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2024 LCCMR Strategic Planning

The LCCMR is working on a new strategic plan to help guide its future funding recommendations from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) for projects that protect, conserve, preserve, and enhance Minnesota’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources. (Learn more about the LCCMR and the ENRTF.) The strategic planning process is a requirement of the LCCMR’s governing law.

The LCCMR created a Subcommittee on Strategic Planning in late Fall 2023 to lead strategic planning efforts. See below for more information and resources about the 2024 strategic planning process.

Draft Strategic Plan and Funding Priorities

The LCCMR is currently reviewing the draft strategic plan and funding priorities for the draft ML 2026 LCCMR Request for Proposals (RFP). You can access those documents below:
Draft Strategic Plan Draft Funding Priorities

Strategic Planning Process

The process includes reviewing the LCCMR’s current strategic plan, reviewing 2019 strategic planning efforts, gathering and analyzing public input, and drafting a new strategic plan.

The Subcommittee gathered public input in the spring of 2024 through a public survey, a subject matter expert survey, and the following listening sessions:

  • March 26 (virtual)
  • April 26 (Saint Paul)
  • May 3 (Brainerd)
  • May 3 (Detroit Lakes)
  • May 4 (Saint Cloud)

At Subcommittee meetings during the summer and fall of 2024, this public input was used to inform possible future ENRTF goals and strategies, potential changes to the proposal solicitation, review, and recommendation process, and other topics. The Subcommittee drafted a new strategic plan in the fall of 2024, which is currently available for public comment. The full Commission will consider public comments and approval of the strategic plan at its December 11, 2024 meeting.

Details about past and upcoming Subcommittee meetings, including meetings minutes and video from previous meetings, can be found on the LCCMR Meeting Schedule page.

Strategic Planning Resources

About the Subcommittee

Subcommittee Members:
Rita Albrecht (subcommittee chair)
Michael Reese (subcommittee vice-chair)
Sen. Steve Green
Rep. Rick Hansen
Sen. Foung Hawj
Rep. Josh Heintzeman
Shona Langseth
Sen. Jennifer McEwen (alternate senate member)
Jeremy Peichel (alternate citizen member)

Subcommittee Meetings:
Details about past and upcoming Subcommittee meetings, including meetings minutes and video from previous meetings, can be found on the LCCMR Meeting Schedule page.