Minnesota Legislature
2027 Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Proposals Received
As of March 18, 2026, the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) received 434 proposals requesting a total of approximately $375 million. The amount available for appropriation from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) for this funding cycle is approximately $121 million. This RFP process is for funds that become available for the first year of the FY 2028-FY 2029 biennium beginning July 1, 2027.
LCCMR reviews and evaluates all proposals against their adopted evaluation criteria. On June 17, 2026, members will select a subset of high-ranking proposals to invite for presentation before the LCCMR on June 29-30 and July 1-2, 2026, in order to receive further consideration. On July 30, 2026, the LCCMR will meet to make final selection and funding allocation decisions. In late 2026, the commission will meet to approve appropriation bill language for these projects that will be presented to the 2027 Minnesota Legislature as the official LCCMR recommendations for spending from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.
Check the LCCMR schedule for the most up-to-date information and important process dates.
Visit the 2027 Proposal & Funding Process Main Page for additional information.
Print-ready list of 2027 proposals received - listed by category with project summaries (58-page PDF file).
Print-ready list of 2027 proposals received - listed by category without project summaries (35-page PDF file).
Summary and Process of the M.L. 2027 proposals received.
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| Proposal ID | First Name | Last Name | Title | Organization | Requested $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Resiliency (RECEIVED: 47 Proposals / Subtotal - $44,352,000) |
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| 2027-042 | John | Gulliver | Resilient Lawns to Mitigate Flooding from Extreme Storms | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $598,000 |
| 2027-091 | Robert | Sip | Rural Floodplain Mapping Initiative for Strategic Watershed Conservation | Red River Watershed Management Board | $1,250,000 |
| 2027-112 | Marcella | Windmuller-Campione | Maximizing Lowland Conifer Ecosystem Services - Phase III | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $575,000 |
| 2027-129 | Susan | Balenger | Assessing Risk of Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment on Insects | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $632,000 |
| 2027-141 | Mark | Green | Measuring Enhanced Greenhouse Gas Capture by Restored Peatlands | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $1,164,000 |
| 2027-147 | Samuel | Sharp | Rural Resilience Coordination | Region Nine Development Commission | $500,000 |
| 2027-155 | Megan | Kuhl-Stennes | Improving AQI Forecasting and Climate Resiliency with Sensors | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $893,000 |
| 2027-160 | Rachel | Gregg | Scandia Cemetery Shoreline Restoration Project | St. Louis County | $1,726,000 |
| 2027-168 | Heather | Arends | Aggregate Resource Mapping | MN DNR, Lands and Minerals Division | $653,000 |
| 2027-207 | Shannon | Montante | Spring Lake Schaar's Bluff Prairie and Woodland Restoration | Dakota County | $1,031,000 |
| 2027-221 | Jesse | Berman | Drought Adaptation and Resiliency Planning for Minnesota | U of MN, School of Public Health | $536,000 |
| 2027-233 | Christina | Smith-Martin | Determining Urban Forest Patch Health and Regeneration | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $577,000 |
| 2027-235 | Katie | Edmond | Building Resilient Urban Forests for Climate Change 2 | Great River Greening | $897,000 |
| 2027-242 | Tyler | Butts | Developing Biological Benchmarks for Resilient Lakes | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $359,000 |
| 2027-247 | Danielle | Ignace | Recovery of Forest Ecosystems and Wildlife After Fire | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $634,000 |
| 2027-250 | Britt | Gangeness | Leveraging K-12 Schools for Community Resilience | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $828,000 |
| 2027-261 | Wenqing | Zhang | Milkweed Renaissance: Conservation-Compatible Milkweed Supply Chain | U of MN, Duluth | $1,579,000 |
| 2027-265 | Shawn | Dolan | Minnesota Furniture Recovery and Resilience Initiative | EMERGE Community Development | $2,365,000 |
| 2027-266 | Benjamin | Cull | Tick-Borne Disease Risk in Earthworm-Invaded Minnesota Forests | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $350,000 |
| 2027-297 | Jeffrey | Strock | Continuous Living Cover: Safeguarding Soil and Water Health | U of MN, Southwest Research and Outreach Center | $321,000 |
| 2027-311 | Veluchamy | Chitraichamy | Resilient Novel Bio-Based GHGs Reduction Strategies for Livestock-Manure | U of MN, WCROC | $585,000 |
| 2027-316 | Brent | Williams | Protecting Minnesota's Environment Through Mobile Air Monitoring | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $994,000 |
| 2027-319 | Sushma | Reddy | The Impact of Microplastics on Minnesota's Wildlife | U of MN, Bell Museum | $430,000 |
| 2027-325 | Qizhi | He | Forecasting Minnesota Natural Hazards by Geospatial Intelligence Model | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $516,000 |
| 2027-337 | Declan | Schroeder | Bee Minnesota II: Protect our Native Bees | U of MN, College of Veterinary Medicine | $865,000 |
| 2027-338 | Eric | Buchanan | Solar Powered Container Farm for Local Food Production | U of MN, WCROC | $1,018,000 |
| 2027-342 | Grace | Wilson | Rebuilding After Fire: Investigating Soil Toxicity | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $310,000 |
| 2027-347 | Ce | Yang | Wildfire Early Detection and Prescribed-Burn Management Using Drones | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $856,000 |
| 2027-367 | Shri | Ramaswamy | Resilient Sustainable Bioeconomy Utilizing Minnesota’s Waste Bioresources. | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $712,000 |
| 2027-370 | Keb | Guralski | Forest Disturbance, Risk and Resiliency Mapping and Monitoring | MN DNR, Forestry Division | $500,000 |
| 2027-383 | Roger | Ruan | Climate-Resilient Landfill Volume Reduction and PFAS Control | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $600,000 |
| 2027-435 | Ryan | Harp | TickWise Minnesota: A First-Of-Its-Kind Minnesota Lyme Disease Forecast | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $541,000 |
| 2027-443 | Haley | Smith | Deepen Understanding of Environmental Impacts of Wetland Restoration | National Park Service, Voyageurs National Park | $637,000 |
| 2027-457 | Matthew | Tierney | Resilience Adaptation Framework and Toolkit (RAFT) | U of MN, Center for Sustainable Building Research | $1,464,000 |
| 2027-459 | Joe | Magner | Predicting BWCAW Landscape Damage: Extreme Rain/Runoff Thresholds | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $657,000 |
| 2027-463 | Anqing | Xuan | Forecasting Weather-Driven Cold-Water Habitat Risk in Minnesota | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $336,000 |
| 2027-466 | Peter | Smerud | Reconnecting Sawmill Creek: Climate-Resilient Access for Learning | Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center | $409,000 |
| 2027-473 | Nathan | Eylands | Pulse of the Plant: Smart Greenhouse Lighting Control | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $816,000 |
| 2027-494 | David | Mulla | Protecting Drinking Water from Nitrates in Southeast Minnesota | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $836,000 |
| 2027-497 | Leif | Olmanson | Guiding Minnesota Climate Resilience: Actionable Surface Temperature Insights | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $584,000 |
| 2027-506 | Mindy | Granley | Aligning Resources for Community Resilience Implementation in Minnesota | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $5,935,000 |
| 2027-523 | Irina | Stepanov | Impact of Tobacco and Nicotine Waste in Minnesota | U of MN, School of Public Health | $830,000 |
| 2027-547 | Lian | Shen | Winter Precipitation Prediction to Support Minnesota Forest Resilience | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $475,000 |
| 2027-556 | Kevin | Silverstein | Mapping Continuous Living Cover for Environmental Assessment | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $523,000 |
| 2027-558 | Ace | Bonnema | Gap-Filling Weather Data to Improve Watersheds/Community Resilience | Kandiyohi County | $3,750,000 |
| 2027-581 | Jennifer | Murphy | Mapping Forest Species Composition | MN DNR, Forestry Division | $729,000 |
| 2027-615 | Kristine | Maurer | Building Implementation Capacity for Natural Systems, Hennepin County | Hennepin County | $976,000 |
| Subtotal | $44,352,000 | ||||
| A. Resiliency G. Small Projects (RECEIVED: 25 Proposals / Subtotal - $6,631,000) |
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| 2027-050 | Jared | Rubinstein | Natural Resource Inventory for Restoration and Resilient Landscapes | U of MN, Landscape Arboretum | $137,000 |
| 2027-078 | Roger | Ruan | Expanding Minnesota Plastic Recycling Beyond Mechanical Limits | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-103 | John | Du Plissis | Linking Minnesota’s Forest Ecosystems with Future Forest Bioeconomy | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $265,000 |
| 2027-137 | Madison | Rodman | Community Dune Science for a Resilient Minnesota Point | U of MN, Duluth - Sea Grant | $299,000 |
| 2027-154 | Cedar | Walters | Restoring Prairies, Supporting Communities | West Central Initiative | $296,000 |
| 2027-157 | Brandon | Miller | Evaluating Native Prairie Willow for Managed Landscape Applications | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $75,000 |
| 2027-186 | Todd | Rexine | Expanding On-Site Biochar Statewide | Great River Greening | $298,000 |
| 2027-299 | Jeffrey | Strock | Field to Future: Agroecological Cropping Systems for Resilience | U of MN, Southwest Research and Outreach Center | $274,000 |
| 2027-306 | John | Zobel | Balancing Wildlife Habitat, Forest Management, and Climate Readiness | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $163,000 |
| 2027-326 | Brett | Barney | Keeping Minnesota Nitrogen Fertilizers in Their Place | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $289,000 |
| 2027-327 | Bo | Wang | Biological Deodorization of Biogas | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $297,000 |
| 2027-392 | Thomas | Rodengen | Minnesota's Lacustrine Systems: A Conservation Inquiry | Creative Scientific | $148,000 |
| 2027-401 | Victor | Lai | Pathogen-Driven Behavioral Changes in Deer Ticks | U of MN, Duluth | $299,000 |
| 2027-407 | Ognjen | Ilic | High-Altitude Imaging for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $298,000 |
| 2027-424 | Samantha | Wells | Wide-Row Corn Systems for Water Quality and Farmer | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $293,000 |
| 2027-445 | Matthew | Petersen | Protecting Threatened Aquatic Insects and Coldwater Stream Systems | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $298,000 |
| 2027-454 | Brian | Dingmann | Evaluating Microbial Recovery in Restored Minnesota Peatlands | U of MN, Crookston | $296,000 |
| 2027-469 | Henry | Van Offelen | Identifying and Prioritizing Water Storage Sites Throughout Minnesota | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $251,000 |
| 2027-475 | Nfamara K | Dampha | Minnesota Resilience Accelerator: Nature-Based Watershed Planning | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $299,000 |
| 2027-477 | Jeremy | Hemberger | Climate Resilient Pollinator Corridors | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-509 | Cristian | Beza Beza | Enhancing Agrilus Biomonitoring to Increase Minnesota Forest Resilience | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $296,000 |
| 2027-518 | Ghanesh | Narasimhan | Protecting Minnesota Rivers from Polar Vortex Flood Risk | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $267,000 |
| 2027-527 | James | Cotner | Land and Water Management to Minimize Herbicide Exposure | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $293,000 |
| 2027-534 | Adriana | Uscanga Castillo | Remotely-Sensed Tree Inventories for Urban and Community Forests | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-594 | Sami | Holm | Headwaters Regional Resiliency Hub | Headwaters Regional Development Commission | $300,000 |
| Subtotal | $6,631,000 | ||||
| B. Water (RECEIVED: 69 Proposals / Subtotal - $62,129,000) |
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| 2027-033 | Hua | Zhao | Removing Toxic Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) from Minnesota Waters | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $403,000 |
| 2027-035 | Aaron | Hirsch | Mapping Southwest Minnesota’s Hidden Aquifers | U of MN, MN Geological Survey | $654,000 |
| 2027-055 | Alexander | Frie | Water Science-Policy Fellowships: Strengthening Minnesota’s Waters and Workforce | U of MN, Duluth - Sea Grant | $505,000 |
| 2027-063 | Jeff | Forester | Data Buoy - A Portal Beneath the Waves | Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates | $685,000 |
| 2027-068 | Kaira | Kamke | Developing a Lake Macroinvertebrate Index - Phase 1 | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $2,624,000 |
| 2027-070 | Veluchamy | Chitraichamy | Dairy Wastewater to Clean Water: Sustainable Nutrient Recovery | U of MN, WCROC | $498,000 |
| 2027-073 | Xiaowen | Chen | Hybrid Deconstruction of Persistent PFAS Toward Complete Mineralization | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $470,000 |
| 2027-075 | Mitchell | Hunter | A Comprehensive Approach to Advancing Forever Green Agriculture | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $5,000,000 |
| 2027-081 | Kyle | Pillatzki | Plasma System for Economically Viable PFAS Remediation | Cottonwood County | $868,000 |
| 2027-082 | Kathy | Nielsen | Study: Addressing HAB's in Pokegama Lake Using Nanobubbles Technology | Pokegama Lake Association | $3,802,000 |
| 2027-090 | Heidi | Roop | Minnesota FloodWise Communities Extension Program | U of MN, Extension | $1,000,000 |
| 2027-106 | Jeffrey | Marr | Impact of Recreational Boating on Alum Treated Lakes | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $475,000 |
| 2027-114 | Timothy | LaPara | Is Non-Disinfected Groundwater a Cause of Legionnaires’ Disease? | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $699,000 |
| 2027-156 | Beatriz | Baselga Cervera | Biocontrol of Harmful Algal Blooms | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $483,000 |
| 2027-162 | Hailey | Sauer | Before the Thaw: Winter Matters for Harmful Algae | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $750,000 |
| 2027-164 | Seth | Thompson | Elevating Teachers as Local Water Leaders Through Education | Freshwater Society | $350,000 |
| 2027-170 | Luke | Langner | Mississippi Riverwalk Restoration and Public Access Enhancement Project | City of St. Cloud | $6,100,000 |
| 2027-177 | Veluchamy | Chitraichamy | Duckweed for Clean Water and Sustainable Bioproducts Production | U of MN, WCROC | $688,000 |
| 2027-178 | Lea | Pollack | Biochar Applications for Stormwater Pond Management and Remediation | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $641,000 |
| 2027-183 | Kelsey | Prihoda | Watershed Watchers: Empowering Educators to Expand Water Monitoring | U of MN, Duluth - Sea Grant | $496,000 |
| 2027-191 | Chuck | Kendall | Expand Successful Upper Twin Results to the Chain | Twin Lake Association | $449,000 |
| 2027-218 | Daniel | Larkin | Better Training, Better Shoreline Restorations, Healthier Lakes | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $432,000 |
| 2027-223 | Emily | Zanon | Nitrogen Water Quality Trading Pilot Project | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $627,000 |
| 2027-224 | Bridget | Ulrich | Will Extreme Weather Increase Runoff Toxicity to Fish? | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $748,000 |
| 2027-227 | Ashley | Kneemueller | Evaluating Sulfate, Chloride, and PFAS Wastewater Treatment Technologies | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $605,000 |
| 2027-243 | Lindsay | Pease | Improving Year-Round Water Quality Downstream of Livestock Pastures | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $847,000 |
| 2027-244 | Sarah | Roth | Aligning Conservation Programs with Farmer Needs | U of MN, Water Resources Center | $357,000 |
| 2027-251 | Michael | Ginsbach | Determining Ambient Background PFAS Concentrations in Minnesota Groundwater | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $500,000 |
| 2027-255 | James | Cotner | Restoring Lakes and Mitigating Our Changing Climate | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $565,000 |
| 2027-263 | William | Arnold | Trifluoroacetic Acid in Minnesota Waters: Levels and Formation | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $591,000 |
| 2027-271 | Michele | Guala | Improving Toe-Wood Design and Installation in Stream-Restoration Projects | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $436,000 |
| 2027-277 | Byeonghwa | Jeon | Protecting Minnesota's Waters from Climate-Driven Antibiotic Resistance | U of MN, School of Public Health | $1,621,000 |
| 2027-281 | Sami | Selter | Expanding Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Containment and Shielding | Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates | $1,445,000 |
| 2027-283 | Rachel | Wheeler | Alum Treatment Cross Lake Pine County | Cross Lake Association of Pine County | $2,040,000 |
| 2027-286 | David | Bennett | Northfield Ames Mill Dam Removal | City of Northfield | $800,000 |
| 2027-289 | Bo | Wang | Use Cyanobacteria to Remove PFAS from Minnesota's Water | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $337,000 |
| 2027-293 | Bonnie | Keeler | Impacts of Winter Angling on Tribal Water Quality | U of MN, Water Resources Center | $492,000 |
| 2027-318 | Andy | Erickson | Building Resilience Against Flooding from Extreme Rainfall | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $674,000 |
| 2027-320 | Brett | Barney | Minnesota Microbes for Enhanced Biodegradation of Microplastics | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $608,000 |
| 2027-321 | Eric | Watkins | Protecting Groundwater Through Optimized Municipal Green Infrastructure | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $980,000 |
| 2027-322 | Prodromos | Daoutidis | Precision Water and Nitrogen Management for Sustainable Agriculture | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $664,000 |
| 2027-332 | Rita | Weaver | Minnesota River Basin Water Storage BMP Prioritization | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $500,000 |
| 2027-346 | Zachary | McEachran | Statewide River Forecast System | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $979,000 |
| 2027-357 | Judy | Yang | Floating Wetlands for Stormwater Microplastic and Pathogen Removal | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $390,000 |
| 2027-358 | Anna | Cates | Oats and Water Quality: Potential for Nitrogen Preservation | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $706,000 |
| 2027-359 | Ardeshir | Ebtehaj | MinLake-IceWatch: Real-Time Minnesota Lake Ice Forecasting Decision Platform | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $387,000 |
| 2027-362 | Vanessa | Baratta-Person | DNR County Groundwater Atlas | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $3,500,000 |
| 2027-388 | John | Nieber | Tools to Improve Downstream Hydrology and Water Quality | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $504,000 |
| 2027-406 | Natalia | Mossmann Koch | Roadside Mosses as Biological Filters for Mitigating Microplastics | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $509,000 |
| 2027-432 | Barbara | Lusardi | Geologic Atlases for Water Resource Management-FY27 | U of MN, MN Geological Survey | $1,455,000 |
| 2027-440 | Phillip | Larson | Dam Failure and the Future Blue Earth River | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minnesota State University Mankato | $415,000 |
| 2027-453 | Sebastian | Behrens | Engineered Soils for Pollution and Road Salt Resiliency | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $550,000 |
| 2027-455 | Mark | Edlund | Inventory Aquatic Resources in Minnesota’s Scientific/Natural Areas | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $699,000 |
| 2027-458 | Lian | Shen | Predicting Foam Formation and Motion in Minnesota Waters | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $500,000 |
| 2027-482 | Armando | Oster | Brooklyn Center Urban Waterway / Linear Ponding Feasibility Study | City of Brooklyn Center | $393,000 |
| 2027-486 | Tim | Sundby | Quantifying Stream Restoration Results to Prioritize Future Investments | Carver County Water Management Organization | $346,000 |
| 2027-490 | Matt | Simcik | Using Irrigation to Rid Minnesota of PFAS | U of MN, School of Public Health | $370,000 |
| 2027-507 | Byron | Steinman | Fate of Storm-Driven River Sediments in Lake Superior | U of MN, Duluth - Large Lakes Observatory | $447,000 |
| 2027-512 | Jane | de Lambert | Emerging Contaminant Monitoring in Minnesota Drinking Water | Minnesota Department of Health | $1,150,000 |
| 2027-513 | Han | Liu | Predicting Microplastic Hotspots in Minnesota Rivers | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $350,000 |
| 2027-530 | Tianhong | Cui | Removing PFAS from Minnesota Waters Using Sunlight | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $365,000 |
| 2027-531 | Tianhong | Cui | Preventing Algal Blooms with Real-Time Phosphate Monitoring | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $377,000 |
| 2027-533 | Aicam | Laacouri | Scaling Oats for Soil Health and Water Quality | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | $500,000 |
| 2027-542 | Emily | Dick | Recovering the Natural Balance of Fish Lake | Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District | $666,000 |
| 2027-544 | Erin | Mittag | Balancing Budgets: Incorporating Sediment Phosphorus Strengthens Lake Management | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $699,000 |
| 2027-553 | Karl | Anderson | Minnesota Water Watch: Citizen Sensors for Water Quality | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Northwest Technical College | $445,000 |
| 2027-567 | Nicholas | Gallagher | Dashboard and Economic Analysis for Nutrient Reduction Goals | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $621,000 |
| 2027-569 | John | Downing | Neighbors Protect Lakes: A Septic Stewardship Pilot | Itasca Waters | $532,000 |
| 2027-614 | Warren | Formo | Watershed-Scale Evaluation of Conservation Drainage Using Machine Learning | Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center | $765,000 |
| Subtotal | $62,129,000 | ||||
| B. Water G. Small Projects (RECEIVED: 24 Proposals / Subtotal - $5,419,000) |
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| 2027-040 | Alicia | O'Hare | Howard Lake Habitat Restoration | Wright Soil and Water Conservation District | $297,000 |
| 2027-057 | Kelsey | Klucas | Reduction of Persistent Industrial Chemicals in Minnesota’s Water | U of MN, School of Public Health | $209,000 |
| 2027-087 | Larry | Vollmar | AIS Shielding and Containment on Cedar Lake | Cedar Lake Improvement District | $85,000 |
| 2027-101 | Mary | Schneider | Loretto Water Treatment Pilot Study | City of Loretto | $68,000 |
| 2027-108 | Joshua | Layfield | Biochar-Based Solutions for Forever Chemical Contamination | University of St. Thomas | $124,000 |
| 2027-121 | Lily | Carr | Strengthening the Lake Steward Program: It's Shore Important! | Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Protection and Education | $204,000 |
| 2027-197 | Otto | Strack | Subsurface Irrigation Design | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $264,000 |
| 2027-288 | Veluchamy | Chitraichamy | Novel Algae Based Sustainable Bioproducts from Mining Wastewater | U of MN, WCROC | $300,000 |
| 2027-298 | Min | Addy | Integrated Treatment and Metal Recovery from Mine Water | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-324 | Prasanth Kumar | Sasidharan Pillai | Polyurethane Fertilizer Coatings to Reduce Agricultural Nutrient Runoff | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $260,000 |
| 2027-344 | Jeff | Jeremiason | Why are Crane Lake Mercury Levels So High? | Gustavus Adolphus College | $192,000 |
| 2027-355 | Xiaowen | Chen | Bio-Based Slow-Release Fertilizer to Reduce Agricultural Nitrate Runoff | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-384 | Juer | Liu | Reducing PFAS Mass Loading to Minnesota Waters | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-385 | Satoshi | Ishii | Mapping Hotspots of Antibacterial Resistance in Minnesota's Waters | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $190,000 |
| 2027-386 | Abdennour | Abbas | Minnesota PFAS Destruction Verification Framework | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-418 | Andy | Chambers | Water Education and Well Testing for Karst Communities | Science Museum of Minnesota | $295,000 |
| 2027-423 | Larry | Vollmar | Phosphorus Reduction Through Biomass Removal in Cedar Lake | Cedar Lake Improvement District | $113,000 |
| 2027-434 | Juan | Medina Bielski | Industrial Wastewater Upcycling for Nutrient Recovery and Reuse | Rahr Technical Center, LLC | $300,000 |
| 2027-462 | Thomas | Rodengen | Ice Thickness Monitoring Sensor | Creative Scientific | $60,000 |
| 2027-492 | Jiarong | Hong | HAB Early Warning Using Imaging Triggered eDNA Analysis | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $299,000 |
| 2027-504 | Prasanth Kumar | Sasidharan Pillai | Microalgal Consortium for Bioremediation of PFAS in Minnesota | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $294,000 |
| 2027-524 | Xiaojia | Wang | Energy-Efficient Electrochemical PFAS Destruction for Minnesota Water Protection | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $297,000 |
| 2027-526 | Xiaojia | Wang | Solar-Driven Near-Zero-Liquid-Discharge for PFAS-Contaminated Minnesota Water Resources | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $218,000 |
| 2027-571 | Susan | Colvin | Linking Land Use, BMPs, and Groundwater Nitrate Levels | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minnesota State University Mankato | $150,000 |
| Subtotal | $5,419,000 | ||||
| C. Education and Outdoor Recreation (RECEIVED: 82 Proposals / Subtotal - $105,586,000) |
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| 2027-053 | Andrew | Wickert | Parks of Fire and Ice | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $485,000 |
| 2027-067 | Alexa | Shapiro | Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail Development | Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail | $495,000 |
| 2027-074 | Luke | Reese | Jay C. Hormel Supplemental Teaching Staff | City of Austin | $397,000 |
| 2027-083 | Sara | Lemke | Developing Leadership Pipeline for Minnesota’s Natural Environment | Camp Fire Minnesota | $1,089,000 |
| 2027-088 | Ingrid | Schneider | Minnesota Sustainable Foraging: Participant Research and Educational Outreach | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $773,000 |
| 2027-092 | Lisa | Luokkala | Caring for Minnesota's Premier Hiking Trail | Superior Hiking Trail Association | $653,000 |
| 2027-095 | Zac | Dockter | Mississippi Dunes Park Development Project | City of Cottage Grove | $386,000 |
| 2027-115 | Kent | Skaar | Minnesota State Trails Development | MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division | $8,740,000 |
| 2027-120 | Tony | Wotzka | Native American Veterans Memorial Plaza and Shoreline Restoration | Dakota County | $495,000 |
| 2027-124 | Tiffany | Wolf | Indigenous Practice, Modern Threat: Brain-Tanning and CWD | U of MN, College of Veterinary Medicine | $416,000 |
| 2027-125 | Maggie | Heurung | CP Rail Regional Trail - South Segment Construction | Three Rivers Park District | $2,000,000 |
| 2027-139 | Anne | Gardner | Mississippi River Learning Center - Peninsula Restoration | City of St. Paul | $2,901,000 |
| 2027-152 | Alison | Nyenhuis | The Boundary Waters Is Our Backyard | Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness | $655,000 |
| 2027-165 | Seth | Thompson | Two-Eyed Seeing: Mentorship Blending Indigenous and Western Science | Freshwater Society | $495,000 |
| 2027-167 | Matt | Poppleton | St. Croix River Gateway Project at Lumberjack Landing | Wild Rivers Conservancy | $1,158,000 |
| 2027-173 | Lawrence | Kirch | Completing the Root River Trail in Houston County | City of La Crescent | $792,000 |
| 2027-175 | Kjersti | Monson | Two Harbors Waterfront: Enhancing the North Shore Experience | City of Two Harbors | $1,620,000 |
| 2027-184 | Robert | Blair | Minnesota Master Naturalist Teacher Institute | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $446,000 |
| 2027-192 | Hannah | Brithón | Mikinaake: Connecting Indigenous Youth to Land-Based Learning | Belwin Conservancy | $817,000 |
| 2027-193 | Marissa | Milstein | Revitalizing Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping in White Earth | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $561,000 |
| 2027-205 | Autumn | Hubbell | Spring Lake Park Reserve- Indigenous Messaging Plan Implementation | Dakota County | $316,000 |
| 2027-206 | Tony | Wotzka | Pollinator Pathways: Habitat Restoration and Connecting Communities | Dakota County | $652,000 |
| 2027-208 | Niki | Geisler | Dakota County Parks Outdoor Accessibility Improvements | Dakota County | $558,000 |
| 2027-209 | Brent | Larson | Blaine Wetland Sanctuary Trail Development | City of Blaine | $2,350,000 |
| 2027-213 | Joe | Masiarchin | Environmental Learning Center Program Enhancements: Ritter Farm Park | City of Lakeville | $723,000 |
| 2027-219 | Aaron | Raivo-Lynch | Camp Katharine Parsons - Main Road and Parking Lot | Phyllis Wheatley Community Center | $1,052,000 |
| 2027-222 | Dawn | Pape | Clean Economy Educators: In-School Field Trips | We All Need Food and Water | $638,000 |
| 2027-237 | Forrest | Fleischman | Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Workforce Development Study | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $542,000 |
| 2027-259 | Heather | Nelson | Mississippi River Trail Expansion in Champlin | City of Champlin | $1,500,000 |
| 2027-270 | Nick | Bancks | Outdoors For All: Collaborative Partnerships Increasing Out-Of-Doors Access | The Trust for Public Land | $1,034,000 |
| 2027-279 | Timothy | Dudley | CREST Groundwork Project | U of MN, Crookston | $494,000 |
| 2027-285 | Michael | Stifter | Casting Lines, Growing Habitat, Connecting Community | City of Hutchinson | $530,000 |
| 2027-290 | Ange | Hwang | Minnesota Comprehensive Environmental Education: From Immersion to Hands-on | MN350 | $6,668,000 |
| 2027-304 | Kellee | Omlid | North Creek Greenway Trails and Trailhead Construction Project | City of Farmington | $2,095,000 |
| 2027-305 | Nick | Arola | Carey Lake Accessible Trailhead Building Project | City of Hibbing | $1,124,000 |
| 2027-307 | Catherine | Early | Braiding Knowledge for Biodiversity Conservation | Science Museum of Minnesota | $709,000 |
| 2027-312 | Jenni | Bubke | Local Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas Grant Programs | MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division | $5,000,000 |
| 2027-314 | Zach | Robinson | Spark-Y Urban Agriculture Hub Development | Spark-Y, Pathways Program | $672,000 |
| 2027-323 | Ingrid | Schneider | Assessing Actual and Perceived Watercraft Behavior and Safety | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $786,000 |
| 2027-333 | Kris | Eilers | Restoring Generational Connections to the St. Louis River | St. Louis River Alliance | $404,000 |
| 2027-341 | Sarah | Ciochetto | Mesabi Trail Multiple Segments Eveleth, Gilbert, and Tower | St. Louis & Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority | $1,650,000 |
| 2027-352 | Zach | Burnside | Conservation Ed -Minnesota- “Statewide Platform for Environmental Educators" | Wildlife Forever | $517,000 |
| 2027-380 | Dean | Weiberg | Civilian Conservation Corps Regional Trailhead Pavilion Restoration | City of Hoyt Lakes | $850,000 |
| 2027-382 | Katie | Johnston-Goodstar | Culturally-Sustaining Environmental Education Phase 2 | U of MN, College of Education and Human Development | $868,000 |
| 2027-399 | Jennifer | Vieth | Trail Restoration and Adaptive Environmental Education at Carpenter Nature | Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center | $756,000 |
| 2027-404 | James | Forester | Empowering Youth to Participate in Urban Wildlife Research | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $809,000 |
| 2027-411 | Erika | Bailey-Johnson | Mishko Wisitoon Wilderness Academy | Sacred Bundle | $897,000 |
| 2027-425 | Rebecca | Swenson | Bugs Below Zero: Engaging Communities with Winter Science | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $432,000 |
| 2027-426 | Nell | Holden | Increasing Access to Outdoor Recreation for 21,000 Minnesotans | Wilderness Inquiry | $1,580,000 |
| 2027-428 | Kevin | Fellbaum | Glacial Edge Regional Trail - Cabbage Hill Segment | Otter Tail County | $1,838,000 |
| 2027-429 | Andrea | Rehm | Lake Elmo Park Reserve - Single Track Trail | Washington County | $1,500,000 |
| 2027-484 | Tracy | Fredin | Minnesota's Lands and Waters | Hamline University | $949,000 |
| 2027-485 | Brian | Nerbonne | Expanding Fishing Education and Shore Fishing Opportunities. | MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division | $4,570,000 |
| 2027-495 | Adam | Arvidson | Enhancing Mississippi River Access in North Minneapolis | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $1,852,000 |
| 2027-499 | Adam | Arvidson | Accessible Tree Canopy Walk at Eloise Butler Garden | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $705,000 |
| 2027-505 | Breanna | Trygg | Voyageurs Dark Sky Science and Stewardship Education | Voyageurs Conservancy | $1,078,000 |
| 2027-511 | Ashley | Cauley | Southwest Chaska Park - Phase 1 Improvements | City of Chaska | $3,500,000 |
| 2027-529 | Nancy | Sanford | Babbitt Community Beach Access and Recreation Development | City of Babbitt | $3,057,000 |
| 2027-532 | Ronald | Gregg | Preserving Recreational and Trail Connections: Historic Forestville Bridge | Fillmore County | $1,494,000 |
| 2027-538 | Katy | Guthrie | Perennial Crops for Wildlife - Education and Demonstration | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $377,000 |
| 2027-540 | Klara | Beck | Fergus Falls Multiuse Recreational Building | City of Fergus Falls | $1,720,000 |
| 2027-551 | Clement | Loo | Agriculture–Energy Innovation Talent Development Camp (Morris, MN) | U of MN, Morris | $416,000 |
| 2027-555 | Scott | Haugen | Tettegouche State Park Entrance Bridge Replacement | MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division | $4,951,000 |
| 2027-565 | Amy | Demmer | Connecting Minnesota Youth to the Lake Superior Watershed | Hartley Nature Center | $486,000 |
| 2027-566 | May | Yang-Lee | Pathways to Environmental Careers | MN DNR, Operational Services Division | $981,000 |
| 2027-570 | Micayla | Nelson | Building Environmental Connections Between PWLC and the Community | Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center | $328,000 |
| 2027-572 | Foxfeather | Zenkova | Shared Skies: Connecting Communities and Wildlife Through Art | Foxloft Conservancy | $325,000 |
| 2027-573 | Eric | Weiss | 150 Thompson Park | City of West St. Paul | $327,000 |
| 2027-575 | Pat | Chapman | Field Township Northwoods Nature Pedestrian Trail | Field Township | $825,000 |
| 2027-577 | Britt | See-Benes | Splash Pad Phase 3 and Silver Lake Trail | City of Virginia | $1,023,000 |
| 2027-578 | Katie | Heimer | Expanding Environmental Education and Access in Theodore Wirth | The Loppet Foundation | $814,000 |
| 2027-579 | Sara | Miller | Camp Northern Lights Commercial Kitchen Reconstruction | YMCA of the North | $3,895,000 |
| 2027-582 | Geanella | Ochoa | Building Climate-Resilient Conservation Leadership in Minnesota | Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accion Latina | $564,000 |
| 2027-583 | Nikolaos | Papanikolopoulos | DIY Amphibious Robots: Aquatic Ecology Education for Minnesota | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $450,000 |
| 2027-586 | Anna | Carlson | Expanding Outdoor Leadership Through Minnesota's Natural Resources | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Bemidji State University | $375,000 |
| 2027-592 | Jessica | Rich | Proctor Kingsbury Creek Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail Bridge | City of Proctor | $526,000 |
| 2027-593 | Jennifer | Swenson | Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center Phase 1 Improvements | Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center | $1,119,000 |
| 2027-595 | Sara | Miller | Cultivating Environmental Education and Stewardship Through YMCA Volunteering | YMCA of the North | $708,000 |
| 2027-601 | Pete | Cleary | Phase II Environmental Education at Shepard Farm | Dodge Nature Center | $809,000 |
| 2027-604 | VaMegn | Thoj | Asian Youth Arts and Environmental Leadership | Asian Economic Development Association | $1,018,000 |
| 2027-609 | Casey | Byers | Sudheimer Park Project | City of Waconia | $1,026,000 |
| 2027-611 | Jason | McGrew-King | Mobile Water Safety Education | Three Rivers Park District | $400,000 |
| Subtotal | $105,586,000 | ||||
| C. Education and Outdoor Recreation G. Small Projects (RECEIVED: 44 Proposals / Subtotal - $9,494,000) |
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| 2027-045 | Kara | Baldwin | Longitudinal Ecology-Focused Science Education Programming | U of MN, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve | $145,000 |
| 2027-066 | Rebeka | Ndosi | HEALL Hub: BIPOC Environmental Education on the Northshore | Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary | $300,000 |
| 2027-145 | Jaime | Souza | Rooting Resilience Through Community Forest Stewardship | Marine Village School | $298,000 |
| 2027-148 | Ansel | Schimpff | Duluth Traverse Three Year Sustainability Program | Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores | $232,000 |
| 2027-151 | Bryan | Wood | Increasing Education and Outdoor Recreation Camps for Youth and Families | Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center | $199,000 |
| 2027-161 | Mikaela | Ayim | Sustainable Landcare Training and Career Readiness + Exploration Program | Metro Blooms | $295,000 |
| 2027-166 | Colleen | Foehrenbacher | Improving Access to Recreational Trails at Eagle Bluff | Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center | $32,000 |
| 2027-174 | Jessica | Willman | The Bee Line Method: Restoring Small Urban Parcels | Como Community Council - District 10 | $297,000 |
| 2027-176 | Owen | Connell | Evaluating Programs for Immigrant and ESL Students | Saint Johns Arboretum and University | $70,000 |
| 2027-180 | John | Santi | Wildcat Woods Disc Golf Course and Hiking Trail | North Branch Disc Golf Association | $40,000 |
| 2027-203 | Kyle | Smith | Expanding Inclusive Access to Nature-Based Recreation Statewide | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $260,000 |
| 2027-204 | Thomas | Crawford | Water Science Field Day on Public Lands | Friends of the Minnesota Valley | $117,000 |
| 2027-231 | Jennifer | Maki | The Living Lab: A Science and Art Experience | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | $178,000 |
| 2027-234 | Joey | Schugel | New Ulm Pollinator Park Expansion | City of New Ulm | $216,000 |
| 2027-236 | Alisha | Paplow | Mobile Nature Center Serving Southwest Minnesota | Wild Compass Environmental Education | $258,000 |
| 2027-238 | Brennan | Blue | Future Stewards: Expanding Native Habitat and Outdoor Education | Great River Greening | $299,000 |
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| 2027-254 | Bridget | Kelly | Camp Earth-P: Environmental-Agricultural Regenerative Technology for Healthier Planet | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Southwest Minnesota State University | $258,000 |
| 2027-294 | Ryan | Murphy | Team Tree Youth Education Program | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $208,000 |
| 2027-310 | Sarah | Bignall | Season Watch: Nature for Every Generation | Northern Community Radio, Inc. | $201,000 |
| 2027-369 | Kimberly | Rockman | Gathering Garden | Project Food Forest | $57,000 |
| 2027-372 | Paul | Brinkman | Restoration of the Historic Laurentian Environmental Center’s Mission | Northeast Service Cooperative | $160,000 |
| 2027-374 | Lindsay | Bjorklund | The Observation Yurt: A Hub for Nature Journaling | Deep Portage Learning Center | $42,000 |
| 2027-377 | Shawna | Weaver | Early Childhood Learning Center Expansion | Lake Superior Authority | $220,000 |
| 2027-379 | Laura | Hudson | Reel Hope: Breaking Outdoor Recreation Barriers for Youth | Fishing For Life | $149,000 |
| 2027-387 | Arielle | Courtney | Leveraging Nature for Mental Health | MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division | $300,000 |
| 2027-398 | Ryan | Wille | Deeper Environmental Education for Youth Through Aligned Curriculum | Friends of Project Wild Rooted | $257,000 |
| 2027-438 | Thomas | Rodengen | Minnesota's Climate Change Understanding: Lakefluence | Climate Union | $119,000 |
| 2027-450 | Marc | Schwabenlander | Cofactors: Equipping Minnesotans for CWD Threat Mitigation | U of MN, College of Veterinary Medicine | $294,000 |
| 2027-480 | Natalie | Kennedy | Nature for New Minnesotans: Expanding Inclusive Environmental Education | U of MN, Bell Museum | $300,000 |
| 2027-491 | Zachary | Pope | Validating AI Trail Analytics for Minnesota Public Lands | Verticl Ventures LLC | $235,000 |
| 2027-502 | Jeannette | Lutter-Gardella | Empowering Minneapolis Youth and Educators Through Nature Access | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $290,000 |
| 2027-508 | Brad | Bourn | River Bend Nature Center Outdoor Diversity Initiative Expansion | River Bend Nature Center | $296,000 |
| 2027-545 | William Hunter | Duncan | West Central Canoe Route | $138,000 | |
| 2027-546 | Sarah | Wilcox | Expanding Conservation Education Access in Northeast MN | Arrowhead Zoological Society | $270,000 |
| 2027-548 | Justo | Garcia | Green Careers Exploration and Exposure Expansion | City of Minneapolis | $245,000 |
| 2027-552 | Tom | Dougherty | Blue Ox Connection ATV Trail | Voyageur Country ATV | $100,000 |
| 2027-562 | Phil | Schwarz | 10,000 Birdwatchers Project | Elpis Enterprises | $243,000 |
| 2027-580 | Brad | Olson | Increasing K-12 Student Learning to Develop Environmental Education | Northern Lights Council of the Boy Scouts of America | $300,000 |
| 2027-584 | John | Lenczewski | Growing Environmental Stewardship Through Trout in the Classroom | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $295,000 |
| 2027-585 | Jason | McGrew-King | Mobile Classroom for Outdoor Recreation | Three Rivers Park District | $250,000 |
| 2027-598 | Anne | Conway | Watershed Resilience: Youth, Science, and Dakota Cultural Knowledge | Izaak Walton League of America, Will Dilg Chapter | $300,000 |
| 2027-602 | Michael | Jensen | Bayview School Forest Restoration and Stewardship Plan | Waconia Conservation Club Booster | $141,000 |
| 2027-603 | Julia | Nerbonne | Community Climate Resilience Network Youth Apprenticeship Program | Climate Justice Commons, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light | $300,000 |
| Subtotal | $9,494,000 | ||||
| D. Fish and Wildlife (RECEIVED: 38 Proposals / Subtotal - $45,496,000) | |||||
| 2027-039 | Euan | Reavie | Confirming Fish Habitat Resilience for Future Lake Management | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $750,000 |
| 2027-041 | Jacob | Haus | Fond du Lac Deer Study - Phase 2 | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Bemidji State University | $2,512,000 |
| 2027-061 | Kassandra | Ford | Restoring Minnesota's Historical Fluid Collections | U of MN, Bell Museum | $400,000 |
| 2027-069 | Emily | Fairfax | Stream Complexity and Habitat Use in the Northwoods | U of MN, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | $675,000 |
| 2027-076 | Ted | Ozersky | Predicting Winter Fish Kill Risk in Minnesota Lakes | U of MN, Duluth - Large Lakes Observatory | $592,000 |
| 2027-080 | Dale | Gentry | Rediscovering Bobwhite and Warblers in the Driftless Region | Audubon Upper Mississippi River | $365,000 |
| 2027-094 | Mae | Davenport | Sustaining Food Ecosystems for Tribal and Community Health | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $,610,000 |
| 2027-109 | Joseph | Bump | Critical Information for Science-Based Management of Minnesota’s Wolves | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $2,550,000 |
| 2027-111 | Dakota | Rowsey | Building a Superior Understanding of Minnesota's Small Mammals | Science Museum of Minnesota | $690,000 |
| 2027-133 | Meggan | Craft | Disease Implications of Connectivity Among Metro Deer Populations | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $1,248,000 |
| 2027-136 | Michael | Joyce | Enhancing Fisher Management with Population and Health Data | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $842,000 |
| 2027-163 | Seth | Thompson | Documenting Waterborne Contaminants in Culturally Important Foods | Freshwater Society | $1,198,000 |
| 2027-280 | Liz | Beery | Expanding MN Prescribed Fire Implementation and Landowner Education | The Nature Conservancy | $1,853,000 |
| 2027-295 | Brett | Nagle | Fish Movement Patterns in the Upper Mississippi River | MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division | $929,000 |
| 2027-301 | Brittany | Smith | Sustaining Prairie Investments: Disturbance Guidance for Restored Grasslands | Monarch Joint Venture | $525,000 |
| 2027-345 | Kathryn | Holcomb | Status of Mollusks in the Minnesota River Watershed | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $740,000 |
| 2027-360 | Elizabeth | Baker | Health Assessment, Tracking, and Conservation of Wild Turkeys | MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division | $2,111,000 |
| 2027-373 | Elena | West | Bioacoustics for Species Monitoring and Conservation: Phase III | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $1,108,000 |
| 2027-394 | Andrew | Gregory | Interagency Partnership to Conserve Minnesota Wild Turkey | University of North Texas | $1,649,000 |
| 2027-400 | Jake | Walsh | Investigating Big Waves’ Impacts on Native Aquatic Plants | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $664,000 |
| 2027-402 | Geoffrey | Miller | Investigating Social Interactions and Relationships of Urban Coyotes | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $755,000 |
| 2027-403 | Holly | Bernardo | Integrating Biodiversity Data to Improve Conservation Decisions | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $1,960,000 |
| 2027-409 | Brian | Nerbonne | Invasive Carp Tagging, Tracking and Removal | MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division | $1,086,000 |
| 2027-417 | Tricia | Markle | Evaluating American Kestrel Declines to Inform Conservation Action | Minnesota Zoological Board | $449,000 |
| 2027-421 | Garrett | Steede | Strengthening Urban Pollinator Habitats: Citizen Science and Strategic Communication | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $400,000 |
| 2027-451 | Mark | Edlund | Protect and Sustain Red Lake’s Fisheries and Peatlands | Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station | $1,324,000 |
| 2027-456 | Nicholas | Phelps | AIS Solutions for Minnesota - Innovation, Translation, Leadership | U of MN, MAISRC | $6,000,000 |
| 2027-479 | Solomon | David | Floodplains and Fishes: Aquatic Connectivity Through Native Species | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $594,000 |
| 2027-483 | Tanya | Roerick | Moose Monitoring on the Leech Lake Reservation | Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | $675,000 |
| 2027-489 | Peter | Kennedy | Tracking Change at Minnesota's Great Forest Boundary | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $443,000 |
| 2027-522 | John | Lenczewski | Protecting Priority Trout Streams for Restoration and Access | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | $1,496,000 |
| 2027-528 | Josh | Pennington | Assessing Recruitment Threats for Imperiled Blanding's Turtles | Department of Military Affairs | $321,000 |
| 2027-559 | Joe | Triplett | Chisago County TH 8 Wildlife Crossing Project | Chisago County | $3,000,000 |
| 2027-561 | Tim | Amundsen | Excelsior Commons Park Shoreline Restoration | City of Excelsior | $654,000 |
| 2027-568 | Daniel | Cariveau | Tracking Minnesota's Rare Specialist Bees to Guide Conservation | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $782,000 |
| 2027-574 | Mary | Mallinger | Understanding Minnesota's Migratory Bats to Advance Conservation | Minnesota Zoological Board | $568,000 |
| 2027-600 | Charlotte | Roy | Aerial Infrared Surveys of Sharp-Tailed Grouse and Prairie-Chickens | MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division | $334,000 |
| 2027-605 | Kristin | Hall | Priority Actions for Species in Greatest Conservation Need | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $1,644,000 |
| Subtotal | $45,496,000 | ||||
| D. Fish and Wildlife G. Small Projects (RECEIVED: 23 Proposals / Subtotal - $5,414,000) |
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| 2027-031 | David | Remucal | Recovering and Restoring Rare Native Minnesota Eastern Hemlocks | U of MN, Landscape Arboretum | $170,000 |
| 2027-064 | Daniel | Dauwalter | Informing Habitat Restoration Design to Benefit Brook Trout | Trout Unlimited, Inc. | $298,000 |
| 2027-126 | Joe | Whittaker | Monitoring of Richardson's Ground Squirrels in NW Minnesota | Concordia College | $241,000 |
| 2027-130 | Darin | Ulness | Concordia College Bat Monitoring Project | Concordia College | $255,000 |
| 2027-189 | Katya | Kovalenko | Multi-Scale Stream Habitat Complexity Confers Resilience | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $298,000 |
| 2027-194 | Elena | West | Advancing Bioacoustics Beyond Species Detection in Minnesota | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $299,000 |
| 2027-211 | Evangeline | Holley | A Bird's Eye View: One Health STEM Programming | U of MN, Raptor Center | $232,000 |
| 2027-212 | Daniel | Pauly | Assessing Minnesota Heritage Trout Lakes for Long-term Protection | Headwaters Project | $263,000 |
| 2027-226 | Lynn | Waterhouse | Understanding Cisco Dynamics Using Sentinel Lakes' Monitoring Data | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $280,000 |
| 2027-232 | Tia | Parks | Mobile Biochar for Invasive Plant Disposal and Suppression | Cook County | $69,000 |
| 2027-253 | Jeanine | Refsnider | Impact of "Forever Chemicals" on Blanding’s Turtle Health | University of Toledo | $283,000 |
| 2027-258 | Julia | Leone | Novel Floral Assessment Tools for Pollinator Habitat Management | Friends of the Mississippi River | $298,000 |
| 2027-272 | Ya | Yang | Protecting Minnesota's Native Pondweeds | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-284 | Jonathan | Oliver | Moose Pathogen Surveillance and Genotyping Using Engorged Ticks | U of MN, School of Public Health | $129,000 |
| 2027-303 | Jay | Walker | Lake Sturgeon Restoration at Great Lakes Aquarium | Lake Superior Authority | $130,000 |
| 2027-329 | Ron | Moen | Minnesota Mammal Atlas | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $294,000 |
| 2027-410 | Allen | Mensinger | Reducing Underwater Noise to Benefit Aquatic Life | U of MN, Duluth | $236,000 |
| 2027-442 | Annie | Bracey | Saving Common Terns: Decoding Drivers of Population Decline | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $290,000 |
| 2027-444 | Devon | Oliver | Evaluation of Redhorse in Mississippi River Tributaries | MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division | $129,000 |
| 2027-470 | Emily | Pavlovic | Long-Eared Owl Monitoring in Minnesota to Inform Conservation | Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory | $165,000 |
| 2027-599 | Lizzy | Larson | Project LEAP | Arrowhead Zoological Society | $260,000 |
| 2027-610 | Lynn | Waterhouse | Fish as eDNA Tools to Detect Aquatic Species | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-613 | Henry | Strater | Off-Road Vehicle Wash Stations at Minnesota ORV Parks | $195,000 | |
| Subtotal | $5,414,000 | ||||
| E. Energy (RECEIVED: 22 Proposals / Subtotal - $26,540,000) | |||||
| 2027-049 | Melissa | DeVetter | Restoration Park Net Zero Energy Building | Dodge County Environmental Services | $794,000 |
| 2027-131 | Jun | Li | Data-Driven Design of Anti-Icing Coatings for Heat Pumps | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $510,000 |
| 2027-199 | Seamus | Kane | Accessible Biogas Fuels for Minnesota's Small Family Farms | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $680,000 |
| 2027-200 | Ping | Zhao | Low Impact Water Energy Harvesting for Renewable Energy | U of MN, Duluth | $454,000 |
| 2027-215 | Ratul | Das | Maximizing Solar Output Under Harsh Minnesotan Weather | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $534,000 |
| 2027-239 | Brian | Krohnke | Navigating Our Metro to Efficiency and Clean Energy | Community Power | $1,652,000 |
| 2027-256 | Alexander | Mehne | Reviving Indigenous Sustainability in Wood Use and Native Plants | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | $1,525,000 |
| 2027-335 | Jacob | Swanson | RENEW-MN Renewable Energy Workforce Network – Minnesota | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minnesota State University Mankato | $445,000 |
| 2027-356 | Keivan | Davami | Improving Industrial Milling Technology for Scalable Biofuel Production | University of Alabama | $867,000 |
| 2027-364 | Daniel | Bond | Minnesota Microbes as Living Fertilizers | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $399,000 |
| 2027-376 | James | Van de Ven | High-Efficiency Hybrid Transmissions for Cleaner Agricultural Vehicles | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $611,000 |
| 2027-390 | Sam | Toan | Electrochemical CO₂-To-Ethanol Conversion for Fuel Cell Systems | U of MN, Duluth | $629,000 |
| 2027-396 | Dave | Goebel | enVerde Advanced Sustainable Technology | en Verde LLC | $6,133,000 |
| 2027-412 | Melissa | Birch | Minnesota Solar for Soil, Water, and Wildlife | U of MN, Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships | $1,200,000 |
| 2027-415 | Geanella | Ochoa | Adopting Closed‑Loop Geothermal System as Climate-Resilient Solution | Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accion Latina | $604,000 |
| 2027-441 | Jeff | Havig | Soudan Mine as a Minnesota Subsurface Hydrogen Observatory | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $576,000 |
| 2027-446 | Craig | Hill | Hardware-in-the-Loop Coastal Wave Energy Conversion: Minnesota's Blue Energy | U of MN, Duluth | $384,000 |
| 2027-449 | Soon Li | Teh | Vitivoltaics: Integrating Renewable Energy with Minnesota Grape Production | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $525,000 |
| 2027-461 | Naomi | Carlson | Community Resilience Collaborative Energy Pilot Projects | Headwaters Regional Development Commission | $3,823,000 |
| 2027-465 | Xinyuan | Zheng | Sustainable Recovery of Critical Mineral Elements from Wastes | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $599,000 |
| 2027-488 | Jian-Ping | Wang | Improving Power Efficiency with Critical Element Free Minnealloy | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $492,000 |
| 2027-607 | Troy | Goodnough | Demonstrating Innovative Thermal Energy Storage in Cold Climates | U of MN, Morris | $3,104,000 |
| Subtotal | $26,540,000 | ||||
| E. Energy G. Small Projects (RECEIVED: 8 Proposals / Subtotal - $2,205,000) |
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| 2027-043 | Benjamin | Worsfold | Next-Generation Wind Turbine Towers for State Electrification | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $272,000 |
| 2027-089 | Ellen | Thompson | Energizing the Next Generation Through Experiential Learning | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minnesota State University Mankato | $290,000 |
| 2027-093 | Xiaowen | Chen | From Minnesota Agricultural Waste to Sustainable Aviation Fuel | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-273 | Keiko | Miller | Equitable Access to Renewable Energy Through Community Solar | Minneapolis Climate Action | $295,000 |
| 2027-291 | Paul | Chen | Electrified Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel for Minnesota | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $300,000 |
| 2027-317 | Michael | Levin | Maximum Throughput Ramp Metering Algorithm with Field Testing | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $181,000 |
| 2027-464 | Prasanth Kumar | Sasidharan Pillai | Enhancing Biodiesel Blend Limits Using Waste Oil-Derived Additives | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $268,000 |
| 2027-471 | Gwendolyn | Bailey | Developing High-Efficiency Catalysts for Minnesota Corn Oil-to-Fuel Conversions | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $299,000 |
| Subtotal | $2,205,000 | ||||
| F. Land (RECEIVED: 37 Proposals / Subtotal - $53,708,000) | |||||
| 2027-028 | Star | Nelson | Minnesota Grazing Stewardship Education and Outreach Program | Minnesota Grazing Lands Conservation Association | $802,000 |
| 2027-051 | Josh | Pommier | Precision Grazing – Virtual Grazing for Ecological Outcomes | Pheasants Forever Inc | $686,000 |
| 2027-058 | Adrian | Hegeman | Planting for Mineral Extraction and Soil/Water Improvement | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $498,000 |
| 2027-077 | Melissa | DeVetter | Restoration Park Expansion - Acquisition | Dodge County Environmental Services | $1,251,000 |
| 2027-084 | Riley | Buley | Advancing Climate-Smart Agriculture to Reduce Nitrate Pollution | Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District | $6,025,000 |
| 2027-085 | Dean | Current | Agroforestry Systems for Soil, Water, Habitat and Bioenergy | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $598,000 |
| 2027-097 | Wiley | Buck | Forest Health in Brainerd Lakes Conservation Focus Area | Great River Greening | $736,000 |
| 2027-143 | Bo | Hu | Cascading Hydrochar Production to Restore Farmed Peat Soils | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $536,000 |
| 2027-181 | Sara | Reagan | Engaging Landowners in Conservation Easement Stewardship | Board of Water and Soil Resources | $1,307,000 |
| 2027-198 | Jennifer | Schmitt | Urban Land and Minnesota's Resilient Future | U of MN, Institute on the Environment | $1,102,000 |
| 2027-217 | Jennifer | Grommes | Forest and Savanna Management Through Silvopasture- Phase 3 | Great River Greening | $516,000 |
| 2027-246 | Rebecca | Montgomery | Fostering Oak Regeneration via Novel Prescribed Burning Strategies | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $342,000 |
| 2027-260 | Naba | Kalita | Managing Microplastics in Minnesota’s Compost and Soils | U of MN, Duluth - NRRI | $779,000 |
| 2027-262 | Joshua | Feinberg | Securing Minnesota’s Critical Minerals: Emily Manganese Deposit | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $659,000 |
| 2027-269 | Jonathan | Schilling | Sharing the Science Behind Outdoor Recreation at Itasca | U of MN, College of Biological Sciences | $492,000 |
| 2027-276 | James | Harding | Northern Minnesota Integrated Reforestation and Climate Resilience Initiative | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Bemidji State University | $1,555,000 |
| 2027-282 | Paulo | Pagliari | Optimizing Biostimulant Use for Minnesota Grain Production Sustainability | U of MN, Southwest Research and Outreach Center | $890,000 |
| 2027-292 | Tyler | Nelson | Automated Invasive Detection Using Multispectral and LiDAR UAVs | Real Vision Drones | $347,000 |
| 2027-309 | Rylee | Hince | Integrated PFAS Capture and Destruction on Tribal Lands | Prairie Island Indian Community | $613,000 |
| 2027-334 | Megan | Lennon | Expanding Minnesota Grazing for Resilient Landscapes | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | $4,143,000 |
| 2027-336 | Jessica | Lee | Metropolitan Regional Parks System Land Acquisition Phase 10 | Metropolitan Council | $3,000,000 |
| 2027-339 | Bo | Hu | Mitigating Soil Salinity in Western Minnesota Landscapes | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $495,000 |
| 2027-340 | Eric | Buchanan | Agrivoltaics to Improve Agricultural Land Resiliency | U of MN, WCROC | $2,405,000 |
| 2027-349 | Logan | Shoup | Minnesota Public Lands Conservation Grazing Coordination | Ducks Unlimited Inc | $4,671,000 |
| 2027-363 | Heidi | Wolf | Native Prairie Bank-Private Native Prairie Conservation and Outreach | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $2,570,000 |
| 2027-371 | Judy | Elbert | SNA Habitat Enhancement, Public Engagement, and Biodiversity Protection | MN DNR, Ecological and Water Resources Division | $5,950,000 |
| 2027-420 | Jason | Allen | Scaling Minnesota’s Waste Diversion and Material Reuse Economy | Better Futures Minnesota | $1,342,000 |
| 2027-431 | Brian | Olson | NW Regional 9 County Biochar Initiative | Beltrami County | $3,160,000 |
| 2027-447 | Vera | Krischik | Pesticide Research and Education to Lower Use | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $496,000 |
| 2027-467 | Boya | Xiong | Optimizing Benefits of Polymer-Coated Fertilizers on Minnesota Land | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $549,000 |
| 2027-474 | Uwe | Kortshagen | FIELDS: Farms Integrating Energy, Land, and Dairy Sustainability | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $1,408,000 |
| 2027-515 | Christy | Haynes | Controlling Oxidative Stress Using Nanobiostimulants for Resilient Crops | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $688,000 |
| 2027-536 | Karma | Choeyang | Shared Land, Shared Love | The Tehor Tibetan Organization of Minnesota | $650,000 |
| 2027-541 | Colleen | Miller | Conservation Finance on School Trust Peatlands | U of MN, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | $877,000 |
| 2027-557 | Angela | McDonnell | Developing a Vegetation Monitoring Model in Stearns County | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St. Cloud State University | $355,000 |
| 2027-564 | Megan | Wilcots | On Edge: Investigating Tipping Points of Woody-Encroached Prairies | The Nature Conservancy | $655,000 |
| 2027-590 | Joseph | Labuz | Evaluating Geologic Carbon Storage in the Tamarack Intrusion | U of MN, College of Science and Engineering | $560,000 |
| Subtotal | $53,708,000 | ||||
| F. Land G. Small Projects (RECEIVED: 11 Proposals / Subtotal - $2,600,000) |
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| 2027-098 | Clara | Shaw | Understanding Nematode Communities in Northeastern Minnesota Soils | U of MN, Duluth | $184,000 |
| 2027-099 | Hannah | Lewis | Establishing and Evaluating the Benefits of Urban Mini-Forests | Renewing the Countryside | $298,000 |
| 2027-144 | Breanna | Wheeler | Friends of Northfield Area Natural Areas (FoNANA) | Breanna Wheeler Consulting | $258,000 |
| 2027-245 | Annette S. | Lee | Turtle Island Skywatchers - Research and Data Visualization 2 | Native Skywatchers Inc | $210,000 |
| 2027-302 | Carrie | Taylor | Enhancing Anoka Sand Plain Habitat and Biodiversity | Anoka Conservation District | $295,000 |
| 2027-361 | Lisa | Luokkala | Protecting the Future of the Superior Hiking Trail | Superior Hiking Trail Association | $200,000 |
| 2027-378 | Ed | Potter | Tree Seed Procurement for Future Forests | MN DNR, Forestry Division | $295,000 |
| 2027-408 | James | Shaffer | Minneapolis Urban Forest Ecology Restoration, Phase 1 | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $300,000 |
| 2027-498 | Adam | Arvidson | Ecological Riverbank Restoration at St. Anthony Falls | Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $290,000 |
| 2027-500 | Alison | Ling | Biosolids PFAS Management: Evaluating Risks, Costs, and Benefits | University of St. Thomas | $193,000 |
| 2027-520 | Michele | Peterson | Chatfield Wastewater Treatment Native Reed Plant Study | City of Chatfield | $77,000 |
| Subtotal | $2,600,000 | ||||
| H. Administration (RECEIVED: 4 Proposal / Subtotal - $5,013,000) | |||||
| 2027-001 | LCCMR Universal | Account | LCCMR Administrative Budgete 2027-2029* | Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources | $4,600,000 |
| 2027-002 | LCCMR Universal | Account | LCCMR Administrative Budget | Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources | TBD |
| 2027-003 | LCCMR Universal | Account | LCC Legacy Website | Legislative Coordinating Commission | $2,000 |
| 2027-214 | Katherine | Sherman-Hoehn | 2027 Contract Agreement Reimbursement | MN DNR, Grants Unit | $410,000 |
| Subtotal | $5,013,000 | ||||
| Total | $374,587,000 | ||||
* This is a placeholder. The actual amount of the two-year budget will be determined at a later date following budget development and LCCMR approval.