Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF1927

2E Appropriating money from the outdoor heritage fund to commissioner of natural
resources (DNR), board of water and soil resources (BWSR), legislative
coordinating commission (LCC); specifying funding requirements for prairies
including accelerated prairie and grassland management, the green cooridor
legacy program, prairie heritage fund acquisition and restoration, accelerated
prairie grassland wildlife management area acquisition, northern tall grass
prairie national wildlife refuge protection, bluffland prairie protection
initiative and Rum River Cedar Creek initiative, for forests under certain
conditions and requiring a match, for wetlands including accelerated management
area acquisition, accelerated shallow lake restorations and enhancements,
accelerating the waterfowl production area program, Reinvest in Minnesota
wetlands reserve program acquisition and restoration and Shallow Lake critical
shoreland, for fish, game and wildlife habitat including the outdoor heritage
conservation partners grant program, aquatic management area acquisition, cold
water river and stream restoration, protection and enhancement, Dakota county
habitat protection, Lake Rebecca water quality improvement project and Fountain
Lake fish barriers, for administration and other purposes including contract
management and legislative coordinating commission (LCC); providing an exception
for Lessard outdoor heritage council visits; providing for availability of
appropriation, cash advances, accomplishment plans, project requirements,
payment conditions and capital equipment expenditures, purchase of recycled and
recyclable materials, accessibility, land acquisition restrictions, and real
property interest reporting; allowing the Lessard outdoor heritage council to
employ staff and contract with consultants to execute functions and authorizing
appropriations from the outdoor heritage fund to pay administrative expenses,
compensation and expense reimbursements
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