Minnesota Legislature
FY 2025 LSOHC Funding Requests Received
The funding requests below will be considered by the council for recommendation to the 2024 legislature. The council received 53 requests totaling over $300 million.
| Proposal | Title | Project Manager | Organization | Requested Amount |
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| Prairie Acquisition |
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| PA 01 | Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Phase XIV | Chris McGrath | The Nature Conservancy | $8,651,000 |
| PA 02 | Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XVI | Sabin Adams | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $10,116,100 |
| PA 03 | Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley - Phase X | Sabin Adams | MN Prairie Chicken Society / Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $9,336,400 |
| PA 04 | Martin County WMA Acquisition Phase 8 | Doug Hartke | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc. | $11,466,900 |
| Prairie Restore / Enhance |
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| PRE 01 | DNR Grassland Enhancement - Phase 16 | Greg Hoch | MN DNR | $6,828,600 | PRE 02 | Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands - Phase VII | Alexander Nelson | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $2,286,800 |
| Forest Acquisition |
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| FA 01 | Minnesota Heritage Forest - Transition to Public Ownership Program | Christine Ostern | MN DNR | $22,647,000 |
| FA 02 | Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape ACUB Protection Program - Phase 12 | Shannon Wettstein | Morrison SWCD | $4,500,000 |
| FA 03 | Riparian Habitat Protection in the Kettle and Snake River Watersheds | Paul Swanson | Pine County Soil and Water Conservation District | $3,033,800 |
| Forest Restore / Enhance |
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| FRE 01 | DNR Forest Enhancement and Restoration - Phase 4 | Ted Dick | MN DNR | $6,482,600 |
| FRE 02 | Young Forest Conservation Phase IV | Peter Dieser | American Bird Conservancy | $3,110,000 |
| FRE 03 | Floodplain and Upland Forest Enhancement - Mississippi River, Phase 5 | Jeffrey Butler / Dale Gentry | Audubon Minnesota | $4,211,000 |
| Wetland Acquisition |
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| WA 01 | Wild Rice Shoreland Protection Phase IX | Bill Penning | MN BWSR | $3,000,000 |
| WA 02 | Shallow Lake & Wetland Protection & Restoration Program - Phase XIII | Jon Schneider | Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | $12,500,000 |
| WA 03 | RIM Wetlands - Restoring the most productive habitat in Minnesota | John Voz | MN BWSR | $5,000,000 |
| WA 04 | Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XVI | Sabin Adams | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $15,471,100 |
| Wetland Restore / Enhance |
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| WRE 01 | DNR Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland Enhancements - Phase 16 | Ricky Lien | MN DNR | $12,713,000 |
| WRE 02 | Nelson Slough - East Park WMA | Morteza Maher | Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District | $6,302,500 |
| WRE 03 | Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 9 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $3,180,000 |
| WRE 04 | Living Shallow Lakes and Wetlands Enhancement & Restoration Initiative - Phase X | John Lindstrom | Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | $14,900,000 |
| WRE 05 | Lake Alice - Fergus Falls | Klara Beck | City of Fergus Falls | $686,000 |
| Habitat Acquisition |
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| HA 01 | St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Phase 5 | Katie Sickmann | Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St. Croix & Namekagon | $8,406,000 |
| HA 02 | Pine and Leech Watershed Phase III Targeted RIM Easement Permeant Land Protection | Melissa Barrick | Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District | $2,920,000 |
| HA 03 | Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding Biological Significance - Phase 3 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $7,798,000 |
| HA 04 | Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program - Phase XIII | Courtney Phillips | Shell Rock River Watershed District | $5,780,800 |
| HA 05 | Cannon River Watershed Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 13 | Jennifer Tonko | Clean River Partners | $6,400,000 |
| HA 06 | Trout Stream Restoration in the Root River Watershed | Terence Ruane | RES | $12,278,200 |
| HA 07 | Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor Project Phase 8 | Tim Terrill | Mississippi Headwaters Board (MHB) | $9,267,000 |
| HA 08 | Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase X | Annie Knight | Northern Waters Land Trust | $7,798,000 |
| HA 09 | Shakopee Creek: Headwaters Restored, Species and Land Protected | Margaret Johnson | Kandiyohi Soil and Water Conservation | $1,190,000 |
| HA 10 | Red River Basin Riparian Habitat Program - Phase I | Robert L. Sip | Red River Watershed Management Board | $15,233,500 |
| HA 11 | Resilient Habitat for Heritage Brook Trout - Phase 2 | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $5,456,000 |
| HA 12 | Southeast Minnesota Protection and Restoration Phase 12 | David Ruff | The Nature Conservancy | $11,766,900 |
| HA 13 | Lower Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat Restoration - Phase IV | Tara Jensen | Wild Rice Watershed District | $5,170,000 |
| HA 14 | DNR WMA and SNA Acquisition, Phase XVI | Jeff Tillma | MN DNR | $2,900,000 |
| HA 15 | Accelerating Habitat Conservation in Southwest Minnesota - Phase 3 | Wayne Ostlie | Minnesota Land Trust | $7,459,000 |
| HA 16 | Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection & Restoration, Phase 5 | Steve Zeece III | Sauk River Watershed District | $16,673,200 |
| HA 17 | Metro Big Rivers Phase 14 | Deborah Loon | MN Valley Trust (Metro Big Rivers) | $16,113,600 | Habitat Restore / Enhance |
| HRE 01 | Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation - Phase 9 | Wiley Buck | Great River Greening | $2,138,000 |
| HRE 02 | DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement - Phase 7 | Jamison Wendel | MN DNR | $14,510,200 |
| HRE 03 | Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat Enhancement | John Lenczewski | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $2,950,000 |
| HRE 04 | Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation-PH VII | Kevin J. Bovee; Andy Hubley | Lake Superior Steelhead Association (LSSA); Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) | $3,000,000 |
| HRE 05 | St. Louis River Restoration Initiative – Phase 11 | Melissa Sjolund | MN DNR | $4,098,000 |
| HRE 06 | Restoring connectivity, floodplain, and river habitat in the Upper Clearwater River for trout and creek heel splitter mussels | Zach Gutknecht | Beltrami Soil and Water Conservation District | $3,240,000 |
| HRE 07 | Roseau Lake Rehabilitation: Phase II | Tracy Halstensgard | Roseau River Watershed District | $9,000,000 |
| HRE 08 | Highbanks Ravine Bat Hibernaculum | Lisa Vollbrecht | City of St. Cloud | $2,300,000 |
| HRE 09 | Owámniyomni Native Landscape & River Restoration (St. Anthony Falls) | Kjersti Duval | Friends of the Falls | $6,000,000 |
| HRE 10 | Silver Lake Dam Fish Passage Modification | Matt Crawford | City of Rochester - Public Works Department | $3,000,000 |
| HRE 11 | Little Devil Track River Restoration | Robert Hass | Cook County | $4,435,800 |
| Other |
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| O1 | Contract Management | Katherine Sherman-Hoehn | MN DNR | $350,000 |
| O2 | Restoration Evaluations - ML 2024 | Wade Johnson | MN DNR | $200,000 |
| O3 | DNR Core Functions in Partner-led OHF Land Acquisitions | Jennifer Olson | MN DNR | $815,400 |
| CPL | Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program Ph. 16 Statewide and Metro Habitat | David Stein | MN DNR | $11,575,400 |
| Total: $376,657,800 |