Minnesota House approves $59 million in Legacy projects

By Dennis Lien, St. Paul Pioneer Press
dlien@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 05/07/2010

About $59 million of constitutionally dedicated money for conservation projects was approved by the Minnesota House late Thursday but only after controversial language adopted last year and opposed by outdoors groups was changed.

The money would pay for a second round of projects recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. Those 25 programs and projects are scattered throughout the state and are intended to protect, enhance and restore wetlands, forests and prairies.

Neither the House nor the Senate, which already endorsed the package, changed the projects or the amount of money recommended for them.