Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: HF2624

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.