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Healthy Forests to Resist Invasion
Recipient: 
U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$359,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Our project tests whether promoting forest health in order to resist colonization by invasive plants represents an effective management strategy to limit invasion, and widely disseminate findings and management guidelines.

Lake
Identifying Critical Habitats for Moose in Northeastern Minnesota
Recipient: 
UMD, NRRI
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$507,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Moose are declining in Minnesota. We will identify critical habitats and develop best management practices guidelines using GPS collars on moose. K-12 workshops and the Minnesota Zoo give statewide impact.

Impacts of Climate Change and CO2 on Prairie and Forest Production
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$330,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Biofuels from perennial plants could be an important part of Minnesota's energy future; however, much uncertainty surrounds the growth potential and carbon sequestration potential of different perennial biofuels, especially with respect to anticipated changes in climate and atmospheric chemistry over the next century. The University of Minnesota will accelerate research simulating future climate and atmospheric conditions to determine their impacts on biomass production, carbon sequestration, and water quality in prairie and tree species.

Statewide
Improved Detection of Harmful Microbes in Ballast Water
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota - Duluth
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$125,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$125,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project will identify the potentially harmful bacteria transported to Lake Superior in ships ballast water that can cause ecological and economic damage and threaten human and aquatic animal health.

Statewide
Improved Detection of Harmful Microbes in Ballast Water
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota - Duluth
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$125,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$125,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project will identify the potentially harmful bacteria transported to Lake Superior in ships ballast water that can cause ecological and economic damage and threaten human and aquatic animal health.

Improving Emerging Fish Disease Surveillance in Minnesota
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$80,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Little is known about Heterosporosis, an emerging fish disease in Minnesota.  Validating a molecular diagnostic test and performing a survey of high-risk waters will inform future management decisions and research.

Statewide
Information System for Wildlife and Aquatic Management Areas
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$250,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$250,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Develop a DNR WMA/AMA Enterprise Information System to facilitate protection, enhancement and restoration of wildlife and fish habitat and facilities, and facilitate work planning, budgeting and reporting.

Statewide
Information System for Wildlife and Aquatic Management Areas
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$250,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$250,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Develop a DNR WMA/AMA Enterprise Information System to facilitate protection, enhancement and restoration of wildlife and fish habitat and facilities, and facilitate work planning, budgeting and reporting.

Statewide
Integrated Environmental and Outdoor Education in Grades 7-12
Recipient: 
Minnesota Department of Education
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$300,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Inovative approach to train and support 7-12 grade teachers so their students can achieve academic standards by using the outdoors as a context for learning and outdoor skill-building.

Statewide
Integrated, Operational Bird Conservation Plan for Minnesota
Recipient: 
Audubon Minnesota
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$151,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

An integrated bird conservation plan will be developed that builds on existing plans, targets priority species, and provides a framework for implementing coordinated, focused, and effective bird conservation throughout Minnesota.

Intensified Tile Drainage Evaluation
Recipient: 
Science Museum of Minnesota
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$300,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Comparative assessment of hydrologic changes in watersheds with and without intensive tile drainage will be conducted to determine the effects of climate and tile drainage in creating more erosive rivers.

Intralake Zoning to Protect Sensitive Lakeshore Areas
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$125,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Funds continue and expand a previous Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund funded cooperative effort [ML 2007, Chap. 30, Sec. 2, Subd. 5(h)] between Cass County and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to identify sensitive shorelines on highest priority area lakes and implement innovative zoning practices to protect water quality and lakeshore habitat.

Itasca
Itasca County Sensitive Lakeshore Identification
Recipient: 
Itasca County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$80,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$80,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The identification of sensitive lakeshores within Itasca County through intensive biological surveys conducted on lakes, calibrating a Rapid Assessment Model which will be applied to a broader set of lakes.

Itasca
Itasca County Sensitive Lakeshore Identification
Recipient: 
Itasca County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$80,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$80,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The identification of sensitive lakeshores within Itasca County through intensive biological surveys conducted on lakes, calibrating a Rapid Assessment Model which will be applied to a broader set of lakes.

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LaSalle Lake State Recreation Area Acquisition
Recipient: 
The Trust for Public Land
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,000,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Acquire 190 acres of property on La Salle Lake adjacent to the Upper Mississippi River, with biologically significant forestland, deep-lake shoreline and cold-water stream habitat to be managed as an SNA.

Statewide
LCC Web Site
Recipient: 
Legislative Coordinating Commission
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Statewide
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
Recipient: 
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$473,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$473,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Statewide
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
Recipient: 
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$473,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$473,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
Recipient: 
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,254,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Per M.S.

Linking Habitat Restoration to Bioenergy and Local Economies
Recipient: 
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$600,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This project restores high quality native habitats by removing ecologically inappropriate woody vegetation while stimulating local economies and providing bioenergy through strategic utilization of the biomass material.

Local Initiative Grants – Regional Parks and Natural Areas
Recipient: 
MN DNR and Wright County
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,000,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Through this program, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) provides matching grants to local governments for acquisition of regional parkland outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area and for natural and scenic area land statewide. Specifically, these funds are to be used for a regional park grant to Wright County to begin to acquire lands for a proposed regional park on the Bertram Chain of Lakes in Wright County.

Managing Mineland Sulfate Release in the Saint Louis River Basin
Recipient: 
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$270,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Mineland sulfate releases evaluated for potential to increase Mercury in fish in the St. Louis River Basin.  Management recommendations will be made to help the state manage this emerging issue.

Statewide
Measuring Conservation Practice Outcomes
Recipient: 
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$170,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$170,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

A 3-tiered approach to improve measurement of the environmental benefits of conservation practices: improve existing and develop new pollution estimators, verify field estimators, and local government unit training and education.

Statewide
Measuring Conservation Practice Outcomes
Recipient: 
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$170,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$170,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

A 3-tiered approach to improve measurement of the environmental benefits of conservation practices: improve existing and develop new pollution estimators, verify field estimators, and local government unit training and education.

MeCC IV - Coordination and Administration of MeCC Partnership (1.1)
A project of: Metro Conservation Corridors (MeCC) - Phase IV
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$50,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

For more information, visit http://www.lccmr.leg.mn/all_projects/2008_projects.html.