01 | Wetland Enhancement in the Big Woods | Craig Hensel | Scott-Le Sueur Waterfowlers | $900,000 |
| WRE 02 | Living Shallow Lakes & Wetlands Enhancement & Restoration Initiative - Phase IX | John Lindstrom | Ducks Unlimited | $13,700,000 |
| WRE 03 | Voyageurs National Park Wetland Restoration Project, Phase 3 | Steve Windels | Voyageurs National Park | $1,640,000 |
| WRE 04 | Shallow Lake Enhancements in Grant County | Tracey Von Bargen | Grant County | $2,631,000 |
| WRE 05 | Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancements Phase 15 | Ricky Lien | MN DNR | $12,428,000 |
| WRE 06 | Nelson Slough/JD#19 | Morteza Maher | Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District | $6,192,000 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| HA 01 | Hennepin County Habitat Conservation Program - Phase 3 | Kristine Maurer | Hennepin County | $12,276,600 |
| HA 02 | Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation - Phase 8 | Wiley Buck | Great River Greening | $8,921,300 |
| HA 03 | Accelerating Habitat Conservation in Southwest Minnesota - Phase 2 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $6,541,000 |
| HA 04 | Bone Lake South Wetland Acquisition & Restoration | Mike Kinney | Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District | $4,475,000 |
| HA 05 | Buffalo-Red River Watershed District Stream Habitat Program – Phase 3 | Kristine Altrichter | Buffalo-Red River Watershed District | $9,428,000 |
| HA 06 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration Phase 11 | David Ruff | The Nature Conservancy | $8,181,700 |
| HA 07 | Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding Biological Significance - Phase 2 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $9,225,000 |
| HA 08 | Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase IX | Annie Knight | Northern Waters Land Trust | $10,656,000 |
| HA 09 | DNR WMA & SNA Acquisition - Phase 15 | Jeff Tillma | MN DNR | $5,888,000 |
| HA 10 | DNR Trout Stream Conservation Easements - Phase 3 | Rick Walsh | MN DNR | $1,360,000 |
| HA 11 | Metro Big Rivers Phase 13 | Deborah Loon | MN Valley Trust (Metro Big Rivers) | $20,303,900 |
| HA 12 | St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Phase 4 | Katie Sickmann | Wild Rivers Conservancy | $16,153,300 |
| HA 13 | Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program Phase XII | Courtney Phillips | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $4,641,900 |
| HA 14 | Integrating Habitat and Clean Water Phase 2 | Bill Penning | MN BWSR | $10,000,000 |
| HA 15 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 12 | Alan Kraus | Clean River Partners (formerly Cannon River Watershed Partnership) | $6,519,100 | Habitat Restore / Enhance |
| HRE 01 | Southeast & Metro Trout Stream Habitat Enhancement | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $2,913,000 |
| HRE 02 | Lake Nokomis Shoreline Enhancements for Turtles and Pollinators, Phase 2 | Adam Arvidson | Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board | $1,300,000 |
| HRE 03 | Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation Project-Phase VII | Kevin J. Bovee | Lake Superior Steelhead Association | $2,941,000 |
| HRE 04 | Upper Sioux Community Habitat Restoration Phase I | Amanda Wold | Upper Sioux Community | $1,100,000 |
| HRE 05 | Seidls Lake Park Habitat Restoration Project | Sue Polka | City of South St. Paul | $637,000 |
| HRE 06 | Buckingham Creek Brook Trout Restoration Project | Kate Kubiak | City of Duluth | $800,000 |
| HRE 07 | Rum River Corridor Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement - Phase 2 | Chris Lord | Anoka Conservation District | $3,500,000 |
| HRE 08 | Restoring and Enhancing Minnesota's Important Bird Areas in the St. Croix River Valley | Dale Gentry | Audubon Minnesota | $1,613,600 |
| HRE 09 | DNR St. Louis River Restoration Initiative – Phase 10 | Melissa Sjolund | MN DNR | $5,650,000 |
| HRE 10 | DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement - Phase 6 | Jamison Wendel | MN DNR | $13,226,400 |
| Other |
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| O1 | DNR Roving Crew Phase 2 | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $8,732,900 | O2 | Core Functions in Partner-led OHF Land Acquisitions | Jennifer Olson | MN DNR | $674,300 |
| O3 | Contract Management | Katherine Sherman-Hoehn | MN DNR | $336,000 |
| O4 | Restoration Evaluations - ML 2023 | Wade Johnson | MN DNR | $200,000 |
| CPL | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program Ph. 15 Statewide and Metro Habitat | Kathy Varble | MN DNR | $9,500,000 |
| Total: $361,357,600 |