new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 0 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 180,711,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage
fund. The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Prairies new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin 19,439,000 new text end

new text begin (a) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Phase 14 new text end

new text begin $4,412,000 the second year is to the
commissioner of natural resources for an
agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in
cooperation with the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee or
permanent conservation easements and restore
and enhance lands within the Northern
Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in
western Minnesota for addition to the Northern
Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge.
Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota
Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given
to acquiring lands that are eligible for the
native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes,
section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected
native prairie.
new text end

new text begin (b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area Program, Phase 16 new text end

new text begin $5,315,000 the second year is to the
commissioner of natural resources for an
agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire
in fee and restore and enhance lands for
wildlife management area purposes under
Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05,
subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria
in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority
must be given to acquiring lands that are
eligible for the native prairie bank under
Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands
adjacent to protected native prairie.
new text end

new text begin (c) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of Southern Red River Valley, Phase 10 new text end

new text begin $3,794,000 the second year is to the
commissioner of natural resources for an
agreement with Pheasants Forever, in
cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie
Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and
restore and enhance lands within the southern
Red River Valley for wildlife management
purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section
86A.05, subdivision 8, or to be designated and
managed as waterfowl production areas in
Minnesota, in cooperation with the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to
evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part
6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring
lands that are eligible for the native prairie
bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96,
or lands adjacent to protected native prairie.
new text end

new text begin (d) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition, Phase 8 new text end

new text begin $2,589,000 the second year is to the
commissioner of natural resources for
agreements to acquire land in fee and to
restore and enhance strategic prairie grassland,
wetland, and other wildlife habitat within
Martin County for wildlife management area
purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section
86A.05, subdivision 8, as follows: $1,921,000
to Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc.;
$613,000 to Ducks Unlimited; and $55,000 to
the Conservation Fund.
new text end

new text begin (e) DNR Grassland Enhancement, Phase 16 new text end

new text begin $1,427,000 the second year is to the
commissioner of natural resources to
accelerate restoration and enhancement of
prairies, grasslands, and savannas in wildlife
management areas, in scientific and natural
areas, in aquatic management a