Minnesota Legislature
LCCMR Presentation Schedule - 2024 Proposals
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Co-Chair: Nancy Gibson
HYBRID: Room 120, Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155 and through electronic means (YouTube)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
| Time | Proposal ID # | Category | Presenter | Title | Organization | Amount Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 2024-255 | F | Road Salt Pollution of Surface Waters from Groundwater | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $689,000 | |
| 9:15 AM | 2024-015 | C | Jay C. Hormel Nature Center Supplemental Teaching Staff | City of Austin | $410,000 | |
| 9:30 AM | 2024-023 | C | Supporting Minnesota Teachers Implement Culturally Sustaining Environmental Education | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $311,000 | |
| 9:45 AM | 2024-027 | C | Phenology Investigations in Minnesota Schools | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $392,000 | |
| 10:00 AM | 2024-028 | C | Get the Lead Out: Lead-Free Fishing Tackle Education | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $258,000 | |
| 10:15 AM | 2024-093 | G | Metropolitan Regional Parks System Land Acquisition Phase 8 | Metropolitan Council | $3,000,000 | |
| 10:30 AM | 2024-059 | C | Mentoring Next Generation of Conservation Professionals Phase 2 | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust Inc | $793,000 | |
| 10:45 AM | 2024-091 | C | Restoring Land, Reviving Heritage: Indigenous Conservation-Phase Two | Belwin Conservancy | $765,000 | |
| 11:00 AM | 2024-099 | C | Unlocking Minnesota Wilderness for Youth | YMCA of the North | $762,000 | |
| 11:15 AM | 2024-279 | B | Uncovering the Past to Protect Minnesota’s Walleye Fisheries | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $1,121,000 | |
| 11:30 AM | 2024-115 | C | Launching Environmental Education at Shepard Farm | Dodge Nature Center | $639,000 | |
| 11:45 AM | 2024-139 | C | The Boundary Waters is Our Backyard | Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness | $582,000 | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch Break | |||||
| 12:30 PM | 2024-177 | C | Rural MN Mobile Lab: Environmental/Earth Science Education | U of MN, Crookston | $459,000 | |
| 12:45 PM | 2024-188 | C | Increasing Accessibility of Environmental Education at Deep Portage | Deep Portage Learning Center | $228,000 | |
| 1:00 PM | 2024-250 | C | Water Quality and Robots: Experientially Educating Minnesotan Youth | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $353,000 | |
| 1:15 PM | 2024-092 | G | Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) Biodiversity Protection | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $1,100,000 | |
| 1:30 PM | 2024-292 | C | North Minneapolis Nature Connection: Storytelling and Leadership Pathways | The Loppet Foundation | $788,000 | |
| 1:45 PM | 2024-111 | CH | Increasing Access to Environmental Education Youth Camps | Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center | $163,000 | |
| 2:00 PM | 2024-129 | CH | YES! Students Step Up To Reduce Carbon Footprint | Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center | $199,000 | |
| 2:15 PM | 2024-168 | CH | Season Watch: Cultivating Young Naturalists with Phenology Education | Northern Community Radio, Inc. | $180,000 | |
| 2:30 PM | 2024-200 | CH | College-School Collaboration to Promote Environmental Career Paths | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minnesota State University Mankato | $174,000 | |
| 2:45 PM | 2024-206 | AH | Preserving Minnesota Wildflower Information | U of MN, Bell Museum of Natural History | $199,000 | |
| 3:00 PM | 2024-049 | E | Building Resilient Urban Forests for Climate Change | Great River Greening | $752,000 | |
| 3:15 PM | 2024-076 | E | Improving Agricultural Ecosystems through Autonomous Weed Control | U of MN, WCROC | $978,000 | |
| 3:30 PM | 2024-098 | E | Advanced Biofilter for N2O Removal | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $335,000 | |
| 3:45 PM | 2024-153 | E | Managing Future Floods and Droughts in Minnesota | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $480,000 | |
| 4:00 PM | LCCMR Other Business | |||||
| 5:00 PM | Adjourn | |||||