FY 2027 LSOHC Funding Requests Received

The funding requests below will be considered by the Council for recommendation to the legislature in 2026. The council received 58 requests totaling over $499 million.

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Proposal	Title	Project Manager	Organization	Requested Amount	Download
	Prairie Acquisition				Download All PA
PA 01	2026 RIM Grasslands Reserve Phase VII	John Voz	MN BWSR	$10,345,000	Download PDF Download Word
PA 02	Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XVIII	Sabin Adams	Pheasants Forever	$15,623,900	Download PDF Download Word
PA 03	DNR WMA & SNA Acquisition, Phase XVIII	Jeff Tillma	MN DNR	$8,975,000	Download PDF Download Word
PA 04	Martin County WMA Acquisition Phase 10	Doug Hartke	Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc.	$10,213,900	Download PDF Download Word
PA 05	ML 2026 Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Phase XVI	Chris McGrath	The Nature Conservancy	$9,886,200	Download PDF Download Word
PA 06	MN Prairie Recovery Program Phase 15	Liz Beery	The Nature Conservancy	$13,668,300	Download PDF Download Word
PA 07	Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley - Phase XII	Sabin Adams	Pheasants Forever	$12,004,600	Download PDF Download Word
PA 08	RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water	Dusty Van Thuyne	MN BWSR	$10,000,000	Download PDF Download Word
	Prairie Restore / Enhance				Download All PRE
PRE 01	2026 Accelerating the USFWS Habitat Conservation Easement Program	Logan Shoup	Ducks Unlimited	$13,200,000	Download PDF Download Word
PRE 02	DNR Grassland Enhancement - Phase 17	Greg Hoch	MN DNR	$9,962,400	Download PDF Download Word
PRE 03	Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands - Phase IX	Sabin Adams	Pheasants Forever	$7,168,000	Download PDF Download Word
	Forest Acquisition				Download All FA
FA 01	Northern Forests Legacy Project	Christine Ostern	MN DNR	$25,105,400	Download PDF Download Word
FA 02	Sand Lake/7 Beavers Acquisition & Enhancement	Rich Biske	The Nature Conservancy	$10,309,600	Download PDF Download Word
	Forest Restore / Enhance				Download All FRE
FRE 01	DNR Forest Restoration and Enhancement, Phase 6	Ted Dick	MN DNR	$7,622,600	Download PDF Download Word
FRE 02	Enhancing Critical Wildlife Forest Habitats and Watersheds on Superior National Forest	Candace Leong	Patriot Restoration Ops	$4,728,000	Download PDF Download Word
	Wetland Acquisition				Download All WA
WA 01	Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XVIII	Sabin Adams	Pheasants Forever	$13,980,600	Download PDF Download Word
WA 02	RIM Wetlands - Restoring the most productive habitat in Minnesota	John Voz	MN BWSR	$14,000,000	Download PDF Download Word
WA 03	Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection & Restoration Program	Jon Schneider	Ducks Unlimited	$12,995,000	Download PDF Download Word
WA 04	Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 11	Wayne Ostlie	Minnesota Land Trust	$14,336,000	Download PDF Download Word
	Wetland Restore / Enhance				Download All WRE
WRE 01	DNR Wetland Habitat Team	Ricky Lien	MN DNR	$3,628,500	Download PDF Download Word
WRE 02	Howard Lake Habitat Restoration	Alicia O'Hare	Wright Soil and Water Conservation District	$711,500	Download PDF Download Word
WRE 03	Living Shallow Lakes and Wetlands Enhancement & Restoration Initiative	John Lindstrom	Ducks Unlimited	$14,975,000	Download PDF Download Word
WRE 04	Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancements Phase 18	Ricky Lien	MN DNR	$20,166,500	Download PDF Download Word
WRE 05	Talcot Lake	Ricky Lien	MN DNR	$7,590,000	Download PDF Download Word
WRE 06	Roseau Lake Rehabilitation: Phase III	Tracy Halstensgard	Roseau River Watershed District	$8,685,000	Download PDF Download Word
WRE 07	Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancements Phase 18 (Habitat Projects/Critical Staff Combination)	Ricky Lien	MN DNR	$23,339,500	Download PDF Download Word
	Habitat Acquisition				Download All HA
HA 01	2026 Riparian Habitat Protection in the Kettle and Snake River Watersheds	Paul Swanson	Pine County Soil and Water Conservation District	$5,000,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 02	Cannon River Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - 15	Jennifer Tonko	Clean River Partners	$11,769,800	Download PDF Download Word
HA 03	DNR AMA Fee-Title and Trout Stream Easement Acquisition	Rick Walsh	MN DNR	$6,450,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 04	Washington County Habitat Protection and Restoration Partnership - Phase 2	Serena Raths	Washington County	$6,917,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 05	Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - ML2026	Annie Knight	Northern Waters Land Trust	$8,567,700	Download PDF Download Word
HA 06	Greenbelt Phase 1	Emily Heinz	Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District	$3,300,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 07	Hardwood Hills Habitat Conservation Program - Phase 3	Wayne Ostlie	Minnesota Land Trust	$5,554,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 08	Integrating Habitat and Clean Water	Kevin Roth	MN BWSR	$10,000,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 09	Metro Big Rivers 16	Neal Feekan	MN Valley Trust	$21,386,800	Download PDF Download Word
HA 10	Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat Enhancement & Protection	John Lenczewski	Minnesota Trout Unlimited	$4,800,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 11	Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project Phase 10	Tim Terrill	Mississippi Headwaters Board	$9,800,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 12	Protecting Coldwater Fisheries on Minnesota's North Shore - Phase 4	Wayne Ostlie	Minnesota Land Trust	$4,044,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 13	Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding Biological Significance - Phase 5	Wayne Ostlie	Minnesota Land Trust	$9,176,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 14	Protection and Restoration of Money Creek and its Natural Riparian Communities	Amy Crews	RES, LLC	$2,966,100	Download PDF Download Word
HA 15	Red River Basin Riparian Habitat Program - Phase II	Robert L. Sip	Red River Watershed Management Board	$21,300,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 16	Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program	Courtney Phillips	Shell Rock River Watershed District	$5,336,700	Download PDF Download Word
HA 17	Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration Phase 14	Nick Bancks	The Trust for Public Land	$19,044,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 18	St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Phase 7	Marc White	Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St. Croix & Namekagon	$13,859,000	Download PDF Download Word
HA 19	Upper Mississippi Flyway Habitat Conservation Program	Wayne Ostlie	Minnesota Land Trust	$5,169,800	Download PDF Download Word
	Habitat Restore / Enhance				Download All HRE
HRE 01	A River of Birds in the Sky: Conserving Minnesota's Flyway	Dale Gentry	Audubon Upper Mississippi	$1,443,000	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 02	Bone Lake South Phase 2	Emily Heinz	Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District	$1,625,000	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 03	City of Delano - Crow River Restoration and Enhancement	Shawn Louwagie	City of Delano	$2,050,000	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 04	DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement, Phase 9	Dean Paron	MN DNR	$16,558,200	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 05	Little Cannon River Stream Habitat Restoration	John Lenczewski	Minnesota Trout Unlimited	$5,174,800	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 06	Mission Creek Watershed Connectivity	Jeramy Pinkerton	MN DNR	$3,442,200	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 07	Mud River Enhancement Project	Tammy Audette	Red Lake Watershed District	$5,100,000	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 08	Oak Savanna Restoration for Living Landscapes	Dan Shaw	MN BWSR	$3,623,200	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 09	Swift Coulee Channel Restoration/ Enhancement - Phase 2	Morteza Maher	Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District	$3,564,000	Download PDF Download Word
HRE 10	Woods Creek Restoration	Robert Kimmel-Hass	Cook County	$750,000	Download PDF Download Word
	Other				Download All O
O 1	Contract Management	Katherine Sherman-Hoehn	MN DNR	$450,000	Download PDF Download Word
O 2	DNR Core Functions in Partner-led OHF Acquisitions	Jennifer Olson	MN DNR	$129,000	Download PDF Download Word
O 3	Restoration Evaluations - ML 2026	Wade Johnson	MN DNR	$204,000	Download PDF Download Word
CPL	Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program ML26/FY27	David Stein	MN DNR	$15,000,000	Download PDF Download Word
				Total: $513,435,300

FY 2027 LSOHC Funding Requests Received

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Prairie Acquisition

Prairie Restore / Enhance

Forest Acquisition

Forest Restore / Enhance

Wetland Acquisition

Wetland Restore / Enhance

Habitat Acquisition

Habitat Restore / Enhance

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