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HCP VI - Critical Lands Protection Program - Acquisition (4c)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
The Trust for Public Land
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$350,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

TPL proposes to use $950,000 of Trust Fund money and $950,000 from other sources to protect and link approximately 120 acres of high quality habitat in Minnesota.

Statewide
HCP VI - Fisheries Habitat Restoration (2h)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Restore or maintain up to 25 acres and/or 1.5 miles of aquatic habitat. Use the HCP map to prioritize projects.  It builds upon the Minnesota Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan.

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HCP VI - Fisheries Land Acquisition (4b)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$300,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Project will secure approximately 300 acres (3.6 miles of shoreline).  Priority will be given to regionally significant habitat that builds on existing shoreline habitat and provides angler access.

Statewide
HCP VI - Lakescaping for Wildlife & Water Quality (2j)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$75,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project is designed to create eight demonstration sites on private land to show how buffer zones of native plants can improve wildlife habitat and water quality on a lakeshore.

HCP VI - Melvin Slough Landscape Restoration (2a)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$50,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Project will restore approximately 93 acres of Prairie Wetlands, Grasslands and Oak Savannas on the Melvin Slough Waterfowl Production Area. Project area is adjacent to Chicog WMA and SW of Glacier Ridge Refuge.

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HCP VI - Partners for Fish and Wildlife (2b)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
US Fish and Wildlife Service
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$50,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program will provide technical and financial assistance to Minnesota landowners to complete 150 acres of wetland and prairie restoration and/or enhancement projects.

HCP VI - Prairie Landscape Restoration: Oak Savanna, Grasslands, and Wetlands (2o)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
Friends of the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$50,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

We will remove brush and trees to restore oak savannas, plant diverse native seed mixes in uplands, and improve wetlands through removal of silt at Kruger WPA in Becker County.

Statewide
HCP VI - Professional Services (4i)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The MN DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife will provide professional services and pay the associated costs of conveying lands acquired by partners under this project to the DNR.

Statewide
HCP VI - Shallow Lake Assessment & Management (2d)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$145,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

DNR will conduct 220 on-site field investigations to support accelerated management of shallow lakes and adjacent wetland complexes. Management will be primarily accomplished by DNR and Ducks Unlimited staff.

Statewide
HCP VI - Shallow Lake Easements (3c)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$250,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

DU will help private landowners protect their shoreline on shallow lakes important to waterfowl by negotiating and securing permanent conservation easements that limit subdivision and development on 400 acres.

Statewide
HCP VI - Shallow Lake Enhancement (2c)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$225,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

DU will provide bio-engineering technical assistance to DNR and USF&WS to survey, design and install water control structures and fish barriers to improve 400 acres of degraded shallow lake habitat.

Statewide
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HCP VI - Shoreland Protection Project - Conservation Easements (3a)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
Minnesota Land Trust
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$210,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Protect critical riparian habitats by securing permanent conservation easements on up to 500-700 acres of land along lakes, wetlands, rivers and streams and dedicating funds to support those easements.

Statewide
HCP VI - Wetlands Reserve Program (3d)
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VI
Recipient: 
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$420,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

DU will hire contract technicians to assist NRCS with promoting and restoring WRP by securing new applications from landowners, developing restoration plans, and restoring previous WRP easements on 3,000 acres.

HCP VI Supplemental - Fisheries Habitat Restoration - 2h
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) VI Supplemental
Recipient: 
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project will work on an estimated 13 acres and/ or 0.5 miles of critical shoreland and/or aquatic habitat. Priority will be given to restoring regionally significant fish and wildlife habitat.

HCP VI Supplemental - Shallow Lake Assessment & Management - 2d
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) VI Supplemental
Recipient: 
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$45,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is working with Ducks Unlimited (DU) and other partners in a focused, strategic approach to assess, improve and protect the aquatic ecology and water quality of shallow lakes for waterfowl and other wildlife. Shallow lakes are a critical component of the wetland habitat complexes once common to Minnesota landscapes.

HCP VI Supplemental - Shallow Lakes - 2f
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) VI Supplemental
Recipient: 
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$50,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project aims to improve shallow lake and impoundment habitat for waterfowl on Leech Lake Reservation (LLR). Waterfowl production in this area has been impacted by habitat degradation, invasive species competition, dams, and extreme weather. Waterfowl habitat can be improved through water level control, beaver management, and seeding of wild rice to reestablish degraded beds.

HCP VI Supplemental - Working Lands Partnership - 2o
A project of: Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) VI Supplemental
Recipient: 
Friends of the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$45,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Trust funds in the amount of $45,000 will be used to restore approximately 75 wetland basins totaling 30 acres. The USFWS estimates that the average basin size is 0.4 acres. We will first remove the accumulated silt from the wetland basin that resulted from the decades of farming on the site.

HCP VII - Prairie Pothole Restoration on Waterfowl Areas (2o)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
Friends of the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$38,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$37,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project restores wetlands in Clay and Becker Counties for the benefit of migratory and endangered species. Restorations will also benefit flood water storage and carbon sequestration.

HCP VII - Prairie Pothole Restoration on Waterfowl Areas (2o)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
Friends of the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$38,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$37,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project restores wetlands in Clay and Becker Counties for the benefit of migratory and endangered species. Restorations will also benefit flood water storage and carbon sequestration.

HCP VII - Prairie Pothole Restoration on Waterfowl Areas (2o)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
Friends of the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$38,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$37,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project restores wetlands in Clay and Becker Counties for the benefit of migratory and endangered species. Restorations will also benefit flood water storage and carbon sequestration.

HCP VII - Prairie Pothole Restoration on Waterfowl Areas (2o)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
Friends of the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$38,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$37,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project restores wetlands in Clay and Becker Counties for the benefit of migratory and endangered species. Restorations will also benefit flood water storage and carbon sequestration.

Statewide
HCP VII - Restoration & Management - DNR Fisheries (2h)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

To ensure quality fishing,improvements in water quality and aquatic communities will be addressed in SW through habitat work on shores and through technical assistance.

Statewide
HCP VII - Restoration & Management - DNR Fisheries (2h)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

To ensure quality fishing,improvements in water quality and aquatic communities will be addressed in SW through habitat work on shores and through technical assistance.

Itasca
HCP VII - Wild Rice/Waterfowl Habitat: Enhancement & Long-term Monitoring (2e)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

To enhance wild rice/waterfowl habitat on Leech Lake Reservation, we will monitor natural wild rice beds; regulate water levels; reseed restored habitat; and implement adaptive management based on long-term trends.

Itasca
HCP VII - Wild Rice/Waterfowl Habitat: Enhancement & Long-term Monitoring (2e)
A project of: Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP) - Phase VII
Recipient: 
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

To enhance wild rice/waterfowl habitat on Leech Lake Reservation, we will monitor natural wild rice beds; regulate water levels; reseed restored habitat; and implement adaptive management based on long-term trends.