Scientific research projects that the LCCMR recommends for funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund have an additional requirement above and beyond what is required for other projects. Recommended research projects must produce a research addendum providing additional background and going into greater detail on the research to be completed, and the projects must undergo peer review in accordance with M.S.116P.08, Subd. 6. The LCCMR will conduct the peer review or may be done by a partnering organization that is also funding the research project. When the LCCMR conducts the peer review, a group of experts in the specific research areas are asked to peer review the research addendums. Of the projects recommended for funding by the LCCMR in 2010, it has been determined that fourteen scientific research projects will be peer reviewed through the LCCMR process.
On the table below to see the work program click on the "Subdivision Number" of the appropriation next to the project title. To see the research addendums prior to peer review click on the "Initial Research Addendum" . To see the research addendums as they were revised as a result of peer review click on the "Post Peer Review Addendum".
List of 2010 recommended projects is available here.
Project Title |
Organization |
Project Manager |
$ Recommended |
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| Subd. 3 Natural Resource Data and Information | ||||||
| 3e | Mitigating Pollinator Decline in Minnesota | U of MN | Dr. Vera Krischik | $297,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 3f | Science and Innovation from Soudan Underground Mine State Park | U of MN | Dr. Jeffrey Gralnick | $545,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 3g | Quantifying Carbon Burial in Wetlands (peer reviewed by the National Science Foundation - NSF) |
U of MN | Dr. James Cotner | $145,000 | Research Addendum | |
| 3k | Identifying Critical Habitats for Moose in Northeastern Minnesota | U of MN, NRRI | Dr. Ron Moen | $507,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| Subd. 5 Water Resources | ||||||
| 5a | Understanding Sources of Aquatic Contaminants of Emerging Concern | U of MN | Dr. Deborah Swackhamer | $640,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 5b | Managing Mineland Sulfate Release in Saint Louis River Basin | DNR | Dr. Michael Berndt | $270,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 5c | Ecological Impacts of Effluent in Surface Waters and Fish | U of MN | Dr. Paige Novak | $340,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 5e | Assessing Septic System Discharge to Lakes (peer reviewed by the United States Geological Survey - USGS) |
USGS | Dr. Richard Kiesling | $594,000 | Revised Addendum | |
| 5f | Evaluation of Dioxins in Minnesota Lakes | U of MN | Dr. William Arnold | $264,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 5g | Assessment of Shallow Lake Management | DNR | Dr. Mark Hanson | $262,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 5h | Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Shoreline Development | U of MN & USGS | Dr. Bruce Vondracek | $300,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 5i | Trout Streams Assessment | U of MN | Dr. Leonard Ferrington | $300,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| Subd. 6 Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species | ||||||
| 6a | Biological Control of European Buckthorn and Garlic Mustard (3rd funding cycle - peer review completed at the beginning of the first funding cycle) |
DNR | Dr. Luke Skinner | $300,000 | Research Addendum | |
| 6b | Ecological and Hydrological Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer | U of MN | Dr. Anthony D'Amato | $636,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 6c | Healthy Forests to Resist Invasion | U of MN | Dr. Peter Reich | $359,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| 6d | Bioacoustic Traps for Management of the Round Goby | U of MN, Duluth | Dr. Allen Mensinger | $175,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |
| Subd. 7 Renewable Energy | ||||||
| 7b | Sustainable Biofuels | U of MN | Dr. David Tilman | $221,000 | Addendum | Revised Addendum |