2008 Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Proposals

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Projects are in rank order in each category based on preliminary scoring by staff according to RFP criteria. 

Line #

LCCMR ID

Last Name

First Name

Project Title

Organization

$ Requested
1 I.  SELECTED TOPICS (TOTAL - $35,250,316)
2 I_A 1.1 - Native Prairies - Create prairie seed banks of local ecotypes (subtotal - $6,577,915)
3 07-083-000 Wyse Donald Protecting and Enhancing Minnesotas Native Prairie Plant Resources U of M $5,884,365
4 07-041-000 Shaw Ruth Prairie Restorations: Genetic Sources and Microbial Associates U of M $415,000
5 07-091-000 Perrine Rich Prairie Ecosystem Restoration Project Martin Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) $80,000
6 07-001-006 Drewes Annette Wild Rice Alliance: Research and Protection Save Our Rice Alliance thru Giziibii RC & D $198,550
7 I_A 1.2 - Native Prairies - Old growth prairie protection and restoration (subtotal - $1,120,000) 
8 07-047-000 Pfannmuller Lee Accelerated Prairie Management, Survey, and Evaluation DNR $910,000
9 07-003-001 Snider Michelle Best Practices for Native Prairie Management Minnesota Recreation and Park Association $60,000
10 07-053-0012 Rust John Student Prairie and Wetland Restoration and Environmental Learning Walter J Breckenridge Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America $150,000
11 I_A 1.3 - Native Prairies - Working prairies (subtotal - $5,991,260
12 07-059-000 Reich* Peter Climate Change, CO2, and Prairie/Forest Production U of M $495,000
13 07-059-001 Lehman Clarence Biofuel Production and Wildlife Conservation in Working Prairies. U of M $1,497,000
14 07-013-001 Domeier Joseph Productive Conservation on Working Lands Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development $511,000
15 07-091-001 Meschke Linda Native Prairie for Biofuel and Enhanced Water Quality Rural Advantage $1,192,040
16 07-169-000 Terrill Tim Prairie Sustainable Bioenergy Project Winona Soil & Water Conservation District $319,000
17 07-151-000 Jordan Brendan Commercializing Conservation-Friendly Biomass Production in Minnesota Great Plains Institute $230,880
18 07-109-004 Albertson Dean Zumbro River Conservation Corridor Lake Zumbro Forever, Inc. $149,000
19 07-019-000 Krischik Vera Wildlife Value of Native Plants to Good Insects U of M $168,000
20 07-007-001 Chang Fu-Hsian Renewale Bio-Ethanol Production From Switchgrass Bemidji State University $770,600
21 07-001-001 Simon Dennis Roadsides for Wildlife GIS Mapping Project DNR $70,000
22 07-013-006 Meschke Linda Prairies Working for Water Quality Rural Advantage $522,500
23 07-169-004 Shorrock John Suitability of Organic Gooseberries for Minnesota's Working Prairies Vedadent, LLC $66,240
24 I_A 2 - Native Prairies - Program for Seed Certification of Local Ecotype (subtotal - $0)
25 A proposal was not received in this category - The Minnesota Crop Improvement Association currently certifies a wide variety of seeds including native seeds through its yellow tag certification program.
26 I_B1 - Water Quality - Contaminants in ground water (subtotal - $1,488,700)
27 07-163-002 Goebel Amanda Perfluorochemical Fingerprinting:  Characterizing Non-point Perfluorochemical Sources Washington County Public Health & Environment $425,000
28 07-045-000 Rasmussen Donna Protecting Ground Water from Fuel Contaminants Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District $170,000
29 07-001-009 Hines John Testing Pesticides and Degradates in Public Drinking Water Minnesota Department of Agriculture $565,700
30 07-083-001 Simcik* Matt Transport and Creation of Contaminants from Ethanol Spills U of M $250,000
31 07-133-000 Bos Doug Southwest Minnesota Wellhead Protection Nutrient Management Initiative Rock County Soil and Water Conservation District $78,000
32 I_B2 - Water Quality - Watershed level changes in land use practices (subtotal - $6,978,963)
33 07-173-001 Dahl Linda Install Riparian Buffers in the Whitewater River Watershed Whitewater Joint Powers Board $234,000
34 07-053-000 Arnold William Evaluating and monitoring BMPs with networked wireless sensors U of M $435,000
35 07-053-004 Gulliver John Suspended Solids and Associated Pollutants in Minnesota Stormwater U of M $300,000
36 07-109-002 Zumwinkle Mark Continuous Living Cover to Improve Minnesotas Water Quality Minnesota Department of Agriculture $169,740
37 07-013-002 Johnson* Lucinda Impacts of Resource Consumption: Biofuels and Water Quality UMD - NRRI $369,276
38 07-123-003 Wolff Jan Inspiring Change in Water Conservation Through Ecological Design Friends of the Suburban Ramsey County Libraries $349,700
39 07-169-007 Baker Lawrence Preserving Lakes for Our Kids' Kids U of M $314,426
40 07-053-0011 Barten John Study of Lawn Subsoil Infiltration on Runoff Volume and Pollutant Export Three Rivers Park District $277,000
41 07-127-000 Gupta Satish Improved Water Quality, Carbon Sequestration, and Biomass Production Regents, University of Minnesota $496,582
42 07-051-000 Cotner Jim Land Use, Nutrients, Rough Fish, and Minnesota Wetlands U of M $395,000
43 07-137-004 Axler Richard Superior Streams Watershed and Stormwater Protection, Restoration, Education UMD - NRRI $424,937
44 07-045-001 Strain Diana Conservation on Working Lands; Root River Sub-watersheds Hiawatha Valley RC&D $697,950
45 07-007-005 Bilanovic Dragoljub Bio-filters for Surface and Ground Water Purification CEESS - Bemidji State University $339,000
46 07-127-002 Busman Lowell Impact Of Subsurface Drainage on Watershed Hydrology Minnesota Department of Agriculture $450,000
47 07-137-001 Austin Jay Establishing Lake Superior Baseline: Observing Western Lake Superior UMD $393,400
48 07-109-003 Monsen Wanye Mini-watershed Pasture Monitoring for Water Quality and Productivity Minnesota Department of Agriculture $120,000
49 07-007-003 Chang Fu-Hsian Bioremediation Technology for Agro-Waste Polluted water Bemidji State University $337,952
50 07-007-004 Bilanovic Dragoljub Higher Quality of Lake Bemidji and Mississippi Headwaters CEESS - Bemidji State University $575,000
51 07-035-004 Peisch Marty Pelican Lake Stormwater Project Thirty Lakes Watershed District $300,000
52 I_C1 - Shoreland and Riparian Lands (subtotal - $2,359,790)
53 07-021-000 Radomski Paul Intra-Lake Zoning To Protect Sensitive Lakeshore Areas. DNR $140,000
54 07-163-003 Anhorn Randy Social Marketing to Develop and Implement Shoreline Buffer Incentive System Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District $125,900
55 07-119-000 Goeken Wayne Demonstrating Replicable Physical and Biological Monitoring of Streams Red River Watershed Management Board $387,700
56 07-061-000 Rivers Erika Native Shoreland Buffer Incentives Program DNR $375,000
57 07-169-001 Hastings Jeff Southeast Minnesota Showcase Stream Restoration Projects Trout Unlimited $341,365
58 07-037-006 Riggs Jay Incentives for Shoreland Conservation Through Property Tax Reductions Washington Conservation District $74,000
59 07-021-001 Baker Larry Watershed Phosphorus Calculator U of M $149,325
60 07-091-002 Smith Kathy Martin County Open Ditch Riparian Initiative Martin Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) $447,500
61 07-013-007 Hentges Patrick Riparian Habitat Restoration on Minnesota River in Mankato City of Mankato $225,000
62 07-075-000 Hubley Andy North Shore Oblique Photo Analysis North Shore Management Board/ARDC $94,000
63 I_D1 - Invasive Species - Aquatic invasive species (subtotal - $1,672,780)
64 07-123-002 Sorensen Peter Accelerating Plans for Integrated Control of the Common Carp U of M $564,000
65 07-053-001 Voller Vaughan Novel Barrier Technologies for Invasive Species of Fish U of M, St. Anthony Falls Lab $455,000
66 07-013-004 Toma Daniel Cattails as a Genetic Model for Invasiveness. Minnesota State University - Mankato $382,500
67 07-035-002 Osgood Dick Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Forum and Action Agenda Minnesota Waters $71,800
68 07-067-000 Osgood Dick Green Lake Milfoil Containment Pilot Demonstration Project Green Lake Property Owners Association $199,480
69 I_D2 - Invasive Species - Stop or prevent spread of VHS (subtotal - $1,550,000)
70 07-137-002 Cangelosi Allegra Harmful Organisms and Pathogens in Minnesota Water: Stepping up the Transition to Ballast Treatment Northeast-Midwest Institute $1,550,000
71 I_E1 - Natural Resource Data - Foundation natural resource information (subtotal - $7,015,908)
72 07-053-007 Hirsch Steve Updating the National Wetlands Inventory for Minnesota DNR $913,500
73 07-035-001 Larson Greg Soil Surveys: Their Completion and Web-based Delivery BWSR $400,000
74 07-001-005 Wilson Bruce Updating Precipitation Intensitites for Runoff Estimation and Infrastructure Designs Minnesota Pollution Control Agency $370,000
75 07-053-0010 Bauer Marvin Effects of Urbanization on Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics U of M $225,000
76 07-059-002 Host* George Conservation Decisions: Landscapes, People, Plants, Wildlife, and Climate U of M, NRRI $387,793
77 07-013-005 Neckar* Lance Mitigating Statewide Surface Transportation Impacts on Natural Resources U of M $108,845
78 07-123-009 Loesch Timothy Natural Resource Spatial Data Hub DNR $225,000
79 07-015-000 Berg Jim South-central Minnesota Groundwater Dynamics for Conservation and Protection DNR $2,000,000
80 07-137-000 Wright David Legacy Lakes: Identifying Key Biological Markers DNR $350,000
81 07-001-008 Martell Mark The Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas Audubon Minnesota $270,000
82 07-145-001 Saupe Stephen All-Taxa Biological Inventory in Central Minnesota St. John's University / College of St. Benedict $311,000
83 07-173-002 Brown* Terry DataWorkshop:  Democratizing Access to Minnesota's Data Assets UMD - NRRI $60,740
84 07-171-001 Blunck Darin Restorable Wetlands Inventory Ducks Unlimited, Inc. $530,000
85 07-123-004 Redig Patrick Wildlife Disease Surveillance: Emerging Disease Assessment System U of M $230,530
86 07-171-004 Wakefield Sally Democratizing the Data:  Empowering Citizens with Local Information 1000 Friends of Minnesota $183,500
87 07-123-0010 Horton Robert Digital Enhancement of Historic GLO Field Notes Minnesota Historical Society $450,000
88 I_E2 - Natural Resource Data - Statewide GIS plan (subtotal - $495,000) 
89 07-123-001 Logman Fred Coordinated Natural Resources Data and Data Distribution Plan Department of Administration/GDA/LMIC $495,000
90 II.  INVITED PROPOSALS (TOTAL - $54,399,422)
91 II_A1 - Specific Natural Resource Projects - Forest Conservation (subtotal - $2,000,000)
92 07-061-001 Engwall Craig State of Minnesota Land Consolidation Revolving Fund DNR $2,000,000
93 II_A2.1 - Specific Natural Resource Projects - Conservation Corridors - MeCC (subtotal - $7,068,500) 
94 07-003-000 Pfeifer Sharon Metro Conservation Corridors (MeCC) DNR $6,118,000
95 07-037-005 Singer Alan Integrating Vermillion River Corridor Resource Protection and Funding Dakota County $700,000
96 07-131-000 Legvold David Weinberger Lake Shoreland Acquisition Cannon River Watershed Partnership $250,500
97 II_A2.2 - Specific Natural Resource Projects - Conservation Corridors - HCP (subtotal - $10,212,575)
98 07-067-001 Holland Matt Minnesotas Habitat Conservation Partnership Pheasants Forever, Inc. $6,016,000
99 07-145-000 Kroll Thomas Preserving the Avon Hills Landscape Saint Johns Arboretum and University $457,431
100 07-127-001 Cobb Brad Minnesota River Valley Green Corridor Southwest Initiative Foundation $3,739,144
101 II_A3 - Specific Natural Resource Projects - Minnesota County Biological Survey (MCBS) (subtotal - $0)
102 A specific proposal was not received.  Some MCBS funding is requested in the DNR proposal -  Accelerate Prairie Management LCCMR ID 07-047-000.
103 II_A4 - Specific Natural Resource Projects - MN State Parks and Trails (subtotal - $13,393,750) 
104 07-003-002 Becker Bill Public Land for Minnesotans DNR $6,393,750
105 07-163-004 Grilley Dorian Browns Creek State Trail (Minnesota Zephyr) Land Acquisition Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota $4,000,000
106 07-093-000 Grilley Dorian Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area Land Acquisition Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota $3,000,000
107 II_A5 - Specific Natural Resource Projects - Conservation Easement Stewardship and Enforcement Program (subtotal - $1,790,000)
108 07-013-003 Lines Kevin Conservation Easement Stewardship, Oversight and Maintenance - Phase I BWSR $1,120,000
109 07-005-000 Becker Bill Conservation Easement Stewardship and Enforcement Program Plan - DNR DNR $670,000
110 II_B - Regional Grant Programs (subtotal - $1,071,597)
111 07-173-000 Schmidt John Resource Conservation & Development Block Grants MN Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils (MARC&D) $1,071,597
112 II_B1 - Regional Grant Programs - Local Iniative Matching Grants Program (subtotal - $12,385,000
113 B 1.1 - A specific proposal was not received for Non-Metro Regional Parks. Some funding is requested in the DNR proposal - Public Lands for Minnesotans LCCMR ID 07-003-002.
B 1.2 - A specific proposal was not received for Natural and Scenic Area Matching Grant Program. Some funding is requested in the DNR proposal - Public Lands for Minnesotans LCCMR ID 07-003-002.
114 07-171-000 Mattice Marc Bertram Chain of Lakes Acquisition Wright County $8,000,000
115 07-025-000 Pechman John Ojiketa Regional Park City of Chisago City $4,000,000
116 07-001-002 Sames Wayne Conservation Partners/Environmental Partnerships Matching Grant Program DNR $150,000
117 07-083-002 Vogel Mary County Trail Systems for Recreation & Environmental Awareness U of M $235,000
118 II_B2 - Regional Grant Programs - Metropolitan Regional Park (subtotal - $2,500,000)
119 Some funding is requested in the DNR proposal -  Public Lands for Minnesotans LCCMR ID 07-003-002.
120 07-171-003 Stefferud Arne Metropolitan Regional Park System Land Acquisition Metropolitan Council $2,500,000
121 II_B3 - Regional Grant Programs - Local Water Management Matching Challenge Grants (subtotal - $1,000,000)
122 07-015-001 Weirens David Local Water Management Matching Challenge Grants BWSR $1,000,000
123 II_B4.1 - Regional Grant Programs - Global Climate Change - School based (subtotal - $1,554,000)
124 07-001-004 Moss Paul Global Warming - Reducing Carbon Footprint of Minnesota Schools Minnesota Pollution Control Agency $1,480,000
125 07-171-002 Scales Eugene Innovative Low Cost Carbon Footprint Reduction for Schools   $74,000
126 II_B4.2 - Regional Grant Programs - Global Climate Change - Community based (subtotal - $1,424,000)
127 07-001-003 Moss Paul Community Global Warming Action and Renewable Energy Grants Minnesota Pollution Control Agency $1,424,000
128 III. CREATIVE IDEAS - DISTRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY OR INNOVATION (TOTAL - $4,011,100) 
129 07-053-002 Coffin Barbara Waters of Minnesota: Television/Outreach Documentary on Watersheds Bell Museum of Natural History, University of MN $698,000
130 07-123-007 Suh* Sangwon The Future of Energy and Minnesotas Water Resources U of M $270,400
131 07-149-000 Forcella Frank Innovative Disruptive Technology for Invasive Weed Management USDA - Agricultural Research Service $1,000,000
132 07-001-000 Mallman James Digital Bridge to Nature Initiative Watchable Wildlife, Inc $390,000
133 07-137-003 Zanko Lawrence Sediment Recycling = Mineland Reclamation + Biomass Plantation UMD - NRRI $520,000
134 07-165-000 Meschke Linda Nexus of Ecological Servics Markets and Bioenergy Crops Rural Advantage $365,700
135 07-169-002 Dry Carolyn Concrete that Strengthens by Absorbing Greenhouse/Noxious Gases Natural Process Design, Inc. $398,000
136 07-169-006 Dry Carolyn Self Repairing Concrete That Reduces the Amount of CO2 Produced Natural Process Design, Inc. $369,000
137 IV. OTHER - NON-MATCH RFP CATEGORY CRITERIA (TOTAL - $2,872,979)
138 07-053-008 Stevens Jeffrey Amphibian Toxicology:  A Water Quality Datagap STS Consultants, Ltd. $350,000
139 07-123-006 Anderson James Minnesota Model: A Carbon Sequestration Toolkit U of M $235,000
140 07-053-009 Chadwick Tara Water Quality Improvement through Household Hazardous Substance Reduction Indigenous Peoples Task Force $644,495
141 07-123-008 Cavender-Bares Kent Acceptable Ecosystem Limits for Three Key Environmental Issues Foundation for Environmental Research $416,250
142 07-003-003 Price Len Conservation Best Practices and Ecosystem Monitoring Program Minnesota Conservation Corps $790,000
143 07-035-003 Price Len Youth Monitoring Minnesota's Lakes Minnesota Conservation Corps $203,500
144 07-137-005 Campbell Ronn Side Lake Secrets to Success Side Lake Water Resources Committee $233,734
145 V. REFERRED TO APPROPRIATE REGIONAL GRANT AGENCY (TOTAL - $1,962,593) 
146 07-007-006 Welle Patrick Environmental and Education Service Learning Cooperative Bemidji State University $75,000
147 07-007-002 Chang Fu-Hsian Fishhook River Watershed Water Quality Assessment Bemidji State University $502,593
148 07-123-005 Oltman Marcie Tamarack Nature Center's - The Wild Place Construction Ramsey County Parks and Recreation $1,129,000
149 07-053-005 Mair Kirsten Experiential Ecology for Grade-School Students Citizens for Experiential Ecology $216,000
150 07-037-002 Liepold Paula Wetland Health Evaluation Program Dakota County Water Resources Office $40,000
151         GRAND TOTAL $98,496,410

 *Denotes Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan (SCPP) team member

 

 

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