Minnesota Legislature
Day 1 LCCMR Presentation Schedule - 2027 Proposals
Monday, June 29, 2026
Co-Chair: Sen. Foung Hawj
REMOTE: through electronic means (YouTube)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
| Time | Proposal ID | Category | Presenter | Title | Organization | Amount Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCCMR Executive Committee Meeting | ||||||
| LCCMR Business | ||||||
| 9:00 AM | 2027-141 | A. Resiliency | Measuring Enhanced Greenhouse Gas Capture by Restored Peatlands | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $1,164,000 | |
| 9:15 AM | 2027-160 | A. Resiliency | Scandia Cemetery Shoreline Restoration Project | St. Louis County | $1,726,000 | |
| 9:30 AM | 2027-207 | A. Resiliency | Spring Lake Schaar's Bluff Prairie and Woodland Restoration | Dakota County | $1,031,000 | |
| 9:45 AM | 2027-235 | A. Resiliency | Building Resilient Urban Forests for Climate Change 2 | Great River Greening | $897,000 | |
| 10:00 AM | 2027-242 | A. Resiliency | Developing Biological Benchmarks for Resilient Lakes | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $359,000 | |
| 10:15 AM | 2027-347 | A. Resiliency | Wildfire Early Detection and Prescribed-Burn Management Using Drones | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $856,000 | |
| 10:30 AM | 2027-435 | A. Resiliency | TickWise Minnesota: A First-Of-Its-Kind Minnesota Lyme Disease Forecast | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $541,000 | |
| 10:45 AM | 2027-558 | A. Resiliency | Gap-Filling Weather Data to Improve Watersheds/Community Resilience | Kandiyohi County | $3,750,000 | |
| 11:00 AM | 2027-035 | B. Water | Mapping Southwest Minnesota’s Hidden Aquifers | U of MN, MN Geological Survey | $654,000 | |
| 11:15 AM | 2027-073 | B. Water | Hybrid Deconstruction of Persistent PFAS Toward Complete Mineralization | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $470,000 | |
| 11:30 AM | 2027-075 | B. Water | A Comprehensive Approach to Advancing Forever Green Agriculture | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $5,000,000 | |
| 11:45 AM | 2027-170 | B. Water | Mississippi Riverwalk Restoration and Public Access Enhancement Project | City of St. Cloud | $6,100,000 | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch Break - 12:00 - 12:30 PM | |||||
| 12:30 PM | 2027-178 | B. Water | Biochar Applications for Stormwater Pond Management and Remediation | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $641,000 | |
| 12:45 PM | 2027-227 | B. Water | Evaluating Sulfate, Chloride, and PFAS Wastewater Treatment Technologies | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $605,000 | |
| 1:00 PM | 2027-293 | B. Water | Impacts of Winter Angling on Tribal Water Quality | U of MN, Water Resources Center | $492,000 | |
| 1:15 PM | 2027-332 | B. Water | Minnesota River Basin Water Storage BMP Prioritization | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $500,000 | |
| 1:30 PM | 2027-432 | B. Water | Geologic Atlases for Water Resource Management-FY27 | U of MN, MN Geological Survey | $1,455,000 | |
| 1:45 PM | 2027-362 | B. Water | DNR County Groundwater Atlas | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $3,500,000 | |
| 2:00 PM | 2027-006 | B. Water | Freeing Minnesota Biosolids of Their PFAS Burden | U of MN, School of Public Health | $882,000 | |
| 2:15 PM | 2027-455 | B. Water | Inventory Aquatic Resources in Minnesota’s Scientific/Natural Areas | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $699,000 | |
| 2:30 PM | 2027-451 | D. Fish and Wildlife | Protect and Sustain Red Lake’s Fisheries and Peatlands | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $1,324,000 | 2:45 PM | 2027-083 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Developing Leadership Pipeline for Minnesota’s Natural Environment | Camp Fire Minnesota | $1,089,000 |
| 3:00 PM | 2027-088 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Minnesota Sustainable Foraging: Participant Research and Educational Outreach | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $773,000 | |
| 3:15 PM | 2027-092 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Caring for Minnesota's Premier Hiking Trail | Superior Hiking Trail Association | $653,000 | |
| 3:30 PM | 2027-115 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Minnesota State Trails Development | MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division | $8,740,000 | |
| 3:45 PM | 2027-120 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Native American Veterans Memorial Plaza and Shoreline Restoration | Dakota County | $495,000 | |
| 4:00 PM | 2027-124 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Indigenous Practice, Modern Threat: Brain-Tanning and CWD | U of MN, College of Veterinary Medicine | $416,000 | |
| 4:15 PM | 2027-125 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | CP Rail Regional Trail - South Segment Construction | Three Rivers Park District | $2,000,000 | |
| 4:30 PM | 2027-139 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Mississippi River Learning Center - Peninsula Restoration | City of St. Paul | $2,901,000 | |
| 4:45 PM | 2027-582 | C. Education and Outdoor Recreation | Building Climate-Resilient Conservation Leadership in Minnesota | Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accion Latina | $564,000 | |
| LCCMR Business | ||||||
| Adjourn | ||||||