September 24, 2025
8:30 AM - 11:35 AM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Room 120
MN State Capitol
St. Paul, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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2. Draft Meeting Minutes for Approval
August 26, 2025 Draft Meeting Minutes
August 27, 2025 Draft Meeting Minutes
7. Discussion / Action: LSOHC Staffing – Discussion of growing needs
Memo: LSOHC Staffing – Discussion of growing needs
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August 27, 2025
8:15 AM - 5:00 PM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Room 120
MN State Capitol
St. Paul, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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6. Hearings for Funding Requests
Hearing Schedule: Day 2
Handouts: Day 2
Written Comments to Councilmember Feedback
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August 26, 2025
8:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Room 120
MN State Capitol
St. Paul, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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2. July 30, 2025 Draft Meeting Minutes for Approval
6. Memo: Dissolution of Executive Committee
7. Hearings for Funding Requests
Hearing Schedule: Day
1
Handouts: Day 1
Written Comments to
Councilmember Feedback
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July 30, 2025
8:30 AM - 12:05 PM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Room 120
MN State Capitol
St. Paul, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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2. June 25, 2025 DRAFT
Minutes for Approval
6. Information/Discussion: Conflict of interest (review of policy & procedures)
Memo: Conflicts of
Interest Policy and Procedures
7. Discussion / Action: Review and approval of Accomplishment Plan - ML 2025,
subd. 4(g)
Accomplishment
Report: Big Swamp North - Peatland Restoration Project
Letter from
Roseau River Watershed District
Email Exchange on
Potential Conflict of Interest
8. Information/Discussion: Executive Director Hiring Process & Update to LSOHC
Operating Procedures
LCC Memo:
Proposed LSOHC Executive Director Hiring Process
Draft
Updates to LSOHC Operating Procedures
9. Discussion / Action: Prairie Recovery Program Phase III – TNC Request for
approval of minor conveyance granting access easement to adjacent landowner.
Memo
- Easement Request; TNC, Pope County
TNC Memo - Easement
Request
Marquardt
Easement Summary Documents and Map
Restricted
Appraisal Report
10. Discussion / Action: Retroactive Accomplishment Plan Amendment - MN Forests
for the Future
Memo:
Forests for the Future Retroactive Approval
DNR Memo: OHF
Expenditures
ML
2019: Amended Accomplishment Plan
ML
2022: Amended Accomplishment Plan
11. Discussion/Action: Receive update and release additional funds: ML2024, Ch.
106, Art. 1, Sec. 2., Subd. 5(aa): Protecting Upper Mississippi River from Invasive Carp
Memo: Lock
and Dam #5 Invasive Carp Deterrent – Funding Release Request
DNR Memo
Update
Presentation: Protecting Upper Mississippi River from Invasive Carp
Accomplishment
Plan
DNR: Carp Barrier
Draft Plan (2024)
Anticipated Timeline
(2024)
12. Discussion/Action: ML2026 / FY2027 OHF Proposal Review
Memo:
Proposal Evaluations and Hearing Selection
Summary
of Member Evaluation Scores
Member
Evaluations Highest Score to Lowest Score
Summary
of Member Comments
Individual
Member Evaluations
Member Conflict of Interest
Forms
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June 25, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Prairie Wetlands Learning Center
602 MN-201 East
Fergus Falls, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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2. May 28, 2025 DRAFT
Minutes for Approval
5. Executive Director's Report
Dept. of Natural
Resources Commissioner's Letter
Call
for Funding Request Overview Presentation
6. Presentation / Discussion: Prairie Habitat Complex Building
Prairie Partner
Organizations Presentation
7. Discussion / Action: Review and Approve ML2025 Accomplishment Plans
Memo:
Review and Approval of ML2025 Accomplishment Plans
ML2025 Accomplishment Plans
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June 24, 2025
9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Council Tour |
Locations: See Tour
Itinerary
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This tour is informational only
and is not an offical meeting.
No votes or actions will be taken.
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May 28, 2025
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Room 120
MN State Capitol
St. Paul, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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2. January 3, 2025
DRAFT Minutes for Approval
5. Discussion/Action: Council Executive Officer Elections
Memo:
Elections of Officers
6. Executive Director Report:
Dept.
of Revenue Letter: Legacy Calculations
Chairs
Memo: February Forecast and OHF Reductions
OHF Related
Amendment
DNR
Letter to Dakota County: 1/16/2025
DNR
Letter to Dakota County: 3/24/2025
DNR
Update on Carp Barrier at Lock & Dam #5
Memo: Program Status/Spending as
of February 1 Updates
Attachment 1: OHF Program
Spending/Completion by Year
Attachment 2: OHF Program
Spending/Completion by Year
Attachment 3: OHF Program
Spending/Completion by Year
Attachment 4: OHF
Program Spending/Completion by Year
7. Discussion / Action: Approval of 2025 Council Meeting Calendar
Draft Calendar: 2025 Meetings
Draft
Calendar: 2025 Meetings (Accessible format)
8. Presentation / Discussion: Restoration Evaluations Report – ML2023, Ch.40,
Art. 1, Sec. 2, subd. 6(c) – Technical Evaluation Panel
Legacy
Fund Restoration Evaluation Report
9. Discussion / Action: Request for Conversion/Conveyance – ML2021, First Sp.
Session, Ch. 1, Art. 1, Sec. 2, subd. 5(h) – MNDNR Trout Stream Conservation Easements
Memo:
DNR and MLT Additional Easement Encumbrance
MLT
Memo: DNR Trout Stream Approval LSOHC Crystal Creek (Yohe)
Accomplishment
Report: MNDNR Trout Stream Conservation Easements
Accomplishment Report: Southeast Minnesota
Protection and Restoration Phase 9
Aerial
Photography Map: Crystal Creek - Yohe Tract
Property
Map: Crystal Creek - Yohe Tract
10. Discussion / Action: Request for Conversion/Conveyance - ML 2013 Ch. 137,
Art. 1, Sec. 2, subd. 5(e) - Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Memo:
MN Landscape Arboretum
Final
Report: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Acquisition of Property Surrounding Lake Tamarack
MNDOT:
Highway 5 and Arboretum Area Map
Arboretum
Lands Legal Description
11. Presentation / Discussion: Minnesota Duck and Pheasant Action Plans: Update
Presentation:
Duck and Pheasant Action Plan Summary Powerpoint
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January 3, 2025
8:30 AM - 11:35 AM
Council Meeting |
Hybrid
Room 120
MN State Capitol
St. Paul, MN
&
Zoom
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Agenda
Minutes
Audio
Video
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2. December 10, 2024
DRAFT Minutes for Approval
6. Discussion / Action: Request for Land Exchange – ML 2022 - Northern Tallgrass
Prairie, Phase X; The Nature Conservancy
Memo:
ML2022 TNC Land Exchange Request
TNC Memo:
Murray #8 TNC Land Exchange Background Information
Map: TNC
Land Exchange
ML 2018
Accomplishment Plan: Northern Tallgrass Prairies
ML
2019 Accomplishment Plan: Northern Tallgrass Prairies
7. Discussion / Action: Revisiting Tabled Extension Request – ML 2020, subd. 5(o)
- Roseau River Habitat Restoration; Roseau River Watershed District
Memo: ML2020
RRWD Extension Request
RRWD
Letter: Roseau River Extension Request
8. Discussion / Action: Council Funding Recommendations ML 2025/FY 2026
Memo:
Funding Recommendations and Bill Language
Draft
ML25/FY26 OHF Bill (Version 3)
Cancellation Statute
Language
10. Presentation / Discussion: CPL Overview & Update
Conservation
Partners Legacy Presentation
11. Update / Discussion: DNR-Partner Acquisition Continuous Improvement Project
Joint DNR-Partner
Land Acquisition
Continuous Improvement Project Update
12. Discussion / Action: Discussion/Action: Review and Approve ML2026 / FY2027
Call for Funding
Memo: ML26/FY27 Call for
Funding Request
Draft
ML26/FY27 Call for Funding Request
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