HF 2624 Second Engrossment
Section 1. Minnesota Resources Appropriation; appropriations from environment and natural resources trust fund made available.

Section 2. Minnesota Resources; appropriations by fund for 2010 and 2011.
Subd 1. Total appropriations include 418,000 for 2010 and 25,611,000 for 2011.
Subd 2. Trust fund defined as the Minnesota environment and natural resources trust fund.
Subd 3. Natural Resource Data and Information projects funding provided.

a) County geologic atlases and hydrogeologic research funding provided.

b) Continuation of wetlands inventory updating for maps funding provided.

c) Minnesota breeding bird atlas and related publications creation and distribution funding provided.

d) Integrated bird conservation plan agreement with Audubon Minnesota funding provided.

e) Pollinator decline mitigation funding provided.

f) Soudan Underground Mine State Park science and innovation funding provided.

g) Carbon burial in wetlands quantification funding provided.

h) Natural and artificial watersheds strategic planning provided.

i) Agricultural watersheds ecosystem services funding provided for Chippewa River Watersehd.

j) Farmland conservation funding provided.

k) Critical habitats identification for moose in northeastern Minnesota funding provided.

Subd 4. Land, Habitat, and Recreation funding provided.

a) Ecological restoration training funding provided for habitat restoration professionals.

b) Scientific and natural areas and native prairie restoration, enhancement, and acquisition funding provided.

c) Park improvement funding provided.

d) Rare granite rock outrcrop ecosystem funding provided.

e) Habitat conservation partnership additional funding provided.

f) Metropolitan conservation corridors additional funding provided.

g) Cass County sensitive and priority shorelands conservation funding provided.

h) Fragmented prairie landscapes reconnection funding provided.

Subd 5. Water Resources funding provided.

a) Understanding sources of aquatic contaminants of emerging concern funding provided.

b) Mineland sulfate relese in St. Louis River Basin management funding provided.

c) Determining ecological impacts of effluent in surface waters and fish funding provided.

d) Mapleton are agricultural and urban runoff water quality treatment analysis funding provided in agreement with Blue Earth County Drainage Authority.

e) Septic system discharge to lakes assessed.

f) Minnesota Lakes dioxins evaluation funding provided.

g) Shallow lake management assessment funding provided.

h) Cumulative impacts of shoreline development assessment funding provided.

i) Vulnerability of trout streams prediction and mitigation funding provided.

Subd 6. Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species

a) European buckthorn and garlic mustard biological control implementation funding provided.

b) Emerald ash borer ecological and hydrological impacts assessment funding provided.

c) Healthy forests invasion resistance assessment funding provided.

d) Bioacoustic traps evaluation funding provided for management of round goby.

Subd 7. Renewable Energy

a) Algae for fuels pilot project funding provided.

b) Impacts of climate change and management determination funding provided.

c) High quality native habitat restoration and market opportunities expansion for using postharvest restoration as a bioenergy source funding provided.

d) Sustainable energy practices funding provided at residential environmental learning centers.

e) Life cycle analysis of low carbon energy technologies funding provided.

Subd 8. Environmental Education

a) Minnesota Conservation Apprenticeship Academy to train and mentor future conservation professionals funding provided.

b) Environmental stewardship through adventure learning funding provided to investigate connections between climate change and ecosystem impacts.

c) Digital photography as a tool for learning about nature funding provided.

d) Mississippi River outdoor education and recreation program funding provided.

e) Como Regional Park ecological education and historical interpretation outdoor classroom funding provided.

f) Outdoor school forest and prairie classroom networks expansion funding provided.

g) Environmental and outdoor education integration training funding provided for teachers grades 7-12.

h) Project Get Outdoors, Inc. funding provided.

i) Cross cultural environmental education funding provided.

j) International Wolf Center funding provided.

k) Minnesota River online educational materials and outreach centers development funding provided.

Subd 9. Availability of Appropriations; regulations for spending of funds.

Subd 10. Data Availability Requirements; regulations for data collection.

Subd 11. Project Requirements; compliance regulations provided.

Subd 12. Payment Conditions and Capital Equipment Expenditures; reimbursement rules provided and capital equipment expenditure allowance regulated.

Subd 13. Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable Materials; purchase of recycled, repairable, and durable materials regulations provided.

Subd 14. Energy Conservation and Sustainable Building Guidelines; capital improvement project rules and regulations provided.

Subd 15. Accessibility; ADA guidelines must be met in facilities design.

Subd 16. Carryforward; availability of appropriation extended to June 30, 2011 for certain projects.