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SF 149 Senate Long Description

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for environmental and natural resources purposes; appropriating money to the legislative commission on Minnesota resources (LCMR) and to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for the local initiatives grants program, for the acquisition and development of certain trails and for certain trail connections and for state park and recreation area and metropolitan regional parks acquisition, development, betterment and rehabilitation, to the Minnesota historical society for protection of traditional Indian cultural places, for certain interpretive projects, for historic sites land acquisition and development, for certain improvements to Murphy's landing and for restoration of the Pickwick mill, to the commissioner of the pollution control agency for on-site sewage treatment alternatives, to the science museum for identification of sediment sources in agricultural watersheds, to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for accelerated statewide local water plan implementation, for the Minnesota River basin initiative and for a Goodhue county natural resources inventory and management plan, to the university of Minnesota for certain groundwater pollution monitoring, forestry and agriculture projects and for urban corridor sustainable designs, to the commissioner of natural resources for certain management agreements, for the Minnesota wildlife tourism initiative and for water and mineral resource planning, to the agricultural utilization research institute for establishment of a commercial grade fertilizer plant, to the commissioner of agriculture for sustainable aquaculture and livestock systems, for an economic analysis of agriculture and for certain organic farming training and biodiesel fuel projects, to the office of environmental assistance for certain waste abatement demonstration and preferable chemicals projects, to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for the Minnesota River valley scenic byway interpretive signage project, to the PCA for a certain environmental contamination assessment, to the office of strategic and long range planning for community based planning tools and training and for development of a statewide inventory of potential cogeneration sites, to the department of trade and economic development (DTED) for the Virginia storm sewer project, to the amateur sports commission for ice arena design, to the historical society for digitization and distribution of historic timberland survey records, to the PCA for a certain agriculture, forestry and mineland reclamation research project, to the commissioner of natural resources for the deer winter severity index, to the university of Minnesota, the commissioner of natural resources, the water and soil resources board, the science museum, the environmental assistance office, the historical society and the commissioner of agriculture for certain environmental education projects, to the university of Minnesota for certain environmental studies and for Lake Superior benchmark data establishment, to the commissioner of natural resources for the county biological survey, for the environmental indicators and forest bird diversity initiatives and for healthy amphibian populations critical habitats sustainability, to the PCA for the Dakota county wetland health monitoring program, to the commissioner of health for a certain nitrate contamination study, to the commissioners of natural resources and transportation and the university of Minnesota for certain critical habitat and reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) projects, to the commissioner of natural resources and the university of Minnesota for certain native species planting projects and to the commissioners of natural resources and agriculture for certain native fish and exotic species control projects; specifying certain data availability, project, match, payment and expenditure, recycled materials purchase, energy conservation and accessibility requirements; extending the availability of certain prior appropriations; removing the dollar limit on local recreation grants and requiring the commissioner of natural resources to administer grant programs for acquisition and betterment of trails of regional significance and for local trail connections (mk)