Minnesota Legislature
2009 Proposals - Phase 2
In response to the 2009 Request for Proposal (RFP) PHASE 2 due October 1, 2008, 88 proposals requesting a total of $53.6 million were received. The LCCMR reviewed and heard presentations on Phase 2 proprosals during November-December 2008. Phase 2 proposals recommended to the legislature for funding were selected December 10, 2008, alongside Phase 1 proposals.
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| Project # | Last Name | First Name | Project Title | Organization | $ Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1. Critical Lands Analysis - (3 proposals/subtotal = $458,157 | |||||
| 022-A1 | Klocker | Julie | Statewide Ecological Ranking CRP and other Critical Lands | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $275,464 |
| 023-A1 | Wheeler | Philip | Olmsted County's Decorah Edge | Olmsted County | $103,380 |
| 024-A1 | Maxted | Jeffrey | Targeting Agricultural Management Practices to Improve Water Quality | The Cadmus Group, Inc. | $79,313 |
| A2. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Lands - (1 proposal/subtotal = $3,000,000) | |||||
| 025-A2 | Hennings | Kim | Rim Match - Partnership To Protect Critical Grasslands | DNR | $3,000,000 |
| A3. Technical Assistance for Conserving Land - (7 proposals/subtotal = $7,582,280) | |||||
| 026-A3 | Nelson | Carmelita | Roadsides for Wildlife Accelerated Prairie Seeding | DNR | $1,514,600 |
| 027-A3 | Woods | Steve | Minnesota Conservation Mentor Program and Academy | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $730,000 |
| 028-A3 | Kalahar | Thomas | Protection of Granite Rock Outcrop Ecosystem | Renville Soil and Water Conservation District | $2,844,750 |
| 029-A3 | Hoek | Tabor | MN Farm Bill Assistance Project | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $1,575,000 |
| 030-A3 | Sumption | John | Conserving Priority Land and Shorelands in Cass County | Cass County Environmental Services | $511,500 |
| 031-A3 | Meschke | Linda | Technical Guidance to Perennial Establishment for Bioenergy Uses | Rural Advantage | $281,430 |
| 032-A3 | Vogel | Mary | Gateway Trail Planning/Design for Recreation & Land Protection | U of M | $125,000 |
| A4. Other - Acquisition - (3 proposals/subtotal = $10,700,000) | |||||
| 033-A4 | O'Neill | Jeff | Bertram Chain of Lakes Phase 2 Acquisition | City of Monticello | $6,800,000 |
| 034-A4 | Meyer | Mary | Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Land Acquisition 2009 | Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | $2,000,000 |
| 035-A4 | Martinson | Tom | Lake County Forest Conservation Loan | Lake County | $1,900,000 |
| B1. Reduce Soil Erosion - (20 proposals/subtotal = $7,387,737) | |||||
| 036-B1 | Mohring | Eric | Real-time Water-quality Monitoring in the Minnesota River Basin | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $300,000 |
| 037-B1 | Gieseke | Tim | Certified Crop Advisors as Environmental Assessors | The Minnesota Project | $299,960 |
| 038-B1 | Schottler | Shawn | Does Intensified Tile Drainage Create More Erosive Rivers? | Science Museum of Minnesota | $301,200 |
| 039-B1 | Kuehner | Kevin | Root River Small Watershed Implementation and Evaluation Project | MN Dept. of Ag | $394,500 |
| 040-B1 | Linnell | Stan | Cooperative Fishing Pier and Shoreline Restoration Initiative | DNR | $700,000 |
| 041-B1 | Hora | Marvin | Nitrogen Contributions To the Mississippi River Basin | MPCA | $897,000 |
| 042-B1 | Nelson | Paul | Reducing Stream Bank Erosion Using Fluvial Geomorphic Principals | Scott County Watershed Management Organization | $378,400 |
| 043-B1 | Gralnick | Jeffrey | Scientific and Commercial Discoveries from Soudan Iron Mine | U of M | $523,140 |
| 044-B1 | Patton | Robert | Targeting Water Quality Solutions to High-Contributing Areas | MN Dept. of Ag | $782,000 |
| 045-B1 | Blaska | Karen | Coon Rapids Dam - Water Quality Improvement Project | Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department | $80,000 |
| 046-B1 | Birr | Adam | Quantifying Soil and Water Quality Benefits of CRP | MN Dept. of Ag | $312,433 |
| 047-B1 | Brooks | Kenneth | Integrating Soil Erosion Prevention in Agricultural Watershed Management | U of M | $584,471 |
| 048-B1 | Sands | Gary | Reducing Stream Bluff Erosion through Hydrologic Management | U of M | $480,161 |
| 049-B1 | Ostlie | Wayne | Preventing Nonpoint Pollution in Cannon, Rum, Mississippi Rivers | Great River Greening | $150,000 |
| 050-B1 | Raines | Dana | Protecting Our Water- Public Boat Launch Retrofits | Onanegozie Resource Conservation and Development | $115,200 |
| 051-B1 | McNamara | Stephanie | Homeowners Association Stream Bank Restoration and Stewardship Model | Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization | $150,800 |
| 052-B1 | Sterner | Robert | Urban Waters: Urbanization and Metropolitan Lakes and Lakes | U of M | $645,210 |
| 053-B1 | Baker | Lawrence | Reducing Lawn Pollution through Targeted Homeowner Education | U of M | $185,672 |
| 054-B1 | Otto | Ronald | Sibley County Tile Inlet Alternatives | Sibley SWCD | $49,000 |
| 055-B1 | VanOffelen | Henry | Mustinka River Rehabilitation, Reconnection, and Water Quality Enhancement | Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy | $58,590 |
| B2. Reduce Peak Water Flows - (9 proposals/subtotal = $4,018,294) | |||||
| 056-B2 | Wilson | Bruce | Minimal Impact Design Standards for Urban Stormwater Runoff | MPCA | $500,000 |
| 057-B2 | Peterson | Joel | Side Inlet Controls Research and Demonstration Project | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $435,000 |
| 058-B2 | Bucklin | David | Reducing Peak Water Flows with the Urban Forest | Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance (GBERBA) | $140,700 |
| 059-B2 | Russell | Trevor | Municipal Stormwater Management Assessment Tool (MSMAT) | Friends of the Mississippi River | $34,271 |
| 060-B2 | Rice | Becky | A Citizen-Based Approach to Stormwater Management | Metro Blooms | $492,023 |
| 061-B2 | Warden | Kelly | Southport Terminal Stormwater Management Project | Saint Paul Port Authority | $240,000 |
| 062-B2 | Doneux | Mark | Lafayette Campus Stormwater Management Project | Capitol Region Watershed District | $865,000 |
| 063-B2 | Brandel | Chuck | Mapleton Area Agricultural/Urban Runoff Water Quality Treatment Analysis | I&S Group, Inc. | $485,000 |
| 064-B2 | Money | Dan | Springbrook Coulee Protection Project | Two Rivers Watershed District | $826,300 |
| B3. Minnesota Drainage Law Analysis and Evaluation - (2 proposals/subtotal = $510,124) | |||||
| 065-B3 | Enzler | Sherry | Minnesota Drainage Law Analysis and Evaluation | U of M | $423,054 |
| 066-B3 | Smith | Louis | Minnesota Drainage Law Analysis and Evaluation | Smith Partners PLLP | $87,070 |
| B4. Deep Water Lakes - (7 proposals/subtotal = $6,178,823) | |||||
| 067-B4 | Pereira | Donald | Cooperative Habitat Research in Deep Lakes | DNR | $1,600,000 |
| 068-B4 | Kiesling | Richard | Vulnerability of Lakes to Endocrine Disruption | USGS | $297,000 |
| 069-B4 | Radomski | Paul | Evaluating Nitrogen Pollution from Septic Systems | DNR | $200,000 |
| 070-B4 | Steward | Dan | Implementing Protection Strategies for Minnesota Deepwater Lakes | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $3,422,704 |
| 071-B4 | Hershfield | Marc | St. Louis River Sediment Assessment and Restoration Strategies | MPCA | $196,125 |
| 072-B4 | Lotthammer | Shannon | Improving Monitoring of Non-Agricultural Ground Water Contaminants | MPCA | $413,000 |
| 073-B4 | Gentz | Cindy | Water Quality Monitoring and Education for Lake Protection | Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District | $49,994 |
| C1. Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species - (16 proposals/subtotal = $4,277,106) | |||||
| 074-C1 | Fenske | Mary Jean | Ballast Water Sampling Method Development and Treatment Technology | MPCA | $400,000 |
| 075-C1 | Pelican | Katharine | Improving Emerging Fish Disease Surveillance in Minnesota | U of M | $80,101 |
| 076-C1 | Voller | Vaughan | Controlling the Movement of Invasive Fish Species | U of M | $587,195 |
| 077-C1 | Colman | Steve | Lake Superior: Invasive Species and Ecosystem Change | U of M, Duluth | $204,000 |
| 078-C1 | Welling | Chip | Improved Management of Eurasian Watermilfoil and Curly-leaf Pondweed | DNR | $200,000 |
| 079-C1 | Ciborowski | Jeanne | Developing and Improving the Efficacy of Biological Control | MN Dept. of Ag | $358,000 |
| 080-C1 | Hale | Cindy | Prevention and Early Detection of Invasive Earthworms | U of M, NRRI | $182,135 |
| 081-C1 | Huser | Brian | Controlling Invasive Macrophytes and Phosphorus using Iron | Barr Engineering | $462,950 |
| 082-C1 | Koch | Robert | Pest Risk Assessment for New Invasive Species Threats | MN Dept. of Ag | $216,060 |
| 083-C1 | Brokke | Lonnie | Simulating Predation of Invasive Earthworms for Woodland Restoration | Harriet Alexander Nature Center (Roseville) | $112,500 |
| 084-C1 | Shaw | Dan | Cooperative Invasive Species Control and Native Plant Re-establishment | Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) | $230,000 |
| 085-C1 | Abrahamson | Mark | Survey of Firewood Movement and Targeted Audience Outreach | MN Dept. of Ag | $549,450 |
| 086-C1 | Smith | Alan | Invasive Plant Management: Elimination of Invasiveness through Sterility | U of M | $242,015 |
| 087-C1 | Reynolds | Kevin | Emergency Delivery System Development for Disinfecting Ballast Water | USGS | $125,000 |
| 088-C1 | Hoch | Greg | Native Plant Biodiversity, Invasive Plant Species, and Invertebrates | Concordia College | $47,700 |
| 089-C1 | Zanko | Lawrence | Heating of Sediment to Eradicate Purple Loosestrife Seeds | U of M, NRRI | $280,000 |
| D1. Renewable Energy Life Cycle Costs and Impacts - (11 proposals/subtotal = $3,858,949) | |||||
| 090-D1 | Pollak | Melisa | Options to De-carbonize Minnesota's Electrical Power System | U of M | $144,811 |
| 091-D1 | Reich | Peter | Projecting Environmental Trajectories for Energy-Water-Habitat Planning | U of M | $194,000 |
| 092-D1 | Zandlo | Jim | 'Climate-Grade' Observation System by Enhancing Existing Stations | DNR, State Climatology Office | $640,000 |
| 093-D1 | Fernholz | Kathryn | An Analysis of Biofuel Alternatives for Minnesota | Dovetail Partners, Inc. | $180,000 |
| 094-D1 | Krischik | Vera | Mitigating Bee Pollinator Decline in Minnesota | U of M | $315,000 |
| 095-D1 | Becker | Dennis | Forest Biomass LCA: Carbon, Economics, and Ecological Sustainability | U of M | $149,136 |
| 096-D1 | Cotner | James | Minnesota Wetlands: An Important CO2 Sink? | U of M | $261,805 |
| 097-D1 | Cuomo | Greg | Habitat and Bioenergy Impacts of Harvesting Minnesota Grasslands | U of M | $1,661,478 |
| 098-D1 | Terrill | Tim | On-Farm Pelletizing Of Prairie For Sustainable Bioenergy | Winona Soil and Water Conservation District | $68,000 |
| 099-D1 | Moen | Ron | Wind and Wildlife: Preventing Problems and Reaching Solutions | U of M, NRRI | $199,719 |
| 100-D1 | Landfill to Energy, Catalyst to Riverfront Renaissance | Shardlow | John | Bonestroo | $45,000 |
| D2. Residential Energy Conservation - (8 proposals/subtotal = $5,509,577) | |||||
| 101-D2 | Strom | Sheldon | Energy Efficient Cities - Leading the Way | Center for Energy and Environment | $2,383,756 |
| 102-D2 | Huelman | Patrick | Cutting New Home Energy Consumption in Half | U of M | $478,771 |
| 103-D2 | Manning | Christie | Toolkits and Methods for Energy Efficient Communities | Cooperative Energy Futures | $194,000 |
| 104-D2 | Duffrin | Chris | Home Energy Made Easy | Neighborhood Energy Connection | $424,340 |
| 105-D2 | Shen | Lester | Empowering Interactive Approaches for Future Visioning, Measured Savings | Center for Energy and Environment | $574,000 |
| 106-D2 | Goldberg | Louise | Demonstration of a Geo & Solar-thermal Powered Residential CHC Microgrid | U of M | $564,170 |
| 107-D2 | Weed | Newell | EnerActNow Energy Managers Help Conserve Energy | National Initiative for Consumers of Energy (N.I.C.E.) | $795,000 |
| 108-D2 | Chism | Lennie | Feasibility Study Solar Manufacturing, Distribution and Installation Center | Glenwood Enterprises, Inc DBA Diverse Minnesota | $95,540 |
| E. Contract Administration - (1 proposal/subtotal = $158,000) | |||||
| 109-E1 | Becker | William | Contract Management | DNR | $158,000 |
| GRAND TOTAL | $53,639,047 | ||||