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2014 ENRTF Proposals - Listed Alphabetically
Below proposals are listed alphabetically by proposer's last name.
In response to the 2014 Request for Proposal (RFP), due June 7, 2013, 192 proposals requesting a total of approximately $111 million were received. This RFP process is for funding available beginning July 1, 2014. For that period, approximately $29 million from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund is currently expected to be available to recommend for project funding.
The LCCMR will be reviewing, evaluating, and ranking all proposals received. On September 18-19, the LCCMR will select a subset of proposals to receive further consideration and to invite in to present before the Commission. Proposal presentations for those invited are scheduled to occur October 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, and 17 - dates are as needed depending on the number of proposals selected to present to the Commission. Check the LCCMR schedule for the most up-to-date information on important process dates.
Visit the 2014 Proposal & Funding Process Main Page for additional information.
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Last Name |
First Name |
Project Title |
Organization |
Requested |
| Abrahamson | Mark | Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Monitoring and Biocontrol Evaluation | MN Department of Agriculture | $266,024 |
| Alexander | Scott | Rain Water Reuse and Valuation Investigation | U of MN | $310,000 |
| Andersen | David | Sandhill Crane Populations and Management in Minnesota | U of MN | $306,904 |
| Anderson | Mark | District Heating With Renewable Biomass at Camp Ripley | Minnesota Department of Military Affairs/Minnesota National Guard | $1,970,000 |
| Arnold | William | Water: Solar Driven Destruction of Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Contaminants | U of MN | $291,000 |
| Arnold | William | Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Minnesota Lakes | U of MN | $338,000 |
| Aukema | Brian | Mountain Pine Beetle: Invasive Threat to Minnesotas Pines | U of MN | $382,100 |
| Backman | Robert | Red River "Living with a River" Interpretive Trail | River Keepers | $190,185 |
| Baker | Lawrence | Enhanced Street Sweeping to Restore Nutrient-Impaired Lakes | U of MN | $474,536 |
| Barker | Keith | Online Access to Minnesota's Biodiversity for Environmental Management | U of MN | $342,428 |
| Bartell | Stephen | Triclosan Occurrence and Bacterial Resistance in Minnesota Wastewater | Normandale Community College | $51,992 |
| Beckwith | John | Creating Foundations for Farmer Led Conservation Planning | Minnesota Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, Inc. | $61,736 |
| Bergh | Rob | Minnesota EV Trail: Solar Chargers for Electric Vehicles | MN DNR | $250,000 |
| Berus | Darcy | The Wolf At Our Door | International Wolf Center | $123,672 |
| Biske | Richard | Protecting the Best of the Best in Southeast | The Nature Conservancy | $258,500 |
| Booth | Peggy | SNA Acquisition, Restoration, Improvement & Citizen Engagement | MN DNR | $3,951,870 |
| Boysen | Suzy | Land 2Stewardship in Secondary Education | River Bend Nature Center | $130,000 |
| Bozentko | Kyle | Citizen Input on Silica Sand Mining | The Jefferson Center | $99,672 |
| Buck | Wiley | Restoring our Lands and Waters | Great River Greening | $414,000 |
| Chandler | Monika | Biosurveillance and Biocontrol of EAB - Phase 2 | MN Department of Agriculture | $628,100 |
| Chayka | Katy | Expand the Minnesota Wildflowers Online Botanical Reference | MN Wildflowers Information | $222,450 |
| Cina | Laura | Creating a Statewide Solar Resource Inventory and Map | Minnesota Renewable Energy Society | $287,000 |
| Colwell | Carl | Connecting the Minnesota River Water Trail and Morton | City of Morton | $198,200 |
| Corney | Jeffrey | Making a Splash in Water Resources Education | U of MN | $160,000 |
| Cotner | James | Using CO2 and Drawdown to Manage Shallow Lakes | U of MN | $452,000 |
| Courneya | Joe | Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Project | Red River Basin Commission | $219,890 |
| Cowdery | Tim | Measuring Hydrologic Benefits from Glacial Ridge habitat restoration | Red Lake Watershed District | $168,500 |
| DAmato | Anthony | Assess and Improve Ecological Health of Trust Lands | U of MN | $514,395 |
| DAmato | Anthony | Mitigating Drought and Windstorm Impacts on Minnesota's Forests | U of MN | $270,000 |
| Damon | Susan | Long-Term Conservation Easement Stewardship Account | MN DNR | $1,186,667 |
| D'Angelo | Gino | Movements and Seasonal Habitat Use of Minnesota Elk | MN DNR | $257,473 |
| Davenport | Mae | Climate Readiness in Tourism-Dependent North Shore Communities | U of MN | $279,185 |
| Delong | Michael | River Management Strategy Before Asian Carp Invasion | Winona State University | $279,868 |
| DeWahl | Karl | Wastewater Facility Energy Conservation and Air Pollution Reduction | U of MN - MnTAP | $208,616 |
| Ek | Alan | Restoring Long-Lost Forest Data and Extending Ecological Monitoring | U of MN | $196,000 |
| Engstrom | Daniel | Sedimental Journey: Watershed-Scale Monitoring of BMP Effectiveness | Science Museum of Minnesota - St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $972,000 |
| Enzler | Sherry | Achieving Clarity: Impacts of Agricultural Tiling and BMPs | U of MN | $849,877 |
| Enzler | Sherry | The Human Dimensions of Wolf Management | U of MN | $144,099 |
| Everett | Leslie | Restoring Aquatic Habitat by Reducing Sediment from Streambanks | U of MN - Water Resources Center | $276,000 |
| Falteisek | Jan | State Spring Inventory for Resource Management and Protection | MN DNR | $875,746 |
| Finlay | Jacques | Remote Sensing Characterization to Improve Water Quality Monitoring | U of MN | $207,000 |
| Fisher | Hank | Reducing Dioxin Emissions Grant Program | MN Pollution Control Agency | $620,000 |
| Forester | James | Impacts of Forest Quality on Declining Minnesota Moose | U of MN | $394,496 |
| Fralich | Lana | Victus Farms: Expanding in New Directions | City of Silver Bay | $356,000 |
| Fredin | Tracy | Waters to the Sea: Rivers of Minnesota | Hamline University - Center for Global Environmental Education | $451,494 |
| Fritz | Charles | WQExPertApp | International Water Institute | $882,500 |
| Gantzer | Charles | Quantifying Acrylamide Detoxification in Frac Sand Washwater | Barr Engineering Company | $174,560 |
| Garms | Jason | Native Prairie Stewardship & Prairie Bank Easement Acquisition | MN DNR | $5,153,680 |
| Garono | Ralph | Will Superior Sediment Plumes Produce Harmful Algal Blooms? | U of MN Duluth - Large Lakes Observatory | $413,443 |
| Gehrig | Alex | Reducing Lake Quality Impairments through Citizen Action | Freshwater Society | $59,375 |
| Gibson | James | MN Agricultural Interpretive Center Energy Education Project | MN Ag Interpretive Center - Farmamerica | $160,000 |
| Gieseke | Jenny | Minnesota Conservation Apprenticeship Academy | BWSR | $392,000 |
| Graeber | Amanda | Contract Management | MN DNR | $135,000 |
| Griffin | Elise | Eco Educations Environmental Service-Learning Program | Eco Education | $90,000 |
| Griffis | Timothy | Wind Energy from Gravity Waves and Nocturnal Jetstreams | U of MN | $191,779 |
| Gupta | Shalini | Human Health, High Risk Populations and Climate Change | Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy | $225,000 |
| Hamilton | Patrick | River Lab: Engaging Minnesotans in Water Quality Issues | Science Museum of Minnesota | $730,747 |
| Hanson | Kipp | Community Green Space Mapping Project | Project Get Outdoors, Inc. | $15,000 |
| Hanson | Mark | Shallow Lakes: Assessing Quality and Predicting Future Change | MN DNR | $433,223 |
| Hanson | Michele | Building Bridges to a Diverse Natural Resources Community | MN DNR | $1,100,000 |
| Harper | Jane | 3,500-Foot Shoreland Acquisition on St. Croix River | Washington County | $2,500,000 |
| Hayes | Lynn | Minnesota Farmers' and Landowners' Guide to Frac Sand Mining | Farmers' Legal Action Group | $142,230 |
| Hemmingssen | Richard | Developing Minnesotas Clean Energy Carbon Neutral BioEconomy | U of MN, Dept. of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | $195,950 |
| Henderson | Carrol | Contaminants in Minnesotas Loons and Pelicans: Phase 2 | MN DNR | $259,936 |
| Henehan | Brendan | TV Documentary: The Great Mille Lacs Walleye Mystery | Twin Cities Public Television | $102,372 |
| Hennessy | Kevin | Eliminating Sulfur from On-Farm Anaerobic Digester Emissions | MN Department of Agriculture | $300,000 |
| Hibbard | Calder | Minnesotas Forest Invasives: Threats, Assessment and Recommendations | Minnesota Forest Resources Council | $308,000 |
| Hicks | Randall | Bacterial Biodiversity for Sustainable St. Louis River Estuary | U of MN - Duluth | $359,849 |
| Hills | Cheryal | Region Five Development Commissions Sustainable Communities Initiative | Region Five Development Commission | $971,080 |
| Hoganson | Howard | Strategies For Restoring Pine in Minnesota's Forests | U of MN | $356,289 |
| Holdsworth | Andy | Precision Conservation Models - Applications to Working Forest Lands | MN DNR | $377,000 |
| Holland | Matt | Minnesota Pollinator Partnership | Pheasants Forever | $104,600 |
| Host | George | Quality of Life under Climate Change in Minnesota | U of MN - NRRI | $493,784 |
| Hu | Bo | Next Generation Septic TankSystems | U of MN | $258,810 |
| Hudak | George | Silica/Frac Sand Mining Air/Water Quality Environmental Impacts | U of MN - NRRI | $607,924 |
| Huelskamp | Rich | CREED - Energy Education Project | CREED (Center for Renewable Energy Education and Demonstration) | $148,500 |
| Huseby | Jay | Wolf Research Red Lake Reservation (5,500 square miles) | Red Lake Department of Natural Resources | $404,535 |
| Illig | Kurt | Estrogen exposure analyses in Minnesotas Shallow Lake Wildlife | St. Thomas Univesity | $136,000 |
| Jacobson | Kent | Increasing Habitat and Ecosystem Benefits through Forest Management | MN DNR - Div of Forestry | $268,600 |
| Johnson | Bart | Itasca Boiler/Woody Biomass Utilization Project | Itasca Community College | $1,035,100 |
| Johnson | Lucinda | Protecting North Shore Trout Steams for the Future | U of MN - NRRI | $361,758 |
| Johnson | Margaret | Middle Fork Crow River Sediment and Nutrient Reduction | Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District | $320,800 |
| Kalahar | Thomas | Protection of Granite Rock Outcrop Ecosystem | Renville County Soil & Water Conservation District | $4,216,275 |
| Kean | Allan | Drainage Records Modernization and Statewide GIS Database | BWSR | $730,000 |
| Kindem | Cathy | Trailblazers: District 196 Students Ensure Sustainable School Environments | District 196 - Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan | $1,876,026 |
| Knight | Joseph | Mapping Landscapes for Better Land and Water Management | U of MN | $378,718 |
| Kornack | Ken | Minnesota Zoo Site Restoration and Native Wildlife Study | Minnesota Zoological Garden | $477,200 |
| Kozarek | Jessica | Conserving Minnesotas Freshwater Mussel Legacy: Quantifying Habitat Interactions | U of MN | $356,843 |
| Krischik | Vera | Protecting Bees by Understanding Systemic Insecticides | U of MN | $326,869 |
| Krystosek | Dale | Northeast Minnesota White Cedar Restoration, Phase 2 | BWSR | $335,800 |
| Lais | Gregory | Urban Environmental Education Engaging Students in Local Resources | Wilderness Inquiry | $1,093,000 |
| Langowski | Harold | City of Ely Joint Biomass District Heating Project | City of Ely | $150,000 |
| LaPara | Timothy | Does Triclosan Create Super Bugs During Wastewater Treatment | U of MN | $382,000 |
| Larson | Diane | Impact of Grazing on Native Plants and Pollinators | U.S. Geological Survey | $465,457 |
| Larson | Mike | Moose Decline and Air Temperatures in Northeastern Minnesota | MN DNR | $743,648 |
| Lauer | Jack | Southwest Minnesota Asian Carp Watershed Deterrents | MN DNR | $3,268,800 |
| Leguizamon Grant | Zea | Urban Youth-Led Ecological Regeneration Partnership | Ce Tempoxcalli | $208,200 |
| Lehman | Clarence | New Data Directions for Understanding Our Natural Systems | U of MN | $253,000 |
| Lennon | Megan | Increasing Cover Crop Adoption on Working Lands | BWSR | $162,500 |
| Levar | Tom | Dredged Sediment for Forest Restoration on Unproductive Minelands | U of MN - NRRI | $495,585 |
| Lewandowski | Ann | Protecting Water Quality in Northeast Minnesota Mining Areas | U of MN | $406,000 |
| Lewanski | Tom | Protect, Restore and Enhance Significant Watershed Habitat | Friends of the Mississippi River | $204,000 |
| Lewis | Jeff | Nutrient Capture Through Water Management and Biomass Harvesting | Red River Basin Commission | $478,500 |
| Liu | Donald | Integrating Environmental Education in Grade 3-12 Economics Curriculum | Minnesota Council on Economic Education | $96,816 |
| Lorenz | David | Watershed Water Budgets for Managing Minnesota's Water | U.S. Geological Survey | $129,300 |
| Maciej | Gerry | Restoring Groundwater and Trout Habitat Through Irrigation Efficiencies | Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District | $490,649 |
| Main | Rylee | Lake Pepin Preservation: Enhancing Local Water Management Capacity | Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance | $109,275 |
| Manolis | Jim | Building Habitat and Watershed Resilience to Climate Change | MN DNR | $510,000 |
| Manzoline | Robert | Mesabi Trail Development - Soudan to Ely Segment | St. Louis & Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority | $1,000,000 |
| Martell | Mark | Analyzing and sharing the Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas | Audubon Minnesota | $386,831 |
| Martinovic | Dalma | Pharmaceuticals and Nitrogen Interact to Harm MN Fish/Ecosystems? | St. Thomas University | $269,000 |
| Matsumoto | Katsumi | Characterizing Urban Metabolism to Help Manage Carbon Emissions | U of MN | $189,523 |
| McAlpine | Jake | Reduction of Carbon Emissions in Residential Buildings | Sustainable Resources Center, Inc. | $500,000 |
| McGuire | Jennifer | Does Water Contaminated with Oil Affect Your Hormones? | St. Thomas University | $233,089 |
| Mensinger | Allen | Bioacoustics to Detect, Deter and Eliminate Flying Carp | U of MN Duluth | $262,907 |
| Meschke | Linda | Demonstrating Farmer Led Conservation in Elm Creek Watershed | Rural Advantage | $460,360 |
| Mesko | John | Improving St. Croix River Basin Water Quality | Sustainable Farming Association of MN | $304,000 |
| Millet | Dylan | Minnesotas Methane Emissions: Potential Energy and Climate Benefits | U of MN | $362,680 |
| Moe | Peter | Bee Discovery Center at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | U of MN, Landscape Arboretum | $615,279 |
| Moeller | Megan | Testing Triggers for Adopting Sustainable Water Practices | City of Rochester | $317,000 |
| Moen | Ron | Improving Stream Trout Habitat by Beaver Management | U of MN - NRRI | $219,755 |
| Moen | Ron | Improving Wildlife Habitat Analysis with Value-Added LiDAR | U of MN - NRRI | $230,428 |
| Monson | Bruce | Identifying Causes of Exceptionally High Mercury in Fish | MN Pollution Control Agency | $2,700,869 |
| Montgomery | Rebecca | Assessing Species Vulnerability to Climate Change Using Phenology | U of MN | $189,845 |
| Moss | Paul | Building Environmental and Community Resilience to Extreme Weather | MN Pollution Control Agency | $846,000 |
| Musser | Kimberly | Minnesota River Basin Water Quality Success Stories | Minnesota State University, Mankato - Water Resources Center | $135,871 |
| Nater | Edward | Determining Climate Change Effects on Mercury in Peatlands | U of MN | $442,779 |
| Nelson | Jon | Redesigned Updating of State and County Forest Inventories | MN DNR | $1,794,640 |
| Nielsen | Kirsten | Emerging Threats to Minnesotas Wildlife | U of MN | $874,447 |
| Nordquist | Gerda | Wild Bee Surveys in Prairie-Grassland Habitats | MN DNR | $370,736 |
| Novak | Paige | Protecting Bacteria from Contaminants to Preserve Water Quality | U of MN | $279,000 |
| Novak | Paige | Wastewater Estrogen: Removal Options, Fish Abundance, and Cost | U of MN | $516,000 |
| Pederson | Dave | Youth-led Sustainability Initiatives in 40 Greater MN Communities | Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center | $397,000 |
| Penn | Lee | Solar Cell Materials from Sulfur and Common Metals | U of MN | $494,092 |
| Pereira | Donald | Structured Decision Making for Mille Lacs Fisheries Management | MN DNR | $299,000 |
| Perrine | Rich | VanderWert Scientific and Natural Area and County Park | Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc. | $455,000 |
| Pierce | Ann | Accelerated Effort to Understand and Control Zebra Mussels | MN DNR | $5,180,800 |
| Polasky | Steve | Clean Water Benefits Tool for Smarter Resource Investments | U of MN | $347,253 |
| Ponder | Julia | Raptor Lab: Online and Outdoors! | U of MN | $186,676 |
| Poppleton | Kristen | Minnesota Stories in a Changing Climate | Will Steger Foundation | $413,860 |
| Reese | Michael | Transitioning Minnesota Farms to Local Energy | U of MN | $1,049,992 |
| Reich | Peter | Forecasting Minnesotas Future Forests | U of MN | $642,764 |
| Ringold | Jennifer | Ecological Management Plans - Mississippi River Watershed and Minneapolis | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $228,800 |
| Rivers | Patrick | Accelerated Reinvest in Minnesota Critical Habitat Matching Program | MN DNR | $2,017,920 |
| Robinson | Stacie | Minnesota Deers Risk of Invading Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease | U of MN - College of Veterinary Medicine | $135,847 |
| Ruan | Roger | Demonstrating Innovative Technologies to Fully Utilize Wastewater Resources | U of MN | $2,041,626 |
| Runquist | Erik | Prairie Butterfly Conservation, Research and Breeding Program | Minnesota Zoological Garden | $638,439 |
| Ryun | Deb | St. Croix Priorities and Conservation Action Plans | St. Croix River Associaion | $230,000 |
| Saar | Martin | Innovative Groundwater-Enhanced Geothermal Heat Pump Study | U of MN | $196,000 |
| Sadowsky | Michael | Sources of Microbial Pollution in the Upper Mississippi River | U of MN | $690,972 |
| Sagor | Eli | Forest Wildlife and Climate Change Research and Outreach | U of MN | $308,000 |
| Schoff | Patrick | Predicting Smallmouth Bass Exposure to Endocrine Active Compounds | U of MN - NRRI | $241,073 |
| Shaw | Dan | Increasing the Resiliency of Conservation Projects in Minnesota | BWSR | $166,710 |
| Shaw | Ruth | Healthy Prairies: Seed Storage, Beneficial Microbes, and Adaptation | U of MN | $695,000 |
| Shen | Lian | Simulating Surface Flows to Inform Water Resources Management | U of MN - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $336,000 |
| Sierks | William | GreenStep Schools Program: School-based Environmental Education and Stewardship | MN Pollution Control Agency | $900,000 |
| Slesak | Robert | Disseminating Sustainable Forest Management Guidelines for Resource Protection | Minneosta Forest Resources Council | $112,000 |
| Sorensen | Peter | Blocking Asian Carp by Optimizing Lock and Dams | U of MN | $463,449 |
| Sparlin | Scott | Minnesota River Community Clean-Ups for Water Quality | Friends of the Minnesota Valley | $85,100 |
| Spivak | Marla | Achieving Pollinator Landscapes with the Greatest Multiple Benefits | U of MN | $1,714,040 |
| Stark | James | Protecting the State's Confined Drinking-Water Aquifers | U. S. Geological Survey | $394,000 |
| Stefferud | Arne | Metropolitan Regional Park System Acquisition--Phase 3 | Metropolitan Council | $2,250,000 |
| Stevenson | Anne | Engaging Youth With Nature Through Mobile Technology | U of MN | $362,000 |
| Strack | Otto | Small-scale Groundwater Sustainability Assessment | U of MN | $118,214 |
| Sullivan | Tom | Wolf-Livestock Conflict Reduction Using Cost-Effective Non-Lethal Prevention | Howling For Wolves | $417,250 |
| Svedarsky | Daniel | Cattail Management for Wetland Widlife and Bioenergy Potential | U of MN | $74,600 |
| Svien | Lawrence | Demonstration Water Quality Protection Practices on Zumbro River | Zumbro Watershed Partnership | $413,934 |
| Tallaksen | Joel | Life Cycle Energy of Renewably Produced Nitrogen Fertilizers | U of MN | $512,732 |
| Tapp | Brooke | Duluth Post-Flood Trout Stream Riparian Habitat Restoration | Community Action Duluth | $250,000 |
| Tenney | Michael | Achieve Conservation Objectives through Grazing - Monitor Response | MN DNR | $1,416,480 |
| Thomas | Steve | Developing Building Deconstruction into a Sustainable Enterprise | Better Futures Minnesota | $150,000 |
| Timm | Anne | Chemical Removal from Minnesota Lakes by Aquatic Plants | USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station | $346,334 |
| Tomlinson | Robert | Strategic Land Acquisition, Accelerating Sales and Exchanges | MN DNR | $500,000 |
| Tschirner | Ulrike | Greenhouse Gas Reduction through Forest Based Bio-Chemicals | U of MN | $199,280 |
| Valentas | Kenneth | Removing Phosphorous and Endocrine Disruptors from our Waterways | U of MN | $493,000 |
| Vande Linde | Aaron | Preserving Old Growth Forests on School Trust Lands | MN DNR | $2,082,104 |
| Vanderbosch | Dana | State Parks and Trails Land Acquisition | MN DNR | $2,200,000 |
| Venturelli | Paul | Better Trout Fishing Through Better Stream Restoration Planning | U of MN | $615,464 |
| Venturelli | Paul | A Smartphone Application to Benefit Anglers and Fish | U of MN | $138,229 |
| Wackett | Lawrence | Environmentally-Friendly Frac Sand Water Cleanup | U of MN | $812,428 |
| Wilmot | Neil | Economic Impact of Frac Sand Mining on Minnesota | Labovitz School of Business and Economics | $39,967 |
| Wilson | Bruce | Evaluating Clean Water Legacy: Has the Water Improved? | U of MN | $388,500 |
| Winkelman | Jenny | Reducing Salt Pollution Through Winter Maintenance Training | Mississippi Watershed Management Organization | $415,900 |
| Winter | Brian | Invasive Species Control in Grassland Habitats | The Nature Conservancy | $892,000 |
| Wyatt | Gary | Innovative Technology to Seed Plants on Streambanks | U of MN | $189,000 |
| Wyse | Donald | Developing Forever Green Crops for Minnesotas Agricultural Landscapes | U of MN | $847,900 |
| Yerger | Dale | Solar PV at Minnesotas Residential Environmental Learning Centers | Eagle Bluff, Wolf Ridge, Deep Portage, Long Lake, Audubon Center of the Northwoods, Laurentian ELC | $150,000 |
| Zamora | Diomy | Maintaining Expiring CRP Land Benefits Using Integrative Cropping | U of MN | $467,000 |
| Zarling | Darrick | Biomass Gasification to Produce Electricity for CO2 Reduction | U of MN | $175,000 |
| Zastrow | Russ | Anoka Rum River Dam Asian Carp Barrier Improvements | City of Anoka | $150,000 |
| Zhu | Jun | Clean Water/Renewable Energy from Beet Waste/Manure | U of MN | $403,685 |