1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for improving habitat in Grey 
1.3 	Cloud Slough.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GREY CLOUD SLOUGH; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 1.6 	$520,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 from the outdoor heritage fund to 
1.7 	the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to Washington County for a habitat 
1.8 	restoration project that will improve water quality and restore essential backwater aquatic 
1.9 	habitat by reconnecting Grey Cloud Slough to the main channel of the Mississippi River 
1.10 	Area. This appropriation is not available until at least an equal amount is committed from 
1.11 	nonstate sources. This is a onetime appropriation that does not cancel.