Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

05/15/2026

Tune in this Sunday to ENRTF-funded Prairie Sportsman for their newest episode that highlights Mississippi River midwinter fishing; the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory; and the Beefsteak Fungus!

04/24/2026

Great opportunity to ride some ENRTF-supported trails!

03/18/2026

The LCCMR's 2027 RFP is closed! Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for funding from the ENRTF. LCCMR staff will send an email to all applicants by the end of the day on March 23, 2026, to confirm we received your proposal.

03/11/2026

Don't let next week's due date catch you by surprise! Proposals in response to the LCCMR's open 2027 RFP for $121 million from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund are due on March 18th - learn more and apply now: bit.ly/3LzVUPV

03/10/2026

Wonderful to see Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund support helping Minnesota's youth learn and explore in our great outdoors!

03/04/2026

Two weeks left to submit your proposal in response to the LCCMR's 2027 RFP! $121 million is available from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund for projects that protect, conserve, preserve, and enhance Minnesota's environment and natural resources. Proposals due by 4:30pm on March 18: bit.ly/3LzVUPV

02/19/2026

🔦Funding Priority Spotlight: Energy

The LCCMR's open RFP for $121 million from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund includes a call for proposals that benefit Minnesota's environment through innovative renewable energy projects and programs. Proposals are due by 4:30 PM on March 18, 2026.

Share with your network, and learn more: bit.ly/3LzVUPV

02/11/2026

🚨 Funding priority spotlight: Land

The LCCMR's open 2027 RFP for support from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund includes a focus on Minnesota's diverse landscapes, including coniferous forests, grassland prairies, and everything in between.

Proposals are due March 18th - learn more and apply: bit.ly/3LzVUPV

02/09/2026

📣 Share widely: If you missed last week's Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund funding priority spotlight, it focuses on strategies to help Minnesota's plants and animals thrive. $121 million is available through the LCCMR's open RFP, and proposals are due by 4:30 PM March 18. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3LzVUPV

02/03/2026

Wonderful profile of a Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund-supported researcher at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station! Learn more how ENRTF funds help her investigation into why toxic algae is showing up in Minnesota’s wilderness lakes 👇

Lienne Sethna, a scientist with the St. Croix Watershed Research Station, is studying toxic blue-green algae in lakes in Superior National Forest. Typically, the algae, also known as cyanobacteria, blooms near urban areas and farmland, the result of warming waters and chemical pollution. So what's up with the algal blooms occurring in our most pristine lakes in the Boundary Waters?

Sethna and her fellow researchers hope to answer that question with research funds awarded during Minnesota's last legislative session. As the research proceeded, they came up with different theories and ruled out some of them.

Said Sethna: "Our latest theory is that waters are warming, causing lakebeds to release naturally occurring phosphorus that rises to the top of the water column, where algae have a field day because there’s now plenty of nutrients available for them to grow. We call this recycling process 'internal phosphorus' loading.”

Read more about Sethna's research in the latest issue of Minnesota Conservation Volunteer at tinyurl.com/3av59vrr

📸 Photo courtesy of Brianna Kirk.