1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money from the outdoor heritage fund.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.6 	and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage 
1.7 	fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2022" and "2023" used in 
1.8 	this act mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal year 
1.9 	ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, respectively. The "first year" is fiscal year 2022. 
1.10 	The "second year" is fiscal year 2023. The "biennium" is fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The 
1.11 	appropriations in this act are onetime appropriations.

1.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.13				Available for the Year
	
1.14				Ending June 30
	
1.15					2022
		2023

1.16	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	0
	$
	155,361,000
	
1.18 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
1.19 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
1.20 	purpose are specified in the following 
1.21 	subdivisions.

2.1	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		-0-
		34,166,000

2.2
2.3	(a) Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area 
Program, Phase XIV
					
2.4 	$5,520,000 the second year is to the 
2.5 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.6 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
2.7 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
2.8 	wildlife management area purposes under 
2.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.10 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
2.11 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
2.12 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
2.13 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
2.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
2.15 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
2.16 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
2.17 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

2.18	(b) RIM Grasslands Reserve, Phase IV
					
2.19 	$4,424,000 the second year is to the Board of 
2.20 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
2.21 	permanent conservation easements and to 
2.22 	restore and enhance grassland habitat under 
2.23 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.501 to 
2.24 	103F.531. Of this amount, up to $73,000 is to 
2.25 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
2.26 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
2.27 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.28 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
2.29 	conservation easements must be provided as 
2.30 	part of the final report.

2.31
2.32	(c) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley, Phase VIII
					
2.33 	$4,330,000 the second year is to the 
2.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.35 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
3.1 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
3.2 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
3.3 	restore and enhance lands within the southern 
3.4 	Red River Valley for wildlife management 
3.5 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.6 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or lands to be 
3.7 	designated and managed as waterfowl 
3.8 	production areas in Minnesota, in cooperation 
3.9 	with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
3.10 	Service. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
3.11 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
3.12 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
3.13 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
3.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
3.15 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
3.16 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
3.17 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

3.18
3.19	(d) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Program, Phase 
XII
					
3.20 	$4,400,000 the second year is to the 
3.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.22 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
3.23 	acquire land in fee and restore and enhance 
3.24 	native prairie, grasslands, wetlands, and 
3.25 	savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
3.26 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
3.27 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
3.28 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
3.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
3.30 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
3.31 	income statements and balance sheets for 
3.32 	income and expenses from land acquired with 
3.33 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
3.34 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
3.35 	later than 180 days following the close of The 
3.36 	Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 
4.1 	proposed land acquisitions, restorations, and 
4.2 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
4.3 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
4.4 	consistent with the priorities identified in the 
4.5 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

4.6
4.7	(e) Enhanced Public Land - Open Landscapes, 
Phase II
					
4.8 	$2,494,000 the second year is to the 
4.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.10 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
4.11 	cooperation with the Minnesota Sharp-Tailed 
4.12 	Grouse Society, to acquire land in fee under 
4.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
4.14 	subdivision 8, and restore and enhance lands 
4.15 	for wildlife management purposes. A list of 
4.16 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
4.17 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

4.18
4.19	(f) RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water, Phase 
X
					
4.20 	$4,283,000 the second year is to the Board of 
4.21 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
4.22 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
4.23 	habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.24 	103F.515, to protect, restore, and enhance 
4.25 	habitat by expanding the riparian buffer 
4.26 	program under the clean water fund for 
4.27 	additional wildlife benefits from buffers on 
4.28 	private land. Of this amount, up to $111,000 
4.29 	is to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
4.30 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
4.31 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.32 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
4.33 	conservation easements must be provided as 
4.34 	part of the final report.

4.35
4.36	(g) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition, Phase XIII
					
5.1 	$3,774,000 the second year is to the 
5.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.3 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in 
5.4 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
5.5 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee or 
5.6 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
5.7 	and enhance lands within the Northern 
5.8 	Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in 
5.9 	western Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
5.10 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
5.11 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
5.12 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
5.13 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
5.14 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.15 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
5.16 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
5.17 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
5.18 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
5.19 	consistent with the priorities in the Minnesota 
5.20 	Prairie Conservation Plan.

5.21
5.22	(h) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition, 
Phase VI
					
5.23 	$1,929,000 the second year is to the 
5.24 	commissioner of natural resources for 
5.25 	agreements to acquire land in fee and restore 
5.26 	and enhance strategic prairie grassland, 
5.27 	wetland, and other wildlife habitat in Martin 
5.28 	and Watonwan Counties for wildlife 
5.29 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
5.30 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, as 
5.31 	follows: $1,475,000 to Fox Lake Conservation 
5.32 	League, Inc.; $407,000 to Ducks Unlimited; 
5.33 	and $47,000 to The Conservation Fund. A list 
5.34 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
5.35 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

6.1	(i) DNR Grassland Enhancement, Phase XIV
					
6.2 	$3,012,000 the second year is to the 
6.3 	commissioner of natural resources to 
6.4 	accelerate the restoration and enhancement of 
6.5 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas in wildlife 
6.6 	management areas, in scientific and natural 
6.7 	areas, in aquatic management areas, on lands 
6.8 	in the native prairie bank, in bluff prairies on 
6.9 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota, 
6.10 	and in waterfowl production areas and refuge 
6.11 	lands of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
6.12 	Service. A list of proposed land restorations 
6.13 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
6.14 	of the required accomplishment plan.

6.15	Subd. 3.Forests
 		-0-
		12,932,000

6.16
6.17	(a) Minnesota Forest Recovery Project, Phase 
II
					
6.18 	$4,471,000 the second year is to the 
6.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.20 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
6.21 	cooperation with the Department of Natural 
6.22 	Resources and Minnesota Land Trust to 
6.23 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
6.24 	and restore and enhance degraded forests in 
6.25 	Beltrami, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake, 
6.26 	Koochiching, and St. Louis Counties. Of this 
6.27 	amount, up to $175,000 is to the easement 
6.28 	holder to establish a monitoring and 
6.29 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
6.30 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
6.31 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
6.32 	list of proposed permanent conservation 
6.33 	easements, restorations, and enhancements 
6.34 	must be provided as part of the required 
6.35 	accomplishment plan.

7.1
7.2	(b) Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape Protection 
Program ACUB, Phase X
					
7.3 	$2,909,000 the second year is to the Board of 
7.4 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
7.5 	the Morrison County Soil and Water 
7.6 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
7.7 	conservation easements and restore and 
7.8 	enhance forest wildlife habitat within the 
7.9 	boundaries of the Minnesota National Guard 
7.10 	Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape and Army 
7.11 	Compatible Use Buffer. Up to $189,000 to the 
7.12 	Board of Water and Soil Resources is to 
7.13 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
7.14 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
7.15 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.16 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
7.17 	conservation easements must be provided as 
7.18 	part of the final report.

7.19	(c) Minnesota Forests for the Future, Phase IX
					
7.20 	$2,439,000 the second year is to the 
7.21 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
7.22 	lands in conservation easements and to restore 
7.23 	and enhance forests, wetlands, and shoreline 
7.24 	habitat through working forest permanent 
7.25 	conservation easements under the Minnesota 
7.26 	forests for the future program according to 
7.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.66. A 
7.28 	conservation easement acquired with money 
7.29 	appropriated under this paragraph must 
7.30 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.31 	97A.056, subdivision 13. The accomplishment 
7.32 	plan must include an easement monitoring and 
7.33 	enforcement plan. Of this amount, up to 
7.34 	$200,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
7.35 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
8.1 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
8.2 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
8.3 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
8.4 	provided as part of the required 
8.5 	accomplishment plan. A list of permanent 
8.6 	conservation easements must be provided as 
8.7 	part of the final report.

8.8	(d) Big Woods Protection at Stieg Woods
					
8.9 	$995,000 the second year is to the 
8.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.11 	agreement with the city of Rogers to acquire 
8.12 	land in fee and restore and enhance forest 
8.13 	habitat for wildlife in Hennepin County. A list 
8.14 	of proposed acquisitions, restorations, and 
8.15 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
8.16 	required accomplishment plan.

8.17	(e) DNR Forest Habitat Enhancement, Phase II
					
8.18 	$2,118,000 the second year is to the 
8.19 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
8.20 	and enhance wildlife habitat within the 
8.21 	northern forest region in wildlife management 
8.22 	areas, scientific and natural areas, aquatic 
8.23 	management areas, and state forests. A list of 
8.24 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
8.25 	must be provided as part of the required 
8.26 	accomplishment plan.

8.27	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		-0-
		26,108,000

8.28
8.29	(a) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition Program, Phase XIV
					
8.30 	$5,400,000 the second year is to the 
8.31 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.32 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
8.33 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
8.34 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee and 
9.1 	restore and enhance wetlands and grasslands 
9.2 	to be designated and managed as waterfowl 
9.3 	production areas in Minnesota. A list of 
9.4 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
9.5 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

9.6
9.7	(b) Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration 
Program, Phase VII
					
9.8 	$3,248,000 the second year is to the 
9.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.10 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
9.11 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
9.12 	and restore and enhance prairie, wetland, and 
9.13 	other habitat on permanently protected 
9.14 	conservation easements within high-priority 
9.15 	wetland habitat complexes in the prairie and 
9.16 	forest/prairie transition regions. Of this 
9.17 	amount, up to $240,000 is to establish a 
9.18 	monitoring and enforcement fund, as approved 
9.19 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
9.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
9.21 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
9.22 	conservation easement acquisitions, 
9.23 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
9.24 	provided as part of the required 
9.25 	accomplishment plan.

9.26	(c) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection, Phase VIII
					
9.27 	$1,434,000 the second year is to the Board of 
9.28 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
9.29 	permanent conservation easements on 
9.30 	wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
9.31 	wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
9.32 	to $91,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
9.33 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
9.34 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
9.35 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
10.1 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
10.2 	be provided as part of the final report.

10.3
10.4	(d) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection and 
Restoration Program, Phase XI
					
10.5 	$4,660,000 the second year is to the 
10.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.7 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
10.8 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
10.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
10.10 	subdivision 8, and to restore and enhance 
10.11 	prairie lands, wetlands, and land buffering 
10.12 	shallow lakes. A list of proposed acquisitions 
10.13 	must be provided as part of the required 
10.14 	accomplishment plan.

10.15	(e) RIM Wetlands, Phase XI
					
10.16 	$4,095,000 the second year is to the Board of 
10.17 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
10.18 	permanent conservation easements and to 
10.19 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
10.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
10.21 	Of this amount, up to $78,000 is to establish 
10.22 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
10.23 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
10.24 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.25 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
10.26 	conservation easements must be provided as 
10.27 	part of the final report.

10.28
10.29	(f) Living Shallow Lake Enhancement and 
Wetland Restoration Initiative, Phase VIII
					
10.30 	$5,027,000 the second year is to the 
10.31 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.32 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
10.33 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
10.34 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
10.35 	conservation easement for wildlife 
11.1 	management. A list of proposed shallow lake 
11.2 	enhancements and wetland restorations must 
11.3 	be provided as part of the required 
11.4 	accomplishment plan.

11.5
11.6	(g) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetland 
Enhancement, Phase XIV
					
11.7 	$2,244,000 the second year is to the 
11.8 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
11.9 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
11.10 	statewide. A list of proposed shallow lake and 
11.11 	wetland restorations and enhancements must 
11.12 	be provided as part of the required 
11.13 	accomplishment plan.

11.14	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		-0-
		81,532,000

11.15
11.16	(a) Dakota County Habitat 
Protection/Restoration, Phase VIII
					
11.17 	$5,915,000 the second year is to the 
11.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.19 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
11.20 	permanent conservation easements and land 
11.21 	in fee and to restore and enhance riparian and 
11.22 	other wildlife habitats in Dakota County. A 
11.23 	list of proposed land acquisitions and 
11.24 	restorations and enhancements must be 
11.25 	provided as part of the required 
11.26 	accomplishment plan.

11.27	(b) Integrating Habitat and Clean Water
					
11.28 	$2,300,000 the second year is to the Board of 
11.29 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
11.30 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
11.31 	and enhance wildlife habitat identified in One 
11.32 	Watershed, One Plan for stacked benefit to 
11.33 	wildlife and clean water. Up to $65,000 of the 
11.34 	total amount is to establish a monitoring and 
11.35 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
12.1 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
12.2 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
12.3 	list of proposed acquisitions must be included 
12.4 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

12.5
12.6	(c) Protecting Coldwater Fisheries on 
Minnesota's North Shore, Phase II
					
12.7 	$3,311,000 the second year is to the 
12.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.9 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
12.10 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
12.11 	and to restore and enhance wildlife habitat in 
12.12 	priority coldwater tributaries to Lake Superior. 
12.13 	Of this amount, up to $216,000 is to establish 
12.14 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
12.15 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
12.16 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.17 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
12.18 	conservation easement acquisitions, 
12.19 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
12.20 	provided as part of the required 
12.21 	accomplishment plan.

12.22
12.23	(d) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration, Phase X
					
12.24 	$5,225,000 the second year is to the 
12.25 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.26 	agreements as follows: (1) $1,772,000 to The 
12.27 	Nature Conservancy to acquire lands in fee 
12.28 	for wildlife management under Minnesota 
12.29 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8; for 
12.30 	scientific and natural areas under Minnesota 
12.31 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5; for 
12.32 	state forests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.33 	86A.05, subdivision 7; and for aquatic 
12.34 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.35 	section 86A.05, subdivision 14, and to restore 
12.36 	and enhance wildlife habitat; (2) $1,394,000 
13.1 	to The Trust for Public Land to acquire lands 
13.2 	in fee for wildlife management under 
13.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
13.4 	subdivision 8; for scientific and natural areas 
13.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
13.6 	subdivision 5; for state forests under 
13.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
13.8 	subdivision 7; and for aquatic management 
13.9 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.10 	86A.05, subdivision 14; and (3) $2,059,000 
13.11 	to Minnesota Land Trust to acquire permanent 
13.12 	conservation easements and to restore and 
13.13 	enhance wildlife habitat, of which $216,000 
13.14 	is to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
13.15 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.16 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.17 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
13.18 	land acquisitions must be provided as part of 
13.19 	the required accomplishment plan.

13.20
13.21	(e) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Project, Phase VII
					
13.22 	$5,329,000 the second year is to acquire lands 
13.23 	in fee and permanent conservation easements 
13.24 	and to restore wildlife habitat in the 
13.25 	Mississippi headwaters. Of this amount, (1) 
13.26 	$3,678,000 is to the commissioner of natural 
13.27 	resources for agreements as follows: $54,000 
13.28 	is to the Mississippi Headwaters Board and 
13.29 	$3,624,000 is to The Trust for Public Land; 
13.30 	and (2) $1,651,000 is to the Board of Water 
13.31 	and Soil Resources, of which up to $150,000 
13.32 	is to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
13.33 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.34 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.35 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
14.1 	acquisitions must be included as part of the 
14.2 	required accomplishment plan.

14.3
14.4	(f) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program, Phase XI
					
14.5 	$1,403,000 the second year is to the 
14.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.7 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
14.8 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
14.9 	to restore and enhance habitat in the Shell 
14.10 	Rock River watershed. A list of proposed 
14.11 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
14.12 	must be provided as part of the required 
14.13 	accomplishment plan.

14.14
14.15
14.16	(g) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition, Phase 
XIV
					
14.17 	$1,391,000 the second year is to the 
14.18 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
14.19 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
14.20 	wildlife management purposes under 
14.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
14.22 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
14.23 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
14.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
14.25 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
14.26 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
14.27 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
14.28 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
14.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
14.30 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
14.31 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
14.32 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.33
14.34	(h) Cannon River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration and Protection Program, Phase XI
					
14.35 	$2,571,000 the second year is to the 
14.36 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.1 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land, in 
15.2 	cooperation with Great River Greening and 
15.3 	Clean River Partners, to acquire lands in fee 
15.4 	in the Cannon River watershed for wildlife 
15.5 	management under Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.6 	86A.05, subdivision 8; to acquire lands in fee 
15.7 	for aquatic management purposes under 
15.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
15.9 	subdivision 14; to acquire lands in fee for 
15.10 	scientific and natural areas under Minnesota 
15.11 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5; to 
15.12 	acquire lands in fee for state forests under 
15.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
15.14 	subdivision 7; to acquire lands in fee for 
15.15 	county forests or natural areas; and to restore 
15.16 	and enhance lands in the Cannon River 
15.17 	watershed. Of this amount, $1,619,000 is to 
15.18 	The Trust for Public Land; $795,000 is to 
15.19 	Great River Greening; and $157,000 is to 
15.20 	Clean River Partners. Subject to evaluation 
15.21 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
15.22 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
15.23 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
15.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
15.25 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
15.26 	proposed land acquisitions and restorations 
15.27 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.28 	accomplishment plan.

15.29
15.30	(i) Washington County Habitat Protection and 
Restoration Partnership
					
15.31 	$4,182,000 the second year is to the 
15.32 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.33 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
15.34 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
15.35 	habitat on public lands and easements in 
15.36 	Washington County as follows: $862,000 is 
16.1 	to Washington County and $3,320,000 is to 
16.2 	Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 
16.3 	$264,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
16.4 	establish monitoring and enforcement funds 
16.5 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
16.6 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.7 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
16.8 	permanent conservation easements, 
16.9 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
16.10 	provided as part of the required 
16.11 	accomplishment plan.

16.12	(j) Metro Big Rivers, Phase XII
					
16.13 	$7,996,000 the second year is to the 
16.14 	commissioner of natural resources for 
16.15 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
16.16 	permanent conservation easements and to 
16.17 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
16.18 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
16.19 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries 
16.20 	within the metropolitan area as follows: 
16.21 	$1,100,000 to Minnesota Valley National 
16.22 	Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $605,000 to 
16.23 	Friends of the Mississippi River; $730,000 to 
16.24 	Great River Greening; $2,850,000 to Trust for 
16.25 	Public Land; and $2,711,000 to Minnesota 
16.26 	Land Trust, of which up to $216,000 to 
16.27 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
16.28 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
16.29 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
16.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
16.31 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed land 
16.32 	acquisitions and permanent conservation 
16.33 	easements must be provided as part of the 
16.34 	required accomplishment plan.

17.1
17.2	(k) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and 
Restoration, Phase III
					
17.3 	$3,612,000 the second year is to the 
17.4 	commissioner of natural resources for 
17.5 	agreements as follows: (1) $1,403,000 to The 
17.6 	Trust for Public Land to acquire land in fee; 
17.7 	(2) $2,114,000 to Minnesota Land Trust to 
17.8 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
17.9 	and to restore and enhance natural habitat 
17.10 	systems in the St. Croix River watershed. Of 
17.11 	this amount, up to $192,000 to Minnesota 
17.12 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
17.13 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
17.14 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
17.15 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17; and 
17.16 	(3) $95,000 to the Wild Rivers Conservancy 
17.17 	to coordinate and administer the program 
17.18 	under this paragraph. A list of proposed land 
17.19 	acquisitions and permanent conservation 
17.20 	easements must be provided as part of the 
17.21 	required accomplishment plan.

17.22
17.23	(l) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North Central Minnesota Lakes, Phase VIII
					
17.24 	$4,424,000 the second year is to the 
17.25 	commissioner of natural resources for 
17.26 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
17.27 	permanent conservation easements and to 
17.28 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat to sustain 
17.29 	healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes in 
17.30 	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
17.31 	Counties as follows: $1,808,000 to Northern 
17.32 	Waters Land Trust; and $2,616,000 to 
17.33 	Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 
17.34 	$216,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
17.35 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
17.36 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
18.1 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.2 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of acquisitions 
18.3 	must be provided as part of the required 
18.4 	accomplishment plan.

18.5
18.6	(m) Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection 
and Restoration, Phase IV
					
18.7 	$3,990,000 the second year is to the 
18.8 	commissioner of natural resources for 
18.9 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
18.10 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
18.11 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Sauk River 
18.12 	watershed as follows: $1,500,000 to Sauk 
18.13 	River Watershed District; $1,245,000 to 
18.14 	Pheasants Forever; and $1,245,000 to 
18.15 	Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $192,000 to 
18.16 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
18.17 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
18.18 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
18.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
18.20 	subdivision 17. A list of acquisitions must be 
18.21 	provided as part of the required 
18.22 	accomplishment plan.

18.23
18.24	(n) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement, Phase V
					
18.25 	$5,049,000 the second year is to the 
18.26 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
18.27 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
18.28 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
18.29 	facilitate fish passage. A list of proposed land 
18.30 	restorations and enhancements must be 
18.31 	provided as part of the required 
18.32 	accomplishment plan.

18.33
18.34	(o) Klondike Clean Water Retention Project, 
Phase II
					
19.1 	$964,000 the second year is to the 
19.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
19.3 	agreement with Two Rivers Watershed District 
19.4 	to construct a multipurpose water 
19.5 	impoundment project in Kittson and Roseau 
19.6 	Counties to provide fish and wildlife habitat. 
19.7 	A list of restoration and enhancement projects 
19.8 	must be provided as part of the required 
19.9 	accomplishment plan.

19.10
19.11	(p) Buffalo River Watershed Stream Habitat 
Program, Phase II
					
19.12 	$2,348,000 the second year is to the 
19.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
19.14 	agreement with the Buffalo-Red River 
19.15 	Watershed District to restore and enhance 
19.16 	aquatic and upland habitat associated with the 
19.17 	Buffalo River and tributaries in the Buffalo 
19.18 	River watershed. A list of proposed 
19.19 	restorations and enhancements must be 
19.20 	provided as part of the required 
19.21 	accomplishment plan.

19.22
19.23	(q) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative, Phase 
IX
					
19.24 	$4,794,000 the second year is to the 
19.25 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
19.26 	and enhance priority aquatic, riparian, and 
19.27 	forest habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
19.28 	Of this amount, up to $940,000 is for an 
19.29 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A list 
19.30 	of proposed restorations must be provided as 
19.31 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

19.32
19.33	(r) DNR Fish Passage Enhancement through 
Targeted Culvert Replacement, Phase I
					
19.34 	$831,000 the second year is to the 
19.35 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
20.1 	and enhance fish passage in coldwater streams 
20.2 	through targeted culvert replacement in Lake 
20.3 	County. A list of proposed restorations and 
20.4 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
20.5 	required accomplishment plan.

20.6
20.7	(s) Restoring and Enhancing Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas, Phase III
					
20.8 	$2,087,000 the second year is to the 
20.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
20.10 	agreement with Audubon Minnesota to restore 
20.11 	and enhance wildlife habitat within important 
20.12 	bird areas in northwestern Minnesota 
20.13 	identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
20.14 	Conservation Plan. A list of proposed land 
20.15 	restorations and enhancements must be 
20.16 	provided as part of the required 
20.17 	accomplishment plan.

20.18
20.19	(t) Enhance Metro and North Shore Trout 
Stream Habitats
					
20.20 	$1,130,000 the second year is to the 
20.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
20.22 	agreement with Trout Unlimited to restore and 
20.23 	enhance habitat for trout and other species in 
20.24 	and along coldwater rivers, lakes, and streams 
20.25 	in the metro, North Shore, and southeast 
20.26 	regions of Minnesota. A list of proposed 
20.27 	restorations and enhancements must be 
20.28 	provided as part of the required 
20.29 	accomplishment plan.

20.30	(u) Daylighting Phalen Creek
					
20.31 	$3,230,000 the second year is to the 
20.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
20.33 	agreement with the Lower Phalen Creek 
20.34 	Project to restore and enhance priority aquatic 
20.35 	and riparian habitats associated with Phalen 
21.1 	Creek in St. Paul. A list of proposed 
21.2 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
21.3 	required accomplishment plan.

21.4
21.5
21.6	(v) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat, Phase 
XIV
					
21.7 	$9,450,000 the second year is to the 
21.8 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
21.9 	program to provide competitive matching 
21.10 	grants of up to $500,000 to local, regional, 
21.11 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
21.12 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
21.13 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
21.14 	in Minnesota. Of this amount, at least 
21.15 	$2,500,000 is for grants in the seven-county 
21.16 	metropolitan area and cities with a population 
21.17 	of 50,000 or greater. Grants must not be made 
21.18 	for activities required to fulfill the duties of 
21.19 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
21.20 	easements. Grants must not be made from the 
21.21 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
21.22 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
21.23 	$1,000,000. Of the total appropriation, 
21.24 	$450,000 may be spent for personnel costs 
21.25 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
21.26 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
21.27 	in land. Easements must be permanent. Grants 
21.28 	may not be used to establish easement 
21.29 	stewardship accounts. Land acquired in fee 
21.30 	must be open to hunting and fishing during 
21.31 	the open season unless otherwise provided by 
21.32 	law. The program must require a match of at 
21.33 	least ten percent from nonstate sources for all 
21.34 	grants. The match may be cash or in-kind 
21.35 	resources. For grant applications of $25,000 
21.36 	or less, the commissioner must provide a 
22.1 	separate, simplified application process. 
22.2 	Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
22.3 	commissioner of natural resources must, when 
22.4 	evaluating projects of equal value, give 
22.5 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
22.6 	receiving, or a charter to receive, private 
22.7 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
22.8 	projects. For grant requests to acquire land in 
22.9 	fee or a conservation easement, the 
22.10 	commissioner must give priority to projects 
22.11 	associated with or within one mile of existing 
22.12 	wildlife management areas under Minnesota 
22.13 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8; 
22.14 	scientific and natural areas under Minnesota 
22.15 	Statutes, sections 84.033 and 86A.05, 
22.16 	subdivision 5; or aquatic management areas 
22.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 86A.05, 
22.18 	subdivision 14, and 97C.02. All restoration or 
22.19 	enhancement projects must be on land 
22.20 	permanently protected by a permanent 
22.21 	covenant ensuring perpetual maintenance and 
22.22 	protection of restored and enhanced habitat, 
22.23 	by a conservation easement or public 
22.24 	ownership, or in public waters as defined in 
22.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, 
22.26 	subdivision 15. Priority must be given to 
22.27 	restoration and enhancement projects on public 
22.28 	lands. Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
22.29 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
22.30 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
22.31 	available until June 30, 2026. No less than five 
22.32 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
22.33 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
22.34 	recipient has completed a grant 
22.35 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
22.36 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
23.1 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
23.2 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
23.3 	program in the summary of game and fish law 
23.4 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.5 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

23.6	Subd. 6.Administration
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23.7	(a) Contract Management
					
23.8 	$300,000 the second year is to the 
23.9 	commissioner of natural resources for contract 
23.10 	management duties assigned in this section. 
23.11 	The commissioner must provide an 
23.12 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
23.13 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
23.14 	on expending this appropriation. The 
23.15 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
23.16 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
23.17 	manual. No money may be expended before 
23.18 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
23.19 	approves the accomplishment plan.

23.20	(b) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
23.21 	$200,000 the second year is to the 
23.22 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
23.23 	technical evaluation panel to conduct up to 25 
23.24 	restoration and enhancement evaluations under 
23.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
23.26 	subdivision 10.

23.27	(c) Initial Development Plan Coordinator
					
23.28 	$123,000 the second year is to the 
23.29 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
23.30 	initial development plan coordinator position 
23.31 	to coordinate, manage, and report on the initial 
23.32 	development, restoration, and enhancement 
23.33 	of fee title acquisitions in wildlife management 
23.34 	areas and aquatic management areas that were 
24.1 	acquired with money from the outdoor 
24.2 	heritage fund.

24.3	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
24.4 	(a) Money appropriated in this section may 
24.5 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
24.6 	directly related to and necessary for a specific 
24.7 	appropriation and are specified in the 
24.8 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
24.9 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
24.10 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
24.11 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
24.12 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
24.13 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
24.14 	Money appropriated to acquire land in fee may 
24.15 	be used to restore, enhance, and provide for 
24.16 	public use of the land acquired with the 
24.17 	appropriation. Public-use facilities must have 
24.18 	a minimal impact on habitat in acquired lands.
24.19 	(b) Money appropriated in this section is 
24.20 	available as follows:
24.21 	(1) money appropriated for acquiring real 
24.22 	property is available until June 30, 2026;
24.23 	(2) money appropriated for restoring and 
24.24 	enhancing land acquired with an appropriation 
24.25 	in this act is available for four years after the 
24.26 	acquisition date with a maximum end date of 
24.27 	June 30, 2030;
24.28 	(3) money appropriated for restoring or 
24.29 	enhancing other land is available until June 
24.30 	30, 2027;
24.31 	(4) notwithstanding clauses (1) to (3), money 
24.32 	appropriated for a project that receives at least 
24.33 	15 percent of its funding from federal funds 
24.34 	is available until a date sufficient to match the 
25.1 	availability of federal funding to a maximum 
25.2 	of six years if the federal funding was 
25.3 	confirmed and included in the original 
25.4 	approved draft accomplishment plan; and
25.5 	(5) money appropriated for other projects is 
25.6 	available until the end of the fiscal year in 
25.7 	which it is appropriated.

25.8
25.9	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
25.10 	All agreements referred to in this section must 
25.11 	be administered on a reimbursement basis 
25.12 	unless otherwise provided in this section. 
25.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.14 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
25.15 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
25.16 	1, 2022, or the date of accomplishment plan 
25.17 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
25.18 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
25.19 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
25.20 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
25.21 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
25.22 	fund, an expense must be considered 
25.23 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
25.24 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
25.25 	an invoice or binding agreement with the 
25.26 	landowner and the recipient attests that the 
25.27 	goods have been received or the landowner 
25.28 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
25.29 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
25.30 	that the items articulated in the 
25.31 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
25.32 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
25.33 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
25.34 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
25.35 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
26.1 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
26.2 	projects to accommodate cash flow needs, 
26.3 	support future management of acquired lands, 
26.4 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
26.5 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
26.6 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
26.7 	specific items in excess of $10,000 must be 
26.8 	itemized in and approved as part of the 
26.9 	accomplishment plan.

26.10	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
26.11 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
26.12 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
26.13 	grant awarded pursuant to this section, must 
26.14 	provide geographic information to the 
26.15 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for 
26.16 	mapping of any lands acquired in fee with 
26.17 	funds appropriated in this section and open to 
26.18 	the public taking of fish and game. The 
26.19 	commissioner of natural resources must 
26.20 	include the lands acquired in fee with money 
26.21 	appropriated in this section on maps showing 
26.22 	public recreation opportunities. Maps must 
26.23 	include information on and acknowledgment 
26.24 	of the outdoor heritage fund, including a 
26.25 	notation of any restrictions.

26.26	Subd. 10.Carryforward
 					
26.27 	The availability of the appropriation for Laws 
26.28 	2018, chapter 208, section 2, subdivision 5, 
26.29 	paragraph (n), for Buffalo River Watershed 
26.30 	Stream Habitat Program, is extended to June 
26.31 	30, 2023.