FY 2017 LSOHC Funding Requests Received

The below funding requests were considered by the council for recommendation to the 2016 legislature. The council received 45 requests totaling over $295 million.

Proposal	Title	Project Manager	Organization	Requested Amount
	Prairie Acquisition
P A 01	DNR WMA and SNA Acquisition, Phase VIII	Pat Rivers	DNR	$9,118,000
P A 02	Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase VIII	Eran Sandquist	Pheasants Forever	$19,272,000
P A 03	Martin County/Fox Lake DNR WMA Acquisition	Doug Hartke	Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc.	$3,372,500
P A 04	Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition, Phase VII	Rich Johnson	The Nature Conservancy	$7,000,000
P A 05	Cannon River Watershed Habitat Complex Phase VI	Robert McGillivray	Trust for Public Land	$1,050,000
P A 06	Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection Phase II	Judy Schulte	DNR	$9,090,000
P A 07	Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water --Phase VI	Tabor Hoek	BWSR	$15,000,000
P A 08	Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley Phase II	Eran Sandquist	MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc.	$7,885,100
P A 09	Lower Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat Restoration - Phase II	Kevin Ruud	Wild Rice River Watershed District	$4,150,000
P A 10	Grasslands Conservation Partnership	Steve Hobbs	The Conservation Fund	$6,848,500
	Prairie Restore / Enhance
P RE 01	DNR Grassland - Phase VIII	Greg Hoch	MN DNR	$9,107,100
P RE 02	Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation - Phase IV	Wayne Ostlie	Great River Greening	$3,346,500
	Forest Acquisition
F A 01	Young Forest Conservation Phase II	George Fenwick	American Bird Conservancy	$3,834,300
F A 02	Jack Pine Forest/Crow Wing River Watershed Habitat Acquisition	Craig Engwall	MN Deer Hunters Association	$18,940,000
F A 03	Camp Ripley ACUB Phase VI	Helen McLennan	Morrison SWCD	$3,000,000
F A 04	Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration Phase IV	Richard Biske	The Nature Conservancy	$9,517,700
F A 05	Minnesota Forests for the Future Phase IV	Richard F. Peterson	MN DNR Forestry	$8,486,000
F A 06	Protect (Acquire) Key Forest Habitat Lands in Cass County Phase VII	Joshua Stevenson	Cass County	$1,319,500
F A 07	State Forest Acquisitions Phase III	Robert Milne	DNR - Forestry	$4,648,000
F A 08	Forest Habitat Protection Revolving Account	Richard F. Peterson	MN DNR Forestry	$2,633,000
F A 09	Protecting Forest Wildlife Habitat in the Wild Rice River Watershed	Lorena Vogt	White Earth Nation	$2,188,000
	Forest Restore / Enhance
F RE 01	Floodplain Forest Enhancement - Mississippi River, Phase II	Tim Schlagenhaft	Audubon Minnesota	$663,000
	Wetland Acquisition
W A 01	Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase VIII	Eran Sandquist	Pheasants Forever	$19,309,100
W A 02	Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection Program - Phase V	Jon Schneider	Ducks Unlimited	$14,700,000
W A 03	RIM Wetlands: Phase VII	Dave Rickert	BWSR	$25,000,000
W A 04	Wetland Habitat Protection Program: Phase II	Kris Larson	Minnesota Land Trust	$2,563,000
	Wetland Restore / Enhance
W RE 01	Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancement, Phase VIII	Ricky Lien	DNR	$5,515,000
W RE 02	Marsh Lake Phase II	Ricky Lien	MN DNR Div. Fish and Wildlife	$2,000,000
	Habitat Acquisition
H A 01	MNDNR Aquatic Habitat Protection Phase VIII	Martin Jennings	MN DNR	$6,444,700
H A 02	Metro Big Rivers Habitat Phase VII	Deborah Loon	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. (Metro Big Rivers)	$6,485,900
H A 03	Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project	Tim Terrill	Mississippi Headwaters Board	$9,000,000
H A 04	Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes: Phase II	Lindsey Ketchel	Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation	$2,948,200
H A 05	Restoring Duluth's Cold Water Streams	Kathy Bergen	City of Duluth	$1,077,500
	Habitat Restore / Enhance
H RE 01	Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement, Phase VIII	John Lenczewski	Minnesota Trout Unlimited	$ 3,000,000
H RE 02	DNR Stream Habitat	Brian Nerbonne	MN DNR	$6,095,000
H RE 03	St. Louis River Restoration Initiative Phase III	John Lindgren	MN DNR	$5,242,000
H RE 04	Sand Hill River Fish Passage Restoration & Habitat Enhancement - Phase II	Daniel Wilkens	Sand Hill River Watershed District	$ 1,451,900
H RE 05	Root River Restoration	Chad Erickson	Root River Restoration and Preservation	$1,058,000
H RE 06	Shell Rock River Habitat Restoration Program - Phase V	Andy Henschel	Shell Rock River Watershed District	$ 3,788,800
H RE 07	Restoring the Northern Gateway	Todd Tuominen	City of Champlin	$3,000,000
H RE 08	Wolverton Creek Habitat Restoration	Bruce Albright	Buffalo-Red River Watershed District	$4,963,000
	Other
CPL 1	Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program, Phase VIII: Statewide and Metro Habitat	Jessica Lee	MN Dept of Natural Resources	$11,488,000
O 1	Contract Management 2016	Amanda Graeber	MN Dept of Natural Resources	$150,000
O 2	Restoration Evaluations	Wade Johnson	MN Dept of Natural Resources	$100,000
NEW	Roseau Lake Rehabilitation	John Williams, Tracy Halstensgard	MN Dept of Natural Resources & Roseau River Watershed District	$9,500,000
				Total: $295,349,300