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Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council <br /> 201.2 Acconiphsbmeyit Plan <br /> Program-title: Metro Big Rivers Habitat Phase 2 <br /> Manager's Name: Deborah Loon <br /> Title: Executive Director <br /> Organization: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. <br /> Telephone: 612-801-1935 <br /> Email: @comcast.net <br /> Fax:.612-728-0700 <br /> Funds Recommended:$5,000,000 <br /> Legislative Citation; ML 2011, First Special Session, Ch. 6, Art. 1,Sec. 2,Subd, 5 (d): <br /> $5,000,000 the first year is to the commissioner of natural resources for agreements to acquire interests <br /> in land in fee or permanent conservation easements and to restore and enhance natural systems <br /> associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix Rivers as follows: $960,000 to the Minnesota <br /> Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $150,000 to Great River Greening;$840,000 to Minnesota <br /> Land Trust; $150,000 to Friends of the Mississippi River; and $2,900,000 to The Trust for Public Land.A <br /> list of proposed projects, describing types and locations of acquisitions, restorations, and <br /> enhancements, must be provided as part of the required accomplishment plan.The accomplishment <br /> plan must include an easement monitoring and enforcement plan. Money appropriated from the <br /> outdoor heritage fund for easement acquisition may be used to establish a monitoring and enforcement <br /> fund as approved in the accomplishment plan and subject to subdivision 15.An annual financial report is <br /> required for any monitoring and enforcement.fund established, including expenditures from the fund. <br /> i <br /> Abstract; <br /> Metro Big Rivers will protect 733 acres, restore 26 acres and enhance 158 acres of priority wildlife habitat <br /> within the three big rivers corridors in the Metropolitan Urbanizing Area. <br /> I <br /> Pi•owain Narrative <br /> Design acrd Scope-of Work <br /> In this second project phase, Metro Big Rivers will permanently protect 733 acres, restore 41 acres and <br /> enhance 130 acres of high quality wildlife habitat and fisheries in the Metropolitan Urbanizing Section <br /> with Outdoor Heritage Funds. Usfng other leveraged funds,the partners will protect 127 additional <br /> acres,for a total of 860 acres protected in the three river corridors in the Metro Urbanizing Section. <br /> I <br />