Schedule 06/24/2025

Day 1 LCCMR Presentation Schedule - 2026 Proposals - Revised 6/24

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Co-Chair: Rep. Sydney Jordan

REMOTE: through electronic means (YouTube)
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Start Time Proposal ID Category Presenter Title Organization Amount Requested
LCCMR Business
8:30 AM 2026-085 A. Resiliency
Julia Quanrud ; Nalani McCutcheon
Community Resiliency through AmeriCorps ServeMinnesota $4,500,000
8:45 AM 2026-155 A. Resiliency
Kristin Mroz Risse
Preparing Resilient Communities with Model Land Use Ordinances Minnesota Pollution Control Agency $480,000
9:00 AM 2026-207 A. Resiliency
Dan Shaw
Resilient and Biodiverse Community Spaces Board of Water and Soil Resources $675,000
9:15 AM 2026-218 A. Resiliency
Joshua Bergstad
Northwoods and Waters Community Resilience Collaborative Arrowhead Regional Development Commission $1,516,000
9:30 AM 2026-265 A. Resiliency
Eric Schenck, Executive Director
Enhancing Forest Resilience through Collaborative Partnerships Minnesota Forest Resources Council $980,000
9:45 AM 2026-282 A. Resiliency
Valerie McClannahan
Protect Community Forests for Community Resiliency MN DNR, Forestry Division $3,500,000
10:00 AM 2026-298 A. Resiliency
Charles Lippert
Identifying Flooding Hazards on Mille Lacs Tribal Lands Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe $900,000
10:15 AM 2026-334 A. Resiliency
Rachel Gregg ; Matt Hemmila
Scandia Cemetery Shoreline Restoration Project St. Louis County $2,550,000
10:30 AM 2026-464 A. Resiliency
Prof. Natasha Wright
Advancing Dehydration Technologies for Resilient Minnesota Food Systems U of MN, College of Science and Engineering $368,000
10:45 AM 2026-508 A. Resiliency
Dr. Sabine Engel
Climate-Smart Counties and Communities: Collaborative Resiliency Solutions U of MN, Institute on the Environment $975,000
11:00 AM 2026-544 A. Resiliency
Dr. Wenqing Zhang
Sustainable Food Security, Ecosystem Restoration, and Indigenous Empowerment U of MN, Duluth $620,000
11:15 AM 2026-055 B. Water
Prof. Hua Zhao
Eliminating Phenolic Compounds from Water Using Enzyme Filter U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences $390,000
11:30 AM 2026-070 B. Water
Jim Hauth
Vadnais Lake: Nature-Based Recreation and Drinking Water Protection City of Vadnais Heights $3,616,000
11:45 AM 2026-088 B. Water
Kari Kennedy
Twin Cities PBS Almanac Environment and Natural Resources Desk Twin Cities Public Television $673,000
12:00 PM 2026-457 G. Small Projects
Sub: D. Fish and Wildlife
Dr. Erik Runquist
Building a Future for Minnesota's At-Risk Butterflies Minnesota Zoological Garden $294,000
12:10 PM Lunch Break - 12:10 - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM 2026-116 B. Water
Colleen O'Connor Toberman
Studying Dam Removal Feasibility for the Mississippi Gorge Friends of the Mississippi River $1,099,000
12:45 PM 2026-124 B. Water
William Arnold
Protecting Minnesota’s Waters from Plastic- and Rubber-Derived Chemicals U of MN, College of Science and Engineering $600,000
1:00 PM 2026-164 B. Water
Dr. Chan Lan Chun
Public Toolbox to Forecast Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms U of MN, Duluth - NRRI $550,000
1:15 PM 2026-168 B. Water
Dr. Veluchamy Chitraichamy
Integrating Biological-Carbon Capture and Microalgae for Sustainable Biofuel Production U of MN, WCROC $641,000
1:30 PM 2026-169 B. Water
Dr. Alexander Frie
PFAS in Precipitation: Assessing a Critical Statewide Threat U of MN, Duluth - Sea Grant $1,095,000
1:45 PM 2026-203 B. Water
Dr. Benjamin Maas
Assessment of Microplastic Pollution in Karst Aquifers Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Metropolitan State University $472,000
2:00 PM 2026-210 B. Water
Chris McConn, Otter Tail County Solid Waste Director ; Com. Wayne Johnson, Otter Tail County Board Chair
Ash Recovery and Recycling Center Otter Tail County $1,270,000
2:15 PM 2026-248 B. Water
David Duffey
PFAS and Microplastics: Potential Impacts of Environmental Co-Occurrence Minnesota Pollution Control Agency $765,000
2:30 PM 2026-312 B. Water
Dr. Kun Zhang
Optimal Sampling Design for Tracking Impairments in Streams U of MN, Duluth $329,000
2:45 PM 2026-331 B. Water
Ed Matthiesen
Brookdale Park Shingle Creek Restoration and Access Improvements City of Brooklyn Park $410,000
3:00 PM 2026-382 B. Water
Dr. Qizhi He
Determining Fracture Characteristics for Karst Groundwater Flow Modeling U of MN, College of Science and Engineering $581,000
3:15 PM 2026-424 B. Water
Dave Holt
Restoring Wild Rice Waters: Sulfate and Mercury Treatment White Iron Chain of Lakes Association $785,000
3:30 PM 2026-425 B. Water
John Nieber
Drainage Tools for Minimizing Downstream Impacts U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences $421,000
3:45 PM 2026-447 B. Water
Prof. Tianhong Cui
Cheap Portable Sensor to Detect PFAS in Water U of MN, College of Science and Engineering $369,000
4:00 PM LCCMR Business