HCP VI Supplemental - Fisheries Land Acquisition - 4b
OVERALL PROJECT OUTCOME AND RESULTS
This project focused on the acquisition of Preece Point AMA, one of the most prominent geographic features on Lake Marquette - a Mississippi River headwaters lake. Here the lakeshore forms a long, narrow point, which is visible from virtually everywhere around the lake. The entire property along with it's associated aquatic habitat is unimpacted by human activities. This AMA will now provide walk-in access to a lake that has no developed public access. The property was sold to DNR as a bargain sale, and the family is happy to know that it will be preserved in it's natural state.
Project goals were to protect 20 acres (0.3 miles of lake and stream shoreline) with the help of partner and other state funding. Partner funding includes donations of land value and cash.
This project resulted in a grand total of approximately 11.8 acres and 0.2 miles of lake and stream shoreline. Environmental and Natural Resources Trust dollars directly acquired approximately 5.9 acres of the total, including 0.1 mile of lake shoreline. Donations of land value and cash ("other funds" $50,000) and other state monies ($50,000) leveraged with trust dollars totaled $100,000. These contributions helped acquire the remaining acres of the grand total, including 2.94 acres and 0.05 shoreline miles using other state dollars and 2.94 acres and 0.05 shoreline miles from donations of land value and cash. Preece Point was acquired jointly using both 2009 and 2010-Supplemental grants to Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership - Fish and Wildlife Acquisition (4b). Results for Preece Point were proportionately distributed for each grant.
As a result of the combined 2009 and 2009-supplemental grants, 17 acres, including 0.3 miles of critical fish and wildlife habitat are now permanently protected and open to public angling and other light use recreational activities on Preece Point AMA. Acquired parcels are now designated and managed as Aquatic Management Areas (AMAs).
PROJECT RESULTS USE AND DISSEMINATION
Accomplishment Reports and press releases are available at www.mnhabitatcorridors.org., and all AMAs will be added to DNR's Public Recreational Information Maps (PRIM).
$1,344,000 is added to Laws 2009, chapter 143, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (e), from the trust fund for the acceleration of agency programs and cooperative agreements. Of this appropriation, $308,000 is to the commissioner of natural resources for agency programs and $1,036,000 is for agreements as follows: $425,000 with Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; $50,000 with National Wild Turkey Federation; $164,000 with the Nature Conservancy; $102,000 with Minnesota Land Trust; $200,000 with the Trust for Public Land; $45,000 with Friends of Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District; and $50,000 to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to plan, restore, and acquire fragmented landscape corridors that connect areas of quality habitat to sustain fish, wildlife, and plants. The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service is an authorized cooperating partner in the appropriation. Expenditures are limited to the project corridor areas as defined in the work program. Land acquired with this appropriation must be sufficiently improved to meet at least minimum habitat and facility management standards as determined by the commissioner of natural resources. This appropriation may not be used for the purchase of residential structures, unless expressly approved in the work program. All conservation easements must be perpetual and have a natural resource management plan. Any land acquired in fee title by the commissioner of natural resources with money from this appropriation must be designated as an outdoor recreation unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. The commissioner may similarly designate any lands acquired in less than fee title. A list of proposed restorations and fee title and easement acquisitions must be provided as part of the required work program. All funding for conservation easements must include a long-term stewardship plan and funding for monitoring and enforcing the agreement.
Click on "Final Report" under "Project Details".
Click on "Final Report" under "Project Details".