1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legacy; appropriating money from outdoor heritage fund.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.6 	and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage 
1.7 	fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2024" and "2025" used in 
1.8 	this act mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending 
1.9 	June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2025, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2024. "The 
1.10 	second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The 
1.11 	appropriations in this act are onetime appropriations.

1.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.13				Available for the Year
	
1.14				Ending June 30
	
1.15					2024
		2025

1.16	Sec. 2.OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	0
	$
	180,711,000
	
1.18 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
1.19 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
1.20 	purpose are specified in the following 
1.21 	subdivisions.

2.1	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		-0-
		19,439,000

2.2
2.3	(a) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge, Phase 14
					
2.4 	$4,412,000 the second year is to the 
2.5 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.6 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in 
2.7 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
2.8 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee or 
2.9 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
2.10 	and enhance lands within the Northern 
2.11 	Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in 
2.12 	western Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
2.13 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
2.14 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
2.15 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
2.16 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
2.17 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.18 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
2.19 	native prairie.

2.20
2.21	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Program, Phase 16
					
2.22 	$5,315,000 the second year is to the 
2.23 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.24 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
2.25 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
2.26 	wildlife management area purposes under 
2.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.28 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
2.29 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
2.30 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
2.31 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
2.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
2.33 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

2.34
2.35	(c) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of 
Southern Red River Valley, Phase 10
					
3.1 	$3,794,000 the second year is to the 
3.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.3 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
3.4 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
3.5 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
3.6 	restore and enhance lands within the southern 
3.7 	Red River Valley for wildlife management 
3.8 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.9 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
3.10 	managed as waterfowl production areas in 
3.11 	Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
3.12 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
3.13 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
3.14 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
3.15 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
3.16 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
3.17 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie.

3.18
3.19	(d) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition, 
Phase 8
					
3.20 	$2,589,000 the second year is to the 
3.21 	commissioner of natural resources for 
3.22 	agreements to acquire land in fee and to 
3.23 	restore and enhance strategic prairie grassland, 
3.24 	wetland, and other wildlife habitat within 
3.25 	Martin County for wildlife management area 
3.26 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.27 	86A.05, subdivision 8, as follows: $1,921,000 
3.28 	to Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc.; 
3.29 	$613,000 to Ducks Unlimited; and $55,000 to 
3.30 	the Conservation Fund.

3.31	(e) DNR Grassland Enhancement, Phase 16
					
3.32 	$1,427,000 the second year is to the 
3.33 	commissioner of natural resources to 
3.34 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
3.35 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas in wildlife 
4.1 	management areas, in scientific and natural 
4.2 	areas, in aquatic management areas, on lands 
4.3 	in the native prairie bank, in bluff prairies on 
4.4 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota, 
4.5 	and in waterfowl production areas and refuge 
4.6 	lands of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
4.7 	Service.

4.8
4.9	(f) Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands, Phase 
7
					
4.10 	$1,902,000 the second year is to the 
4.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.12 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
4.13 	and restore grassland and wetland habitat on 
4.14 	public lands within the forest prairie transition, 
4.15 	metro urban, and prairie ecoregions of 
4.16 	Minnesota.

4.17	Subd. 3.Forests
 		-0-
		32,164,000

4.18
4.19	(a) Minnesota Heritage Forest - Transition to 
Public Ownership Program
					
4.20 	$22,647,000 the second year is to the 
4.21 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
4.22 	priority forest habitat lands in fee as wildlife 
4.23 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
4.24 	state forests, and county forests. Of this 
4.25 	amount, $11,737,000 is for an agreement with 
4.26 	Northern Waters Land Trust.

4.27
4.28	(b) Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape Protection 
Program ACUB, Phase 12
					
4.29 	$2,068,000 the second year is to the Board of 
4.30 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
4.31 	the Morrison County Soil and Water 
4.32 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
4.33 	conservation easements and restore and 
4.34 	enhance forest wildlife habitat within the 
4.35 	boundaries of the Minnesota National Guard 
5.1 	Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape and Army 
5.2 	Compatible Use Buffer. Up to $110,000 to the 
5.3 	Board of Water and Soil Resources is to 
5.4 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
5.5 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
5.6 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.7 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
5.8 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
5.9 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
5.10 	must be provided as part of the final report.

5.11
5.12	(c) Riparian Habitat Protection in Kettle and 
Snake River Watersheds, Phase 2
					
5.13 	$1,569,000 the second year is to the Board of 
5.14 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
5.15 	the Pine County Soil and Water Conservation 
5.16 	District, to acquire permanent conservation 
5.17 	easements to protect high-quality forests, 
5.18 	wetlands, and shoreline within the Kettle and 
5.19 	Snake River watersheds. Up to $150,000 to 
5.20 	the Board of Water and Soil Resources is to 
5.21 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
5.22 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
5.23 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.24 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
5.25 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
5.26 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
5.27 	must be provided as part of the final report.

5.28	(d) DNR Forest Habitat Enhancement, Phase 4
					
5.29 	$1,727,000 the second year is to the 
5.30 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
5.31 	and enhance forest wildlife habitats on public 
5.32 	lands throughout Minnesota.

5.33	(e) Young Forest Conservation, Phase 4
					
5.34 	$2,229,000 the second year is to the 
5.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.1 	agreement with the American Bird 
6.2 	Conservancy to enhance publicly owned, 
6.3 	permanently protected forest lands for wildlife 
6.4 	management.

6.5
6.6	(f) Floodplain and Upland Forest Enhancement 
- Mississippi River, Phase 5
					
6.7 	$1,924,000 the second year is to the 
6.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.9 	agreement with the National Audubon Society 
6.10 	to restore and enhance floodplain and upland 
6.11 	forest habitat for wildlife on public lands along 
6.12 	the Mississippi River and Mississippi River 
6.13 	tributaries.

6.14	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		-0-
		38,412,000

6.15	(a) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection, Phase 9
					
6.16 	$2,042,000 the second year is to the Board of 
6.17 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
6.18 	permanent conservation easements on 
6.19 	wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
6.20 	wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
6.21 	to $110,000 is for establishing a monitoring 
6.22 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
6.23 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
6.24 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
6.25 	Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), does not apply 
6.26 	to this project. A list of permanent 
6.27 	conservation easements must be provided as 
6.28 	part of the final report.

6.29
6.30	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection and 
Restoration Program, Phase 13
					
6.31 	$7,670,000 the second year is to the 
6.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.33 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
6.34 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
6.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
7.1 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
7.2 	managed as waterfowl production areas or 
7.3 	national wildlife refuges in Minnesota, in 
7.4 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
7.5 	Wildlife Service, and to restore and enhance 
7.6 	prairie lands, wetlands, and land buffering 
7.7 	shallow lakes.

7.8
7.9	(c) RIM Wetlands - Restoring Most Productive 
Habitat in Minnesota, Phase 13
					
7.10 	$3,202,000 the second year is to the Board of 
7.11 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
7.12 	permanent conservation easements and to 
7.13 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
7.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
7.15 	Of this amount, up to $50,000 is for 
7.16 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
7.17 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
7.18 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.19 	97A.056, subdivision 17.  Subdivision 8, 
7.20 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project.   
7.21 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
7.22 	must be provided as part of the final report.

7.23
7.24	(d) Accelerating Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition Program, Phase 16
					
7.25 	$7,020,000 the second year is to the 
7.26 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.27 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
7.28 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
7.29 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee and 
7.30 	restore and enhance wetlands and grasslands 
7.31 	to be designated and managed as waterfowl 
7.32 	production areas in Minnesota.

7.33
7.34	(e) DNR Accelerated Shallow Lakes and 
Wetland Enhancement, Phase 16
					
8.1 	$3,809,000 the second year is to the 
8.2 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
8.3 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
8.4 	statewide.

8.5
8.6	(f) Nelson Slough - East Park Wildlife 
Management Area
					
8.7 	$4,174,000 the second year is to the 
8.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.9 	agreement with the Middle-Snake-Tamarac 
8.10 	Rivers Watershed District to restore and 
8.11 	enhance wetland and upland wildlife habitat 
8.12 	on Nelson Slough and East Park Wildlife 
8.13 	Management Area in Marshall County, 
8.14 	Minnesota.

8.15
8.16	(g) Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration 
Program, Phase 9
					
8.17 	$2,128,000 the second year is to the 
8.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.19 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
8.20 	restore and enhance prairie, wetland, and other 
8.21 	habitat on permanently protected conservation 
8.22 	easements in high-priority wetland habitat 
8.23 	complexes within the prairie, forest/prairie 
8.24 	transition, and forest ecoregions.

8.25
8.26
8.27	(h) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement and Restoration Initiative, Phase 
10
					
8.28 	$7,867,000 the second year is to the 
8.29 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.30 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
8.31 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
8.32 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
8.33 	conservation easement for wildlife 
8.34 	management.

8.35	(i) Lake Alice Enhancement, Fergus Falls
					
9.1 	$500,000 the second year is to the 
9.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.3 	agreement with the city of Fergus Falls to 
9.4 	enhance Lake Alice in Fergus Falls.

9.5	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		-0-
		89,294,000

9.6
9.7	(a) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 5
					
9.8 	$4,711,000 the second year is to the 
9.9 	commissioner of natural resources for 
9.10 	agreements to acquire land in fee and acquire 
9.11 	permanent conservation easements and to 
9.12 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems in 
9.13 	the St. Croix River watershed as follows: 
9.14 	$1,905,000 to Trust for Public Land; $110,000 
9.15 	to Wild Rivers Conservancy; and $2,696,000 
9.16 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $224,000 to 
9.17 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
9.18 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
9.19 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
9.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
9.21 	subdivision 17.

9.22
9.23	(b) Pine and Leech Watershed Targeted RIM 
Easement Permanent Land Protection, Phase 3
					
9.24 	$2,242,000 the second year is to the Board of 
9.25 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
9.26 	the Crow Wing County Soil and Water 
9.27 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
9.28 	conservation easements of high-quality forest, 
9.29 	wetland, and shoreline habitat. Up to $120,000 
9.30 	of the total amount is for establishing a 
9.31 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
9.32 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
9.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
9.34 	subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), 
9.35 	does not apply to this project. A list of 
10.1 	permanent conservation easements must be 
10.2 	provided as part of the final report.

10.3
10.4	(c) Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding 
Biological Significance, Phase 3
					
10.5 	$3,321,000 the second year is to the 
10.6 	commissioner of natural resources for 
10.7 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
10.8 	permanent conservation easements and to 
10.9 	restore and enhance lakes of outstanding 
10.10 	biological significance in northeast and 
10.11 	north-central Minnesota. Of this amount, 
10.12 	$1,083,000 is to the Northern Waters Land 
10.13 	Trust and $2,238,000 is to Minnesota Land 
10.14 	Trust. Up to $224,000 to Minnesota Land 
10.15 	Trust is for establishing a monitoring and 
10.16 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
10.17 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
10.18 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

10.19
10.20	(d) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program, Phase 13
					
10.21 	$2,060,000 the second year is to the 
10.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.23 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
10.24 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
10.25 	restore and enhance habitat in the Shell Rock 
10.26 	River watershed.

10.27
10.28	(e) Cannon River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration and Protection Program, Phase 13
					
10.29 	$2,555,000 the second year is to the 
10.30 	commissioner of natural resources for 
10.31 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and restore 
10.32 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Cannon 
10.33 	River watershed as follows: $54,000 to Clean 
10.34 	River Partners; $888,000 to Great River 
11.1 	Greening; and $1,613,000 to Trust for Public 
11.2 	Land.

11.3
11.4	(f) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Project, Phase 8
					
11.5 	$2,706,000 the second year is to acquire lands 
11.6 	in fee and permanent conservation easements 
11.7 	and to restore wildlife habitat in the 
11.8 	Mississippi headwaters. Of this amount:
11.9 	(1) $1,706,000 is to the commissioner of 
11.10 	natural resources for agreements as follows: 
11.11 	$57,000 to the Mississippi Headwaters Board 
11.12 	and $1,649,000 to Trust for Public Land; and
11.13 	(2) $1,000,000 is to the Board of Water and 
11.14 	Soil Resources, of which up to $100,000 is to 
11.15 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
11.16 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
11.17 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.18 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

11.19
11.20	(g) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North Central Minnesota Lakes, Phase 10
					
11.21 	$2,687,000 the second year is to the 
11.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
11.23 	agreements to acquire land in fee and in 
11.24 	permanent conservation easements and to 
11.25 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat to sustain 
11.26 	healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes in 
11.27 	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
11.28 	Counties as follows: $2,252,000 to Northern 
11.29 	Waters Land Trust and $435,000 to Minnesota 
11.30 	Land Trust. Up to $56,000 to Minnesota Land 
11.31 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
11.32 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
11.33 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
11.34 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

11.35	(h) Red River Basin Riparian Habitat Program
					
12.1 	$5,119,000 the second year is to acquire 
12.2 	permanent conservation easements to protect, 
12.3 	restore, and enhance stream and riparian 
12.4 	habitat throughout the Red River watershed. 
12.5 	Of this amount, $169,000 is to the 
12.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.7 	agreement with the Red River Watershed 
12.8 	Management Board and $4,950,000 is to the 
12.9 	Board of Water and Soil Resources. Up to 
12.10 	$380,000 of the total amount is for 
12.11 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
12.12 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
12.13 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17.  Subdivision 8, 
12.15 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
12.16 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
12.17 	must be provided as part of the final report.

12.18
12.19	(i) Resilient Habitat for Heritage Brook Trout, 
Phase 2
					
12.20 	$2,486,000 the second year is to the 
12.21 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.22 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
12.23 	easements and to restore and enhance habitat 
12.24 	in targeted watersheds of southeast Minnesota 
12.25 	to improve heritage brook trout and coldwater 
12.26 	aquatic communities. Of this amount, 
12.27 	$400,000 is to The Nature Conservancy, 
12.28 	$612,000 is to Trout Unlimited, and 
12.29 	$1,474,000 is to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
12.30 	$168,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
12.31 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
12.32 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
12.33 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.34 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

12.35
12.36	(j) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 12
					
13.1 	$3,052,000 the second year is to the 
13.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
13.3 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
13.4 	permanent conservation easements and to 
13.5 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat on public 
13.6 	lands and permanent conservation easements 
13.7 	in southeast Minnesota as follows: $970,000 
13.8 	to The Nature Conservancy, $964,000 to Trust 
13.9 	for Public Land, and $1,118,000 to Minnesota 
13.10 	Land Trust. Up to $112,000 to Minnesota 
13.11 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
13.12 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
13.13 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
13.14 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

13.15
13.16	(k) Lower Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration, Phase 4
					
13.17 	$2,345,000 the second year is to acquire land 
13.18 	in permanent conservation easement and to 
13.19 	restore river and related habitat in the Wild 
13.20 	Rice River corridor. Of this amount, $30,000 
13.21 	is to the commissioner of natural resources for 
13.22 	an agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
13.23 	District and $2,315,000 is to the Board of 
13.24 	Water and Soil Resources. The Board of Water 
13.25 	and Soil Resources may use up to $60,000 for 
13.26 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
13.27 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.28 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.29 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
13.30 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
13.31 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
13.32 	must be provided as part of the final report.

13.33
13.34
13.35	(l) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition, Phase 
16
					
14.1 	$1,359,000 the second year is to the 
14.2 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
14.3 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
14.4 	wildlife management purposes under 
14.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
14.6 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
14.7 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
14.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
14.9 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
14.10 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
14.11 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
14.12 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
14.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
14.14 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

14.15
14.16	(m) Accelerating Habitat Conservation in 
Southwest Minnesota, Phase 3
					
14.17 	$2,872,000 the second year is to the 
14.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.19 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
14.20 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
14.21 	and to restore and enhance high-quality 
14.22 	wildlife habitat in southwest Minnesota. Of 
14.23 	this amount, up to $168,000 is to establish a 
14.24 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
14.25 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
14.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
14.27 	subdivision 17.

14.28
14.29	(n) Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection 
and Restoration, Phase 5
					
14.30 	$3,965,000 the second year is to the 
14.31 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.32 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
14.33 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
14.34 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Sauk River 
14.35 	watershed as follows: $375,000 to Great River 
14.36 	Greening; $1,199,000 to Sauk River 
15.1 	Watershed District; $1,192,000 to Pheasants 
15.2 	Forever; and $1,199,000 to Minnesota Land 
15.3 	Trust. Up to $168,000 to Minnesota Land 
15.4 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
15.5 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
15.6 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
15.7 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

15.8	(o) Metro Big Rivers, Phase 14
					
15.9 	$8,123,000 the second year is to the 
15.10 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.11 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
15.12 	permanent conservation easements and to 
15.13 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
15.14 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
15.15 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries 
15.16 	within the metropolitan area as follows: 
15.17 	$1,250,000 to Minnesota Valley National 
15.18 	Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $420,000 to 
15.19 	Friends of the Mississippi River; $803,000 to 
15.20 	Great River Greening; $2,750,000 to Trust for 
15.21 	Public Land; and $2,900,000 to Minnesota 
15.22 	Land Trust. Up to $224,000 to Minnesota 
15.23 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
15.24 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
15.25 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
15.26 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

15.27
15.28	(p) Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation, 
Phase 9
					
15.29 	$1,802,000 the second year is to the 
15.30 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.31 	agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 
15.32 	habitat on public lands and easements in the 
15.33 	Anoka Sand Plain ecoregion and intersecting 
15.34 	minor watersheds as follows: $1,508,000 to 
16.1 	Great River Greening and $294,000 to 
16.2 	Sherburne County.

16.3
16.4	(q) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement, Phase 7
					
16.5 	$4,206,000 the second year is to the 
16.6 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
16.7 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
16.8 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
16.9 	facilitate fish passage.

16.10
16.11	(r) Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat 
Enhancement
					
16.12 	$2,308,000 the second year is to the 
16.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.14 	agreement with Trout Unlimited to restore and 
16.15 	enhance habitat for trout and other species in 
16.16 	and along coldwater rivers, lakes, and streams 
16.17 	throughout Minnesota.

16.18	(s) Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation, Phase 7
					
16.19 	$1,572,000 the second year is to the 
16.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.21 	agreement with the Arrowhead Regional 
16.22 	Development Commission, in cooperation 
16.23 	with the Lake Superior Steelhead Association, 
16.24 	to restore and enhance trout habitat in the 
16.25 	Knife River watershed.

16.26
16.27	(t) DNR St. Louis River Restoration Initiative, 
Phase 11
					
16.28 	$2,163,000 the second year is to the 
16.29 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
16.30 	and enhance priority aquatic, riparian, and 
16.31 	forest habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
16.32 	Of this amount, $716,000 is for an agreement 
16.33 	with Minnesota Land Trust.

16.34	(u) Roseau Lake Rehabilitation, Phase 2
					
17.1 	$3,054,000 the second year is to the 
17.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.3 	agreement with the Roseau River Watershed 
17.4 	District to restore and enhance the Roseau 
17.5 	Lake and Roseau River habitat complex in 
17.6 	Roseau County, Minnesota.

17.7	(v) Highbanks Ravine Bat Hibernaculum
					
17.8 	$2,300,000 the second year is to the 
17.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.10 	agreement with the city of St. Cloud to 
17.11 	enhance the Highbanks Ravine Bat 
17.12 	Hibernaculum in St. Cloud.

17.13
17.14	(w) OwÃ¡mniyomni Native Landscape and River 
Restoration, St. Anthony Falls
					
17.15 	$1,918,000 the second year is to the 
17.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.17 	agreement with Friends of the Falls to restore 
17.18 	and enhance wildlife habitat at Upper St. 
17.19 	Anthony Falls.  This appropriation may only 
17.20 	be spent for site grading, oak savanna, and 
17.21 	aquatic habitat portions of the project.

17.22	(x) Silver Lake Dam Fish Passage Modification
					
17.23 	$2,368,000 the second year is to the 
17.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.25 	agreement with the city of Rochester to restore 
17.26 	and enhance aquatic habitat in Silver Lake and 
17.27 	the south fork of the Zumbro River by 
17.28 	modifying the existing low-head dam in 
17.29 	Rochester.

17.30	(y) Little Devil Track River Restoration
					
17.31 	$3,000,000 the second year is to the 
17.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.33 	agreement with Cook County to restore and 
18.1 	enhance stream habitat in the Little Devil 
18.2 	Track River.

18.3
18.4
18.5	(z) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat, Phase 
16
					
18.6 	$15,000,000 the first year is to the 
18.7 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
18.8 	program to provide competitive matching 
18.9 	grants of up to $500,000 to local, regional, 
18.10 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
18.11 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
18.12 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
18.13 	in Minnesota. Unless there are not enough 
18.14 	eligible grant applications received, of this 
18.15 	amount, at least $4,000,000 is for grants in the 
18.16 	seven-county metropolitan area and cities with 
18.17 	a population of 50,000 or more and at least 
18.18 	$4,000,000 is for grants to applicants that have 
18.19 	not previously applied for money from the 
18.20 	outdoor heritage fund. Grants must not be 
18.21 	made for activities required to fulfill the duties 
18.22 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
18.23 	easements. Grants must not be made from the 
18.24 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
18.25 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
18.26 	$1,000,000. Of the total appropriation, 
18.27 	$600,000 may be spent for personnel costs, 
18.28 	outreach, and support to first-time applicants 
18.29 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
18.30 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
18.31 	in land. Easements must be permanent. Grants 
18.32 	may not be used to establish easement 
18.33 	stewardship accounts. The program must 
18.34 	require a match of at least ten percent from 
18.35 	nonstate sources for all grants. The match may 
18.36 	be cash or in-kind. For grant applications of 
19.1 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
19.2 	provide a separate, simplified application 
19.3 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
19.4 	commissioner of natural resources must, when 
19.5 	evaluating projects of equal value, give 
19.6 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
19.7 	receiving, or a charter to receive, private 
19.8 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
19.9 	projects. All restoration or enhancement 
19.10 	projects must be on land permanently 
19.11 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
19.12 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
19.13 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
19.14 	conservation easement, or by public ownership 
19.15 	or in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
19.16 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 
19.17 	Priority must be given to restoration and 
19.18 	enhancement projects on public lands. 
19.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
19.20 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
19.21 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
19.22 	available until June 30, 2027. No less than five 
19.23 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
19.24 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
19.25 	recipient completes a grant accomplishment 
19.26 	report by the deadline and in the form 
19.27 	prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
19.28 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
19.29 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
19.30 	program in the summary of game and fish law 
19.31 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.32 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

19.33	Subd. 6.Administration
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		1,402,000

19.34	(a) Contract Management
					
20.1 	$350,000 the second year is to the 
20.2 	commissioner of natural resources for contract 
20.3 	management duties assigned in this section. 
20.4 	The commissioner must provide an 
20.5 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
20.6 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
20.7 	on expending this appropriation. The 
20.8 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
20.9 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
20.10 	manual. No money may be expended before 
20.11 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
20.12 	approves the accomplishment plan.  Money 
20.13 	appropriated in this paragraph is available until 
20.14 	June 30, 2026.

20.15	(b) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
20.16 	$160,000 the second year is to the 
20.17 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
20.18 	technical evaluation panel to conduct up to 25 
20.19 	restoration and enhancement evaluations under 
20.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
20.21 	subdivision 10.  Money appropriated in this 
20.22 	paragraph is available until June 30, 2026.

20.23
20.24	(c) Core Functions in Partner-led OHF Land 
Acquisitions
					
20.25 	$892,000 the second year is to the 
20.26 	commissioner of natural resources for 
20.27 	administering the initial development, 
20.28 	restoration, and enhancement of land acquired 
20.29 	in fee with money appropriated from the 
20.30 	outdoor heritage fund. This appropriation may 
20.31 	be used for land acquisition costs incurred by 
20.32 	the department in conveying parcels to the 
20.33 	department and for initial development 
20.34 	activities on fee title acquisitions. Money 
21.1 	appropriated in this paragraph is available until 
21.2 	June 30, 2032.

21.3	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
21.4 	(a) Money appropriated in this section may 
21.5 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
21.6 	directly related to and necessary for a specific 
21.7 	appropriation and are specified in the 
21.8 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
21.9 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
21.10 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
21.11 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
21.12 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
21.13 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
21.14 	Money appropriated for fee title acquisition 
21.15 	of land may be used to restore, enhance, and 
21.16 	provide for public use of the land acquired 
21.17 	with the appropriation. Public-use facilities 
21.18 	must have a minimal impact on habitat in 
21.19 	acquired lands.
21.20 	(b) Money appropriated in this section is 
21.21 	available as follows:
21.22 	(1) money appropriated for acquiring real 
21.23 	property is available until June 30, 2028;
21.24 	(2) money appropriated for restoring and 
21.25 	enhancing land acquired with an appropriation 
21.26 	in this section is available for four years after 
21.27 	the acquisition date with a maximum end date 
21.28 	of June 30, 2032;
21.29 	(3) money appropriated for restoring or 
21.30 	enhancing other land is available until June 
21.31 	30, 2029;
21.32 	(4) notwithstanding clauses (1) to (3), money 
21.33 	appropriated for a project that receives at least 
21.34 	15 percent of its funding from federal funds 
22.1 	is available until a date sufficient to match the 
22.2 	availability of federal funding to a maximum 
22.3 	of six years if the federal funding was 
22.4 	confirmed and included in the original 
22.5 	approved draft accomplishment plan; and
22.6 	(5) money appropriated for other projects is 
22.7 	available until the end of the fiscal year in 
22.8 	which it is appropriated.

22.922.10
	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
22.11 	(a) All agreements referred to in this section 
22.12 	must be administered on a reimbursement 
22.13 	basis unless otherwise provided in this section. 
22.14 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.15 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
22.16 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
22.17 	1, 2024, or the date of accomplishment plan 
22.18 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
22.19 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
22.20 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
22.21 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
22.22 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
22.23 	fund, an expense must be considered 
22.24 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
22.25 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
22.26 	an invoice or binding agreement with a 
22.27 	landowner and the recipient attests that the 
22.28 	goods have been received or the landowner 
22.29 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
22.30 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
22.31 	that the items articulated in the 
22.32 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
22.33 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
22.34 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
22.35 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
23.1 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
23.2 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
23.3 	projects to accommodate cash-flow needs, 
23.4 	support future management of acquired lands, 
23.5 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
23.6 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
23.7 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
23.8 	specific items in excess of $10,000 must be 
23.9 	itemized in and approved as part of the 
23.10 	accomplishment plan.
23.11 	(b) Unless otherwise provided, no money 
23.12 	appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund 
23.13 	in this act may be used to acquire, restore, or 
23.14 	enhance any real property unless the specific 
23.15 	acquisition, restoration, or enhancement is 
23.16 	approved as part of the accomplishment plan 
23.17 	on the parcel list.

23.18	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
23.19 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
23.20 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
23.21 	grant awarded pursuant to this section, must 
23.22 	provide geographic information to the 
23.23 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for 
23.24 	mapping of any lands acquired in fee with 
23.25 	funds appropriated in this section and open to 
23.26 	public taking of fish and game. The 
23.27 	commissioner of natural resources must 
23.28 	include the lands acquired in fee with money 
23.29 	appropriated in this section on maps showing 
23.30 	public recreation opportunities. Maps must 
23.31 	include information on and acknowledgment 
23.32 	of the outdoor heritage fund, including a 
23.33 	notation of any restrictions.

24.1	Subd. 10.Carryforward
 					
24.2 	(a) The availability of the following 
24.3 	appropriations is extended to June 30, 2025:
24.4 	(1) Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 
24.5 	2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph 
24.6 	(f), Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat 
24.7 	Enhancement and Restoration - Phase XI; and
24.8 	(2) Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 
24.9 	2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph 
24.10 	(j), Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
24.11 	Restoration Program - Phase VIII.
24.12 	(b) The availability of the appropriation in 
24.13 	Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 2, 
24.14 	article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph 
24.15 	(g), Big Rice Lake Wild Rice Enhancement, 
24.16 	is extended to June 30, 2026.