2E Appropriating money from the outdoor heritage fund to commissioner of natural resources (DNR), board of water and soil resources (BWSR), legislative coordinating commission (LCC); specifying funding requirements for prairies including accelerated prairie and grassland management, the green cooridor legacy program, prairie heritage fund acquisition and restoration, accelerated prairie grassland wildlife management area acquisition, northern tall grass prairie national wildlife refuge protection, bluffland prairie protection initiative and Rum River Cedar Creek initiative, for forests under certain conditions and requiring a match, for wetlands including accelerated management area acquisition, accelerated shallow lake restorations and enhancements, accelerating the waterfowl production area program, Reinvest in Minnesota wetlands reserve program acquisition and restoration and Shallow Lake critical shoreland, for fish, game and wildlife habitat including the outdoor heritage conservation partners grant program, aquatic management area acquisition, cold water river and stream restoration, protection and enhancement, Dakota county habitat protection, Lake Rebecca water quality improvement project and Fountain Lake fish barriers, for administration and other purposes including contract management and legislative coordinating commission (LCC); providing an exception for Lessard outdoor heritage council visits; providing for availability of appropriation, cash advances, accomplishment plans, project requirements, payment conditions and capital equipment expenditures, purchase of recycled and recyclable materials, accessibility, land acquisition restrictions, and real property interest reporting; allowing the Lessard outdoor heritage council to employ staff and contract with consultants to execute functions and authorizing appropriations from the outdoor heritage fund to pay administrative expenses, compensation and expense reimbursements
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