Minnesota Legislature
2017 Environment and Natural Resouces Trust Fund Proposals Received and Selected to Present - by Funding Priority Topic Area
In response to the 2017 Request for Proposal (RFP) due March 21, 2016, 181 proposals requesting a total of approximately $142 million were received. This RFP process is for funding available beginning July 1, 2017. For that period, approximately $50 million from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund is currently expected to be available to recommend for project funding, plus an additional $8.4 million remains available for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, due to Governor vetoes in the 2016 funding bill.
The LCCMR reviewed, evaluated, and ranked all proposals received. On June 7 the LCCMR selected 88 proposals requesting a total of approximately $86 million to invite in for a presentation before the Commission for further consideration.
In addition to the 88 proposals selected for further consideration thus far, seven projects that were added to the 2016 funding bill by the 2016 Legislature but vetoed by the Governor are being given the opportunity to submit a proposal and give a presentation to the LCCMR for consideration as part of the LCCMR's 2017 funding recommendations process, if these projects choose to do so. Furthermore, 10 proposals that were part of the LCCMR's 2016 recommendations but removed from the funding bill by the Legislature will be given reconsideration when the LCCMR determines its 2017 funding recommendations on July 12 and 13 if the proposer wishes for this to occur. The Legislature also extended the LCCMR's proposal deadline to June 26 for proposals requesting over $750,000, so there may be some additional proposals, yet to be determined, that will also be allowed to present to the LCCMR and be considered for a 2017 funding recommendation.
Proposal presentations are scheduled for June 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, and 29.
This selection represents the first phase in narrowing the proposals received in response to the 2016 RFP into what will be recommended for funding to the 2017 Minnesota Legislature. Proposal presentations facilitate the LCCMR's next phase of consideration for reaching a decision on July 12 and 13 about which projects will be recommended.
Check the LCCMR schedule for the most up-to-date information on important process dates.
Visit the 2017 Proposal & Funding Process Main Page for additional information.
Note About Proposal Listings
All proposals received in response to the 2017 RFP thus far are listed below. Proposals that were selected on 06/07/16 to present before the Commission and receive further consideration are indicated with an "X" in the left-most "Selected to Present" column.
Click here for print-ready list of 2017 proposals received - listed by category with project summaries (24-page PDF file).
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| Selected to Present | ENRTF ID # | Last Name | First Name | Project Title | Organization | $ Requested |
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| A. Foundational Natural Resource Data and Information (RECEIVED: 32 proposals/subtotal = $24,746,469) ) |
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| X | 001-A | Setterholm | Dale | Minnesota Geological Survey Geologic Atlases for Water Management | U of MN - Minnesota Geological Survey | $3,784,700 |
| X | 002-A | Keeler | Bonnie | What are the Public Benefits of Protecting Sourcewater? | U of MN | $320,000 |
| X | 003-A | Andersen | David | Minnesota Trumpeter Swan Migration Ecology and Conservation | U of MN | $462,433 |
| X | 004-A | Shaw | Ruth | Healthy Prairies II: Preserving MN Prairie Plant Diversity | U of MN | $938,000 |
| X | 005-A | Thomas | Doug | Enhancing Targeted and Measureable Watershed Restoration and Protection | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $2,802,000 |
| X | 006-A | Carlson | Bruce | Minnesota Biological Survey | MN DNR | $2,955,861 |
| X | 007-A | Chayka | Catherine | Continue Expansion of the Minnesota Wildflowers Online Botanical Reference | Minnesota Wildflowers Information | $270,470 |
| 008-A | Holdsworth | Andrew | Scientific Data Deli: Serving Data for Environmental Innovation | MN DNR | $324,159 | |
| X | 009-A | Chun | Chanlan | Promoting Wild Rice Restoration Success by Examining Microbes | U of MN - Duluth NRRI | $334,035 |
| X | 010-A | Elliott | Sarah | Contaminants in Urban Soils: Understanding the Urban Environment | U. S. Geological Survey | $1,000,000 |
| X | 011-A | Gillette | Timothy | Drainage Records Modernization - Phase II, Cost-Share | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $540,000 |
| X | 012-A | Neve | Hans | Mapping Groundwater Contamination: Accessible Data to Protect Resources | MPCA | $480,000 |
| X | 013-A | Gran | Karen | Landslide Hazards and Impacts on Minnesota's Natural Environment | U of MN | $672,408 |
| 014-A | Alexander | Scott | Quantifying Color and Fluorescence in Minnesota Waters | U of MN | $370,000 | |
| X | 015-A | Ditmer | Mark | Non-Invasive Moose Calf Surveys and Ecosystem Monitoring | U of MN | $348,151 |
| X | 016-A | Isbell | Forest | Cascading Effects of Wolf Recolonization | U of MN | $398,000 |
| X | 017-A | Windels | Steve | Effects of Wolves on Beavers, Moose, and Deer | Voyageurs National Park | $293,000 |
| 018-A | Axler | Richard | NE Minnesota Environmental Atlas: Turning Data into Information | U of MN - Duluth NRRI | $617,632 | |
| 019-A | Feinberg | Joshua | Mapping Heavy Metal Contamination Using Geophysics and Chemistry | U of MN | $91,945 | |
| X | 020-A | Windmuller-Campione | Marcella | Lowland Conifer Ecosystems: Holistic Assessment for Adaptive Management | U of MN | $763,702 |
| 021-A | Hoganson | Howard | Including Wildlife Benefits in Forest Planning Models | U of MN | $397,750 | |
| 022-A | Singsaas | Eric | Advancing the Forest Bio-Economy in Minnesota | U of MN - Duluth NRRI | $834,015 | |
| 023-A | Stanton | Daniel | Tracking Minnesota Plant Life below Winter Snow | U of MN | $380,000 | |
| 024-A | Lemm | Les | Development of Comprehensive Wetland Restoration Planning Framework | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $600,000 | |
| 025-A | Russell | Matthew | Healthy Forests and Healthy Deer Populations in Minnesota | U of MN | $195,800 | |
| 026-A | Dee | Laura | Assessing Risks to Public Benefits from Minnesota Forests | U of MN | $338,000 | |
| 027-A | Fieberg | John | Decision Support Tool for Prioritizing Shallow Lake Management | U of MN | $110,347 | |
| 028-A | Monson Geerts | Stephen | Airborne Particulate Characterization Survey: Future Mining's Historic Reference | U of MN - Duluth NRRI | $398,967 | |
| 029-A | Hammerback | Rex | Geospatial Airborne Sensor Survey to Manage Water Resources | Northland Aerospace Foundation | $3,126,779 | |
| 030-A | Stafford | Joshua | Waterfowl Vital Rates in Transition Habitats of Minnesota | U.S. Geological Survey - South Dakota Coop Unit and SDSU | $141,120 | |
| X | 031-A | Mukku | Venugopal | Minnesota's Freshwater Sponges: Mapping Taxonomy and Environmental Toxicology | U of MN | $258,000 |
| 032-A | Steffens | Wayne | Beetle Status in Old-Growth and Early Successional Habitats | Lake Superior Research Institute | $199,195 | |
| B. Water Resources (RECEIVED: 46 proposals/subtotal = $35,369,884 ) |
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| X | 033-B | Arnold | William | Household Chemicals as Water Pollutants and Toxic Precursor | U of MN | $236,000 |
| X | 034-B | Novak | Paige | Innovative Nitrogen Removal Technology to Protect Water Quality | U of MN | $476,100 |
| X | 035-B | Maguire | Allan | Rearing Native Mussels and Building Water Quality Awareness | Minnesota Zoo | $591,925 |
| X | 036-B | Brauman | Kate | Rural Industrial Water Efficiency Impact on Drinking Water | U of MN | $282,000 |
| 037-B | Chun | Chanlan | Antibiotic Resistance Assessment in St. Louis River Watershed | U of MN - Duluth NRRI | $254,576 | |
| X | 038-B | Coletti | Filippo | Removing Plastic Particle Pollution from Minnesota Water Bodies | U of MN | $359,540 |
| 039-B | Guala | Michele | Developing Sensors for River-Flow Turbidity and Sediment-Transport | U of MN - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $311,367 | |
| 040-B | Gulliver | John | Preventing Phosphorus Pollution from Stormwater Ponds | U of MN | $497,460 | |
| 041-B | Bruggeman | Peter | Green Technology for Harmful Algal Bloom Remediation | U of MN | $549,967 | |
| X | 042-B | Bajer | Przemyslaw | Restoring Agricultural Lakes and Watersheds by Managing Carp | U of MN | $967,100 |
| 043-B | Minor | Elizabeth | Sediment and Storm-Water Effects on Lake Superior | U of MN - Large Lakes Observatory | $428,859 | |
| X | 044-B | Mundahl | Neal | Responsive Water Quality Monitoring: Southeastern Minnesota Trout Streams | Winona State University | $583,980 |
| X | 045-B | Mohring | Eric | Buffer Gap Analysis | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $1,390,656 |
| X | 046-B | Nieber | John | How Rapidly can Groundwater Quality be Improved? | U of MN | $672,000 |
| 047-B | Guzina | Bojan | Quantifying Depth-Dependent Permeability of Fractured Rock | U of MN | $296,739 | |
| X | 048-B | Martinovic-Weigelt | Dalma | Reassessing Toxicity of Petroleum Spills with New Technologies | University of St. Thomas | $423,189 |
| 049-B | Rosen | Carl | Agricultural Water Remediation Using Novel Woodchip Bioreactor Technology | U of MN | $567,000 | |
| 050-B | Barney | Brett | Phosphorus/Nitrate Recapture through Biofilms for Agricultural Application | U of MN | $773,000 | |
| X | 051-B | Behrens | Sebastian | New Self-Sustaining Nitrate and Pesticides Removal Biotechnology | U of MN | $318,162 |
| X | 052-B | Hozalski | Raymond | The Minnesota Center for Water Treatment Technology Innovation | U of MN | $10,306,899 |
| 053-B | Hu | Bo | Enhancing Septic Tank Performance by Temperature Control | U of MN | $397,000 | |
| X | 054-B | Rantala | Heidi | Preventing Fish Kills by Increasing Understanding | MN DNR | $699,905 |
| X | 055-B | Ishii | Satoshi | Maximizing the Benefits of Water Reuse | U of MN | $148,000 |
| 056-B | Hansen | Amy | Continuous Data to Guide Nitrate Reduction Strategy | U of MN - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $385,241 | |
| 057-B | Ng | Gene-Hua Crystal | Predicting Hidden Groundwater Connections Between Land and Lakes | U of MN | $408,455 | |
| X | 058-B | Dutcher | Cari | Sulfate and Metal Removal from Northeast MinnesotaWaters | U of MN | $298,325 |
| X | 059-B | Moore | Seth | Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Minnesota Fish | Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | $436,922 |
| 060-B | Ahlgren | Kevin | Monitoring Minnesota's Water with Continuous GPS Stations | St. Cloud State University | $437,316 | |
| 061-B | Wickert | Andrew | Snowpack-Driven Groundwater Recharge across Minnesota | U of MN | $453,386 | |
| 062-B | Yang | Rusen | Environment-Friendly Nanosensors to Detect Nutrients in Water | U of MN | $455,026 | |
| 063-B | Hu | Bo | Development of a Household Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System | U of MN | $322,000 | |
| 064-B | Peterson | Jeff | Assessing Legacy Waters with Advanced Sensors | U of MN - Water Resources Center | $1,568,000 | |
| 065-B | Kelly | Megan | Enhancing DNRs Mineland Water Quality Impact Research, Hibbing | MN DNR | $442,346 | |
| X | 066-B | Wickert | Andrew | Continuous Nitrate Pollution Monitoring at the Kitchen Sink | U of MN | $276,590 |
| 067-B | Griffis | Timothy | How Will Changes in Evaporation Impact Our Lakes? | U of MN | $1,197,450 | |
| 068-B | Hong | Jiarong | Underwater Robots for Hazard Monitoring in Minnesota Lakes | U of MN | $442,877 | |
| 069-B | Downing | John | Shrinking Lake Superior: Water Levels and Community Resilience | U of MN - Duluth -Sea Grant Program | $324,425 | |
| 070-B | Ishii | Satoshi | Impact of Migratory Birds on Minnesota Water Quality | U of MN | $272,000 | |
| 071-B | Pilgrim | Keith | Alum's Critical Role in Controlling Algae and Phosphorus | Barr Engineering Co. | $264,400 | |
| 072-B | Isaacson | Carl | Phosphorus Behavior in Northern Minnesota Watersheds | Bemidji State University | $274,059 | |
| 073-B | Sarnath | Ramnath | Smart Water Resource System for Sauk River Watershed | St. Cloud State University | $214,260 | |
| X | 074-B | Small | Gaston | Measuring Reductions in Nitrate Pollution from Precision Agriculture | University of St. Thomas | $159,833 |
| 075-B | Austinson | Craig | Crystal Lake Watershed Nutrient Removal Practices | Blue Earth County Drainage Authority | $996,500 | |
| 076-B | Ward | Jessica | Impacts of Water Quality on Yearling Walleye Survival | St. Cloud State University | $178,000 | |
| 077-B | Phelps | Paula | Addressing Emerging Threats to Coldwater Fish Production | MN DNR | $1,243,059 | |
| 078-B | Stahl | Tim | Little Sioux Flood Mitigation - Wetlands and Channel Storage | Jackson County Public Works | $2,787,990 | |
| C. Environmental Education (RECEIVED: 27 proposals/subtotal = $9,684,681 ) |
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| X | 079-C | Lais | Greg | Floating Classroom: Connecting 20,000 Youth to Minnesota Waterways | Wilderness Inquiry | $1,240,730 |
| 080-C | Bonsignore | Gina | Diversifying Involvement in the Natural Resources Community II | MN DNR | $791,825 | |
| X | 081-C | Poppleton | Kristen | Youth Convening Minnesota | Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy | $310,008 |
| X | 082-C | Getchell | Vikki | Increasing Diversity in Environmental Careers: Fellowships, Internships, Mentorships | MN DNR | $1,487,519 |
| X | 083-C | Weiblen | George | Minnesota Water Stories Told in Digital Planetariums | U of MN - Bell Museum of Natural History | $622,000 |
| X | 084-C | Ponder | Julia | Bridging Classroom and Outdoor Learning by Studying Birds | U of MN | $270,740 |
| X | 085-C | Carlson | Stephan | Students Use Local Phenology to Understand Climate Varability | U of MN | $240,000 |
| 086-C | Oldham | Mary | Sustainability Immersion Institute for Diverse Pre-University Students | U of MN | $323,000 | |
| X | 087-C | Tiffin | Peter | Market Science: Connecting Minnesotans to Environmental Research | U of MN | $132,000 |
| 088-C | Cotner | Sehoya | Educational Game about Water Quality in Minnesota Lakes | U of MN | $313,000 | |
| 089-C | Suss | Ted | Establish a Minnesota River Basin-Wide RiverWatch Program | Friends of the Minnesota Valley | $285,500 | |
| 090-C | Bly | John | Pollinator and Clean Water Stewardship through Community Engagement | Metro Blooms | $252,864 | |
| 091-C | Hausman | Christina | Connecting Minnesota's Youth to Voyageurs National Park | Voyageurs National Park Association | $90,600 | |
| X | 092-C | Eckles | Joanna | Bird City - Education for Lasting Conservation | Audubon Minnesota | $280,000 |
| 093-C | Hueffmeier | Ryan | Where are the "Jumping Worms"? | U of MN - Duluth NRRI | $92,559 | |
| 094-C | Cotner | James | Developing Scientific and Intellectual Infrastructure for Clean Waters | U of MN | $476,000 | |
| 095-C | Strecker | Carol | Preparing Wildlife Champions Program Model for Statewide Expansion | Minnesota Zoo | $150,325 | |
| 096-C | Daniels | Lisa | Engaging Communities with K-12 Smart Energy Solutions | Windustry | $543,700 | |
| 097-C | Jelinski | Nicolas | Soil Kitchen-Minnesota | U of MN | $218,814 | |
| 098-C | Claussen | Anna | Implementing Identified Climate Adaptation Priorities in Rural Minnesota | Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | $319,735 | |
| 099-C | Collins | Abby | Race 2 Reduce-Water Conservation for Youth | H2O for Life | $262,920 | |
| X | 100-C | Joy | Susan | Developing Watershed Stewardship in Northwest Minnesota Youth | Headwaters Science Center | $71,861 |
| X | 101-C | Wood | Bryan | Providing Residential Environmental Learning Experiences to Under-Served Students | Audubon Center of the North Woods | $130,000 |
| 102-C | Windmuller-Campione | Marcella | Restoring Resilient Long-Lived Conifer Stands through Experiential Learning | U of MN | $126,840 | |
| 103-C | Scholl | Laura | North Minneapolis Blooming Alleys: Resilient Neighborhoods, Clean Water | Cleveland Neighborhood Association | $313,289 | |
| 104-C | Watson | Alexander | Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd Film | MN DNR | $103,852 | |
| X | 105-C | Koski | Adelheid | Northeast Minneapolis Sustainability Incubator | Holland Neighborhood Improvement Association | $235,000 |
| D. Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species (RECEIVED: 21 proposals/subtotal = $14,876,263 ) |
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| X | 106-D | Galatowitsch | Susan | Using Science to Solve Minnesota's AIS problems - Phase II | U of MN | $6,100,000 |
| X | 107-D | Becker | Roger | Implementing Biological Control of Garlic Mustard | U of MN | $421,987 |
| X | 108-D | Osthus | Jonathan | EAB Biocontrol Phase III: Assessment and Citizen Engagement | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | $729,540 |
| X | 109-D | Kiesling | Richard | Quantifying Spiny Waterflea Threats to Minnesota Walleye Lakes | U. S. Geological Survey | $1,690,320 |
| 110-D | Wackett | Lawrence | Natural Products for Protecting Minnesota Natural Resources | U of MN | $247,000 | |
| X | 111-D | Smanski | Michael | New Technology to Control Invasive Carp | U of MN | $389,000 |
| X | 112-D | Aukema | Brian | Mountain Pine Beetle Phase II: Protecting Minnesota | U of MN | $384,838 |
| 113-D | Mensinger | Allen | Bioacoustics to Deter and Eliminate Invasive Bigheaded Carp | U of MN - Duluth | $399,934 | |
| X | 114-D | Parsons | Bradford | Continuation of Invasive Carp and Native Fish Evaluation | MN DNR | $739,064 |
| X | 115-D | Ozersky | Tedy | Impact of Zebra Mussels on Mercury in Fish | U of MN - Duluth | $211,437 |
| 116-D | Furey | Paula | Will the Invasive Alga Didymosphenia Degrade Minnesota Waters? | St. Catherine Universtiy | $207,213 | |
| X | 117-D | Sorensen | Peter | Acquiring Key Information for a Carp Deterrent System at Lock and Dam #5 | U of MN | $284,000 |
| 118-D | Abrahamson | Mark | Conserving Trees and Biodiversity with Strategic EAB Management | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | $708,500 | |
| X | 119-D | Bajer | Przemyslaw | Adapting Stream Barriers to Remove Invasive Fish | U of MN | $381,150 |
| 120-D | Bushley | Kathryn | Microbial Associates of the Emerald Ash Borer | U of MN | $400,000 | |
| 121-D | McGaugh | Suzanne | Northward Expansion of Ecologically Damaging Species | U of MN | $213,000 | |
| X | 122-D | Chandler | Monika | Tactical Invasive Plant Management Plan Development | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | $296,832 |
| X | 123-D | Hall | Kristin | Maximize Value of Water Impoundments to Wildlife | Audubon Minnesota | $195,000 |
| 124-D | Kelly | Colin | Preventing the Spread of AIS with Decontamination Units | Washington County | $455,000 | |
| 125-D | Ahlers | Adam | A Native Biocontrol for Invasive Hybrid Cattails | Kansas State University | $306,728 | |
| 126-D | Waters | Amy | Commercial Fisheries Management Project | Aquatic Research & Conservation Society, Inc. | $115,720 | |
| E. Air Quality, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy (RECEIVED: 25 proposals/subtotal = $15,424,082 ) |
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| X | 127-E | Reich | Peter | Managing for "Climate Smart" Trees and Forests | U of MN | $385,000 |
| X | 128-E | Cui | Tianhong | Cheap Solar Energy from Simple Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing | U of MN | $388,852 |
| X | 129-E | Anderson | Ellen | Community-Scale Energy Storage Guide for Clean Energy | U of MN | $625,478 |
| 130-E | Barney | Brett | Harnessing Natural Nitrogen Fixation to Replace Industrial Production | U of MN | $847,000 | |
| X | 131-E | Coletti | Filippo | Enabling Extraction of Solar Thermal Energy in Minnesota | U of MN | $351,040 |
| X | 132-E | Vadali | Monika | Deploying New Technology to Understand Urban Air Pollution | MPCA | $981,564 |
| 133-E | Li | Perry | Compressed Air Energy Storage for Renewable Energies | U of MN | $712,392 | |
| 134-E | Simon | Terrence | Energy Storage Panels for Home and Office Upgrade | U of MN | $687,746 | |
| 135-E | Kortshagen | Uwe | Clean Electricity from Cheap Luminescent Solar Concentrators | U of MN | $627,149 | |
| 136-E | Stelson | Kim | Development of Efficient and Reliable Wind Turbine Transmission | U of MN | $414,839 | |
| X | 137-E | Etterson | Julie | Forest Regeneration: Maximizing the Value of Our Investment | U of MN - Duluth | $732,046 |
| 138-E | Shen | Lian | Wind-loading Study for Environmental Management and Engineering Innovation | U of MN | $397,270 | |
| 139-E | Liess | Stefan | Development of an Early-Warning System for Minnesota Droughts | U of MN | $265,616 | |
| 140-E | Sun | Zongxuan | Low Cost and Efficient Biomass Based Electricity Generation | U of MN | $450,000 | |
| 141-E | Kvaal | Chris | Feed Additive for Reducing Climate-Damaging Methane Emissions from Cattle | St. Cloud State University | $372,485 | |
| 142-E | Kazlauskas | Romas | Engineering Stable Microbes for Biofuels and Biodegradation | U of MN | $269,000 | |
| 143-E | Abel | Julianna | Active Wind Turbine Skin for Wind Energy Harvesting | U of MN | $302,621 | |
| 144-E | Guala | Michele | Developing Bank-Protection Energy-Converter Systems for Minnesota Rivers | U of MN - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $622,000 | |
| 145-E | Wang | Xiaojia | Novel Nanocomposite Materials for Thermal Management and Energy Conversion/Storage | U of MN | $256,112 | |
| 146-E | Yang | Rusen | Cheap and Clean Energy from Friction-Induced Static Charges | U of MN | $422,874 | |
| X | 147-E | Heins | Bradley | Generation, Storage, and Utilization of Solar Energy | U of MN | $795,500 |
| 148-E | Swanson | Jacob | Air Quality Network Sensing Aircraft Pollution Near MSP | Minnesota State University, Mankato | $571,210 | |
| X | 149-E | Forbes | DJ | Climate-Smart Cities: Helping Cities Make Smarter Land-Use Decisions | The Trust for Public Land | $288,800 |
| X | 150-E | Pennington | Josh | District Heating with Renewable Biomass at Camp Ripley Training Center | Department of Military Affairs | $1,969,988 |
| X | 151-E | Waite-Altringer | Melanie | Renewable Energy Production from Municipal Organic Waste | Minnesota Energy Center (MNEC) | $1,687,500 |
| F. Methods to Protect, Restore, and Enhance Land, Water, and Habitat (RECEIVED: 17 proposals/subtotal = $8,598,558 ) |
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| X | 152-F | Snell-Rood | Emilie | Optimizing the Nutrition of Roadside Plants for Pollinators | U of MN | $815,000 |
| X | 153-F | Krischik | Vera | Promoting Conservation Biocontrol of Beneficial Insects | U of MN | $399,000 |
| X | 154-F | Tilman | David | Restoring and Preserving Savanna Using Bison | Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, U of MN | $388,000 |
| X | 155-F | Quinn | Edward | State Parks for Monarchs and Other Native Pollinators | MN DNR | $672,159 |
| X | 156-F | Herb | William | Prioritizing Shoreline Habitat Restoration in Minnesota Lakes | U of MN - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $294,913 |
| X | 157-F | Graeve | Ken | Roadside Prairie Prescribed Fire | Minnesota Department of Transportation | $345,000 |
| X | 158-F | Holland | Matt | MN Honey Bee & Monarch Butterfly Partnership | Pheasants Forever | $732,162 |
| 159-F | Lenhart | Christian | Mississippi River Gorge Restoration Planning and Assessment | U of MN | $130,000 | |
| X | 160-F | Lewanski | Tom | Restoring 83-acres of Prairie, Savanna & Forest Habitat | Friends of the Mississippi River | $213,450 |
| X | 161-F | Buck | Wiley | Restoring Our Metro Lands and Waters: MeCC 10 | Great River Greening | $524,400 |
| X | 162-F | Bruse | Tanner | Precision Conservation and Agriculture: Growing Green 2 Together | Pheasants Forever | $508,370 |
| 163-F | Ferrington | Leonard | Variable Winter Thermal Regimes and Managing Trout Streams | U of MN | $583,000 | |
| X | 164-F | Slesak | Robert | Identifying Optimal Soil Conditions for Sustainable Forest Management | U of MN | $415,000 |
| 165-F | Elias | Mikael | Methods for Removing Problematic Pesticides from Minnesota Waters | U of MN | $344,000 | |
| 166-F | Shen | Lian | Modeling/Measurement of Wetland Processes for Habitat Protection | U of MN | $298,504 | |
| X | 167-F | Arvidson | Adam | Mississippi River Habitat Restoration at Halls Island | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $1,451,500 |
| 168-F | O'Reilly | John | Promoting Active Management of Privately Owned Woodlands | Minnesota Forestry Association | $484,100 | |
| G. Land Acquisition for Habitat and Recreation (RECEIVED: 12 proposals/subtotal = $33,307,890 ) |
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| X | 169-G | Streets Jensen | Deborah | Metropolitan Regional Parks System Land Acquisition | Metropolitan Council | $2,400,000 |
| X | 170-G | Booth | Margaret (Peggy) | SNA Acquisition, Restoration, Citizen Science and Engagement | MN DNR | $6,022,220 |
| X | 171-G | Christie | Jennifer | Minnesota State Parks and State Trails Land Acquisition | MN DNR | $1,500,000 |
| X | 172-G | Schulte | Judy | Native Prairie Stewardship and Prairie Bank Easement Acquisition | MN DNR | $5,185,457 |
| 173-G | West | Lisa | Dakota County Natural Area Protection and Restoration | Dakota County | $600,000 | |
| X | 174-G | Brown | Levi | Leech Lake Natural Resource Multi-Benefit Conservation Acquisition | Leech Lake Division of Resource Management | $1,500,000 |
| 175-G | Owens | Jay | Mississippi Blufflands State Trail Red Wing River Walk | City of Red Wing | $1,840,000 | |
| X | 176-G | Manzoline | Robert | Mesabi Trail, Wetland Crossing and Bridge Rehab | St Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority | $1,231,500 |
| 177-G | Smith | Stacy | Experiential Nature Play at Whitewater State Park | MN DNR | $710,265 | |
| 178-G | Schneider | Kurt | Swedish Immigrant Regional Trail, Interstate State Park Connection | Chisago County | $1,785,000 | |
| 179-G | Albright | Bruce | Wolverton Creek Land Acquisition and Stream Habitat Restoration | Buffalo-Red River Watershed District | $9,550,000 | |
| X | 180-G | Keith | Linda | Tower Trailhead Boat Landing and Habitat Improvement | City of Tower | $983,448 |
| H. Other (RECEIVED: 1 proposal/subtotal = $135,000 ) |
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| X | 181-H | Sherman-Hoehn | Katherine | Contract Agreement Reimbursement | MN DNR | $135,000 |
| J. Governor Vetoed Appropriations (RECEIVED: 1 proposal/subtotal = $488,128 ) |
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| X | 191-J | Callahan | Peggy | Real Wildlife, Real Conservation, Real Impact | Wildlife Science Center | $488,128 |
| K. Proposals Received in Response to Extended Deadline of 6/26/2016 (RECEIVED: 5 proposal/subtotal = $13,565,000 ) |
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| X | 192-K | Janssen | Jim | Voyageurs National Park Crane Lake Visitor Center Partnership | Town of Crane Lake | $950,000 |
| X | 193-K | Reese | Michael | Organic Weed Control Using Solar-Powered Robots | U of MN - Morris | $1,650,000 |
| 194-K | Elias | Mikael | Unique Modular Filter for Keeping Minnesota Waters Chemical-Free | U of MN | $905,700 | |
| 195-K | Sorensen | Peter | Lock-and_Dam #5: Carp Deterrent Engineering and Environmental Groundwork | U of MN | $1,298,580 | |
| X | 196-K | Hoek | Tabor | CREP Implementation Phase 1 | Board of Water and Soil | $8,761,320 |