Minnesota Legislature
FY 2022 LSOHC Funding Requests Received
The funding requests below will be considered by the council for recommendation to the 2021 legislature. The council received 52 requests totaling over $320 million.
| 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 XIII | Jay Johnson | MN DNR | $4,500,000 |
| P A 02 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XIII | Sabin Adams | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $13,876,100 |
| P A 03 | MN Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 11 | Neal Feeken | The Nature Conservancy | $6,627,700 |
| P A 04 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge - Phase XII | Ruth Thornton | The Nature Conservancy | $8,129,800 |
| P A 05 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 10 | Kristi Pursell | Cannon River Watershed Partnership; Trust for Public Land & Great River Greening |
$5,137,900 |
| P A 06 | Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection-Phase VIII | Judy Schulte | MN DNR | $1,500,000 |
| P A 07 | RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water - Phase IX | Sharon Doucette | BWSR | $10,000,000 |
| P A 08 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley - Phase VII | Sabin Adams | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $9,995,600 |
| P A 09 | Accelerating the USFWS Habitat Conservation Easement Program - Phase III | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever | $9,996,000 |
| P A 10 | Martin County WMA Acquisition Phase 5 | Doug Hardke | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc. & The Conservation Fund | $9,335,600 |
| P A 11 | RIM Grassland Reserve - Phase III | John Voz | BWSR | $8,000,000 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| P RE 01a | DNR Grassland Phase XIII - with Roving Crew | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $11,109,100 |
| P RE 01b | DNR Grassland Phase XIII | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $7,104,000 |
| P RE 02 | Enhanced Public Land – Grasslands - Phase V | Alexander Nelson | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $3,915,500 |
| P RE 03 | Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation - Phase 7 | Wiley Buck | Anoka County Conservation District; Great River Greening; National Wild Turkey Federation; Minnesota Land Trust & The Nature Conservancy | $5,838,200 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| F A 01 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration, Phase 9 | Rich Biske | The Nature Conservancy; Trust for Public Land & Minnesota Land Trust | $11,353,900 |
| F A 02 | Minnesota Forests for the Future Phase 8 | Christine Ostern | MN DNR | $8,417,600 |
| F A 03 | Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape ACUB, Phase IX | Shannon Wettstein | Morrison County SWCD | $3,000,000 |
| Forest Restore / Enhance |
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| F RE 01 | DNR Forest Enhancement | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $3,739,300 |
| F RE 02 | Floodplain Forest Enhancement, Phase 4 | Andrew Beebe | Audubon Minnesota | $3,506,200 |
| F RE 03 | Moose Habitat Collaborative, Phase IV - NE MN Forest Habitat Enhancement | Brent Rudolph | Ruffed Grouse Society | $5,624,000 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| W A 01 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XIII | Eran Sandquist | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $11,933,500 |
| W A 02 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection & Restoration Program - Phase X | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $9,980,000 |
| W A 03 | RIM Wetlands - Phase X | Sharon Doucette | BWSR | $10,000,000 |
| W A 04 | Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 6 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $6,698,000 |
| W A 05 | Wild Rice Shoreland Protection - Phase VII | Dan Steward | BWSR | $2,000,000 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| W RE 01a | Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancements Phase 13 (with Roving Habitat Crew) | Ricky Lien | MN DNR | $5,360,000 |
| W RE 01b | Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancements Phase 13 (without Roving Habitat Crew) | Ricky Lien | MN DNR | $4,256,000 |
| W RE 02 | Living Shallow Lake Enhancement & Wetland Restoration Initiative - Phase VII | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited | $6,930,000 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| H A 01 | St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Phase 2 | Monica Zachay | St. Croix River Association; Minnesota Land Trust & The Trust for Public Land | $8,295,000 |
| H A 02 | Metro Big Rivers - Phase 11 | Deborah Loon | MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust (Metro Big Rivers); Minnesota Land Trust, The Trust for Public Land; Great River Greening & Friends of the Mississippi River | $13,273,500 |
| H A 03 | Lower Otter Tail River Corridor Habitat Restoration - Request 1 | Kathy Fenger | Buffalo Red River Watershed District (BRRWD) & BWSR | $4,500,000 |
| H A 04 | Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase VII | Kathy DonCarlos | Northern Waters Land Trust & Minnesota Land Trust | $7,942,600 |
| H A 05 | Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project-Phase 5 | Tim Terrill | Mississippi Headwaters Board; The Trust for Public Land & BWSR | $6,912,100 |
| H A 06 | Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding Biological Significance | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $5,001,000 |
| H A 07 | Riparian Habitat Protection in the Kettle and Snake River Watersheds | Jill Carlier | Pine County Soil and Water Conservation District & BWSR | $3,000,000 |
| H A 08 | MNDNR Trout Stream Conservation Easements | Martin Jennings | MN DNR | $1,201,000 |
| H A 09 | Targeted RIM Easement and Acquisition to the Parcel Level Pine and Leech Watersheds Phase II | Melissa Barrick | Crow Wing SWCD & BWSR | $3,864,000 |
| H A 10 | Urban Woods and Prairies Initiative Moorhead, MN Land Acquisition | Marshall Johnson | National Audubon Society DBA Audubon Dakota | $773,100 | Habitat Restore / Enhance |
| H RE 01 | Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement and Restoration, Phase 13 | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $3,035,000 |
| H RE 02 | DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement - Phase 4 | Jamison Wendel | MN DNR | $6,489,600 |
| H RE 03 | St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase 8 | Melissa Sjolund | MN DNR | $6,250,000 |
| H RE 04 | Shell Rock River Habitat Restoration Program - Phase X | Courtney Phillips | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $3,588,900 |
| H RE 05 | Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation-Phase VI | Kevin Bovee | Zeitgeist (ZG) and Lake Superior Steelhead Association (LSSA) | $950,000 |
| H RE 06 | Southeast Wetland Restoration, Phase 2 | Michael McCarty | City of Mankato | $2,494,200 |
| H RE 07 | Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection & Restoration, Phase 3 | Sarah Boser | Sauk River Watershed District; Minnsota Land Trust & Pheasants Forever | $8,879,800 |
| H RE 08 | Klondike Clean Water Retention Project - Phase 1 | Dan Money | Two Rivers Watershed District | $3,250,100 |
| H RE 09 | Targeted Culvert Replacement to Enhance Fish Passage | Jamison Wendel | MN DNR | $2,720,000 |
| Other |
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| O 1 | DNR Roving Crews | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $9,064,000 |
| O 2 | Contract Management 2021 | Katherine Sherman-Hoehn | MN DNR | $210,000 |
| O 3 | Restoration Evaluations - ML 2021 | Wade Johnson | MN DNR | $150,000 |
| CPL | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program Phase 13: Statewide and Metro Habitat | Kathy Varble | MN DNR | $10,450,000 |
| Total: $320,157,900 |