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Breaking the Ice: Love of outdoors leads to heritage council
"You get a chunk of pork belly — it looks like piece of bacon on steroids. They hack that baby up and you eat the whole thing"
Rift festers on Outdoor Heritage Council
August's walkout by three board members exposes friction between members who favor hunting and fishing interests and those who prioritize other outdoor projects.
Senate panel okays $109 million Lessard-Sams package
The recommendations call for the acquisition of almost 2,000 acres of native prairie and would pay for restoration and enhancement projects on another 7,000 acres of such lands.
Lessard-Sams recommends $102 million in habitat projects for 2014
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council last week wrapped up a hard-fought round of hearings on Legacy funding by making $102 million in recommendations for the 2014 Legislature. There are three items in particular that hung on to receive funding despite staunch opposition from some of the 12 members on the citizen/legislator panel.
Should Legacy fund invasives fight?
In crafting its recommendations to the 2014 Legislature, the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council is internally divided on more than $30 million in requests to combat aquatic invasive species in Minnesota waters.
Lessard-Sams hears the call of the prairie
The landscape is shifting for the 12-member citizen-legislator group that recommends conservation habitat land acquisitions to the state Legislature.
Lawmakers eye state-federal cost sharing for Mississippi makeover
After piling on to an old-style, double-decker excursion boat at Rosemount on Wednesday morning, scores of citizens, politicians and government agency employees listened as officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlined an ambitious plan to revitalize the most degraded stretch of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
House, Senate differ on land parcel at heart of Lessard-Sams bill
The House and Senate appear to be heading for a conference committee battle over the marquee land-acquisition proposal in this year’s Legacy bill.
Legacy money for PILT?
By law, the $540 million in anticipated 2012-13 proceeds from Minnesota's so-called Legacy Amendment, passed in 2008, are dedicated to specific environmental and cultural purposes. But it's been clear since the start of the 2011 session that legislators would seek to dragoon some of those dollars into helping to solve the state's $5 billion budget deficit.
Landwehr embraces DNR balancing act
Tom Landwehr's appointment to head the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) represents a return to the place where he cut his teeth in wildlife management in the 1980s and '90s.
Lessard-Sams critic Hansen dropped from council
Rep. Rick Hansen, a persistent critic of decisions made by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, has been removed from the 12-member body.
Former Sen. Bob Lessard endorses Dayton
Former DFL turned Independence Party Sen. Bob Lessard endorsed DFL nominee Mark Dayton for governor Wednesday, coming about a week after Dayton released a seven-point plan spelling out his commitment to work with the hunting and fishing community.
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