| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) | ||||||||
| FY 2014-15 Biennial Budget | ||||||||
| Federal Funds Summary | ||||||||
| Narrative | ||||||||
| Federal funds are accepted at the DNR when they support the mission, strategies, goals and objectives found in the DNR’s Strategic Conservation Agenda 2009-2013. The Federal Funds Summary Table below lists anticipated revenues for incoming federal funds, their use (including statewide outcomes), and whether funds are new and require a state match and/or maintenance of effort. Federal funds include continuing programs, funds based on funding formulas, competitive grants, and project grants. | ||||||||
| Federal Fund accounts include: | ||||||||
| 1. Incoming federal grant or federal cooperative agreement revenue deposited directly to a federal (3000 fund) account. | ||||||||
| 2. Federal grant or cooperative agreement revenue passed through another state agency to the DNR. If the federal funds are passed through another state agency that other state agency has also included this amount in their budget. | ||||||||
| Outgoing grants funded from federal dollars are estimated throughout the spending period of the grant, rather than estimated in the first year of the grant award. Estimates are based on the best federal funding information available at the time this report is prepared. Most new federal awards that impact state fiscal years 2014-2015 have not yet been confirmed. Therefore, we used historical trend information from recent years to estimate future revenues, as well as any knowledge of changing funding levels or trends that may impact future awards. | ||||||||
| Specifc funding level changes or trends by division include: | ||||||||
| * Ecological and Water Resources: Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Landowner Incentive Program ended at the end of FY12. | ||||||||
| * Enforcement: 2 Department of Justice Grants Ended - Underage Alcohol Prevention and Bulletproof Vests. | ||||||||
| * Fish and Wildlife: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Grant Ended, Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Multistate Conservation and Wolf Depredation Grant Programs ended. | ||||||||
| * Operations Services: NSF MN Master Naturalist Program ended at the end of FY11, LIDAR projects (2) and Public Safety Inoperable Communications Project have ended. | ||||||||
| State funding is required related to the federal awards listed in this summary as most grants are implemented on a reimbursement basis and may require a state match. Across the board reductions (sequestration) would certainly have an impact on what could be accomplished with federal funds and the amount of state funds that would be necessary to meet federal match requirements. | ||||||||
| Table | ||||||||
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Ecological and Water Resources | ||||||||
| Commerce/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 11.419, 4 appropriations | Coastal Zone Management: Program requires a balance between economic development & resource protection within the coastal zone. Projects must preserve, protect, develop, & where possible, restore & enhance coastal resources. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $917,001 | $963,000 | $963,000 | $963,000 | |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency 97.045, 3 appropriations | Cooperating Technical Partners: Increase local involvement in the production, development, and maintenance of Digital Flood Insurance Maps (DFIRMS). SWO=Safety | No | No | $510,494 | $484,000 | $490,000 | $80,000 | |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency 97.023, 2 appropriations | Community Assistance Program-State Support Services Element: Provide technical assistance to National Flood Insurance. Program communities to monitor and evaluate performance of floodplain management activities. SWO=Safety | No | Match | $145,913 | $145,915 | $146,000 | $146,000 | |
| Homeland Security 97.041, 2 appropriations | National Dam Safety Program: To strengthen and improve the state dam safety program. SWO=Safety | No | No | $115,671 | $150,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.608 | Fed Agreements for Invasive: Implementation of state plan for invasive species prevention, research, & monitoring. SWO=Environment | No | No | $424,553 | $623,000 | $1,000,000 | $688,539 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.608, 2 appropriations | Aquatic Nuisance Species Program: Public awareness of Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance species - Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers campaign. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $0 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $3,454 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.652 | Mercury in Fish: Mercury in Fish Testing. SWO=Safety | No | Match | $1,572 | $7,500 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.657 | White Nose Syndrome: Monitor bat populations for the occurrence of white nose syndrome and educate the public about the disease. SWO=Environment | No | No | $28,020 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.633 | Landowner Incentive Program: Habitat management on private lands to benefit rare species. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $124,269 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.634 | State Wildlife Grants: Implement, coordinate, & monitor implementation of the state wildlife action plan to benefit species of greatest conservation need. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $919,581 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.634 | Comprehensive Conservation Plan: Coordinate and monitor state wildlife. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $255,997 | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | |
| Environmental Protection Agency 66.461 | Wetlands Program Development Grant: Pass-through grant under a cooperative agreement with MPCA wetland monitoring. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $3,043 | $2,923 | $0 | $0 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.615, 2 appropriations | Endangered Species Reimbursement: Research & monitoring to support endangered species recovery. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $96,124 | $75,000 | $75,000 | $75,000 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Interior, US Geological Survey 15.978 | Long Term Resource Monitoring: Monitor long-term trends of water quality, aquatic vegetation, & fish on Pool 4 of the Mississippi River; Analyze & summarize the data and provide that information to decision makers. SWO=Environment | No | No | $480,469 | $450,000 | $450,000 | $450,000 | |
| Defense/ National Guard Bureau 12.401 | Army Compatible Use Buffer Zone: Protect lands surrounding Camp Ripley from development & other encroachment that would impair the camp's function. This is achieved through DNR fee title & conservation easement acquisition from willing land owners. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $155,561 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| Enforcement | ||||||||
| Homeland Security 97.056 | Port Security: Strengthens critical port infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. SWO=Safety | Yes | No | $0 | $116,497 | $0 | $0 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.662 | Great Lakes Enforcement Task Force Cooperative: To effectively and efficiently investigate and enforce State and Federal wildlife laws. SWO=Safety | Yes | No | $20,000 | $60,000 | $20,000 | $0 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.662 | Great Lakes Enforcement Task Force Cooperative: Protect and restore the Great Lakes. SWO=Safety | No | No | $0 | $70,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.662 | Upper Midwest Invasive Species Task Force: Invasive Species Task Force. SWO=Safety | Yes | No | $0 | $85,000 | $29,750 | $29,750 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Fish and Wildlife | ||||||||
| Agriculture 10.025 | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Fish. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $11,107 | $10,000 | $21,000 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Farm Service Agency 10.093 | Voluntary Public Access-Habitat: Ended Sept 30, 2012, but can continue to spend all obligated funds until done. SWO=Environment | No | No | $817,959 | $248,250 | $0 | $0 | |
| Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 11.407 | Inter-jurisdictional Fisheries Act: Fish disease research. SWO=Environment | No | No | $0 | $24,000 | $36,000 | $0 | |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 11.463 | GLRI Phase I Radio Tower Bay Restoration Project: Extended to 12/31/2013. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $196,065 | $400,000 | $55,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.608 | Fisheries Federal Agreements. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $68,544 | $207,000 | $200,000 | $19,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.608 | Riparian Habitat: Ends 6/30/14. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $37,554 | $75,000 | $88,000 | $100,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.608 | Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership 1&2: Ends 6/30/13. (Revised) SWO=Environment | No | Match | $0 | $48,000 | $12,000 | $16,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.611 | Wildlife Federal Agreements Research. SWO=Environment | No | No | $48,844 | $150,000 | $104,000 | $100,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.623 | North American Wetlands Conservation Act: Ends 12/04/12, but staff discussing future grants. All match completed. SWO=Environment | No | No | $36,878 | $82,000 | $200,000 | $200,000 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.647 | Migratory Bird Conservation Grant: Investigation of disease outbreak potential for Lesser Scaup on newly-infested lakes and rivers. Ends 6/30/14. SWO: Environment | No | Match | $47,667 | $43,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 11.463 | GLRI Phase 2 Radio Tower Bay Restoration Project SWO=Environment | Yes | Match | $0 | $0 | $2,200,000 | $800,000 | |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 11.463 | St. Louis River Restoration Initiative Implementation Partnership SWO=Environment | Yes | Match | $0 | $0 | $2,079,000 | $1,475,500 | |
| USFWS 15.657 | Interstate Island Habitat Restoration SWO=Environment | Yes | Match | $0 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.655 | Estimating Numbers of Breeding Sandhill Cranes in NW Minnesota: Current grant ends 9/30/14. New request to start July 2013, for 2 years. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $5,454 | $30,000 | $40,000 | $20,000 | |
| Forestry | ||||||||
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.664, 4 grants | Cooperative Fire Protection - Volunteer Fire Assistance: Provides financial, technical, and related assistance to State Foresters for organizing, training, and equipping rural fire departments. One grant closed after FY12; one grant closes at the end of FY13.SWO=Safety | No | Match | $ 347,180 | $ 340,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.664, 14 grants | Cooperative Fire Protection - State Fire Assistance: Provides financial, technical, and related assistance to State Foresters to other agencies and individuals. Hazardous Mitigation Program: Expands and implements community wildfire protection plans in Minnesota. Firewise: Provides information and education targeting prevention and mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface.SWO=Safety | No | Match | $1,147,330 | $1,797,372 | $1,767,000 | $900,000 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.664, 4 grants | Cooperative Forestry Assistance - Minnesota Forestry Resource Council: Increases private forest management in a collaborative manner by addressing regionally significant forest management concerns and/or opportunities. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $43,342 | $137,115 | $0 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.664, 4 grants | Cooperative Forestry Assistance - Forest Inventory and Analysis: Collaborates with Northern Research Station in completing the Forest Inventory and Analysis Project in an effort to report on the health of Minnesota's forests. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $326,948 | $17,250 | $492,760 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.683 | Cooperative Fire Protection - National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Zumbro: This program is designed to restore 150 acres of flood plain forest through tree planting and direct seeding. SWO=Environment | No | No | $10,920 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.675, 7 grants | Cooperative Forestry Assistance - Urban and Community Forestry Education: Improves the protection and management of community forests and expands the resource base by building the capacity of local programs and private vendors across the state. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $166,788 | $228,857 | $500,000 | $400,000 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.680, 3 grants | Forest Health Protection - Oak Wilt: Provides cost share assistance to communities for suppression activities. One grant ended 12/31/2011. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $14,317 | $6,122 | $0 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.680, 10 grants | Forest Health Management: Protect non-federal forest and tree resources from damaging forest insects, disease causing agents, and invasive plants; develop/improve forest health protection technologies; and monitor the health of forests. Specific programs addressing emerald ash borer, garlic mustard, and buckthorn. One grant ended 12/31/2011. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $228,711 | $686,814 | $331,918 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.680 | Teaching Stewardship through School Forests: Project to increase stewardship and invasive species management and education activities at Minnesota School Forests. SWO=Economy | Yes | Match | $193,000 | $193,000 | $193,000 | $0 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.680 | SPF Control of Invasive Species in Gravel Pits and Dispersals into Forests: Terrestrial invasive plant control on state gravel pits. SWO=Economy | Yes | Match | $76,000 | $76,000 | $76,000 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.678, 4 grants | Conservation Reserve Program: Reserves highly erodeable cropland acres and establishes more suitable covers to promote other resource values. These values include improved air and water quality and wildlife habitat. SWO=Economy | No | No | $171,325 | $131,908 | $280,000 | $280,000 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.678, 7 grants | Forest Stewardship Program: Promote and enable the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest land to sustain the multiple values and uses that depend on such lands. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $321,745 | $194,414 | $0 | $0 | |
| Agriculture/Forest Service 10.676, 3 grants | Forest Legacy Program: Contracts specific acquisition activities and/or provides a portion of salaries for employees involved in day-to-day administration of the program. SWO=Economy | No | Match | $20,715 | $61,007 | $0 | $0 | |
| Lands and Minerals | ||||||||
| Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water 66.469 | Taconite Mercury Emission Control-Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Project will evaluate multiple methods to control mercury emissions during the processing of taconite. SWO=Environment | No | No | $996,427 | $257,648 | $0 | $0 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Operations Services | ||||||||
| Homeland Security/Coast Guard 97.012 | Recreational Boating Safety: Provides federal grant funds to states and territories to make boating safer and more enjoyable. Funds can be spent in any of six boating safety areas: Program Administration, Enforcement, Education & Outreach, Aids to Navigation, Registration & Titling and Public Boat Access. SWO=Safety | No | Match | $2,631,948 | $3,369,000 | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 | |
| Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 10.903 | Minnesota Elevation Mapping-Arrowhead Region.SWO=Environment | No | No | $171,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Interior, US Geological Survey 15.808 | Minnesota Elevation Mapping-Metro Region. SWO=Environment | No | No | $71,288 | $78,712 | $0 | $0 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.616 | Clean Vessel Act: Provides grant funds to the states, the District of Columbia and insular areas for the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for recreational boaters and also for educational programs that inform boaters of the importance of proper disposal of their sewage. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $60,829 | $200,000 | $200,000 | $200,000 | |
| Federal Agency & CFDA # | Federal Award Received and Description of Use, Including Statewide Outcome (SWO) | New Program (Yes or No) | State Match / MOE Required | FY12-13 Revenues (FY13 Anticipated) | FY14-15 Estimated Revenues | |||
| FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | |||||
| Parks and Trails | ||||||||
| Transportation/ Federal Highway Administration 20.219 | Recreation Trail Program: Provides funds to the States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses. (Revised) SWO=Environment | No | Match | $1,210,402 | $2,000,000 | $2,250,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service 15.662 | Sports Fishing and Boating Safety Act: The Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (BIG) provides grant funds to the states, the District of Columbia and insular areas to construct, renovate, and maintain tie-up facilities with features for transient boaters in vessels 26 feet or more in length, and to produce and distribute information and educational materials about the program. SWO=Environment | No | Match | $51,439 | $400,000 | $300,000 | $200,000 | |
| Totals | $13,729,994 | $16,595,304 | $21,034,428 | $17,556,243 | ||||