This proposal accelerates the permanent protection of 000 acres of wetlands and 000 acres of grasslands for a total of 0,000 acres as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting in Minnesota. Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase IX Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This proposal accelerates the protection of 0,000 acres of strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitats as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting. Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase X Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This proposal accelerates the strategic permanent protection of 000 acres (000 wetlands and 000 grasslands) of Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) open to public hunting in Minnesota. Pheasants Forever (PF) will strategically acquire parcels that are adjacent to existing public land or create corridors between complexes. All acquisitions will occur in the prairie, prairie/forest transition, or metro regions. Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase X Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This proposal accelerates the protection of 0,000 acres of strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitats as State Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) open to public hunting. Pheasants Forever (PF) will be acquiring tracts that build onto or create a corridor between existing protected lands which will be transferred to the MN Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) to be included as a WMA. All acquisitions will occur within the prairie, prairie/forest transition, and metro planning regions. These areas have seen the greatest decline in upland and wetland habitat. Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XI Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This programmatic proposal accelerates the protection and restoration of 0,000 acres of strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitats as State Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) open to public hunting. Pheasants Forever (PF) will be protecting parcels that build onto or create a corridor between existing protected lands which will be transferred to the MN Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) to be included as a WMA. All acquisitions will occur within the prairie, prairie/forest transition, and metro planning regions. Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XI Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This proposal accelerates the strategic permanent protection of 0,000 acres (000 wetlands and 000 grasslands) of Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) open to public hunting in Minnesota. Pheasants Forever (PF) will strategically acquire parcels that are adjacent to existing public land or create corridors between complexes. All acquisitions will occur in the prairie, prairie/forest transition, or metro regions. Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Program - Phase XII Recipient Pheasants Forever w/USFWS 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This proposal accelerates the strategic permanent protection of 000 acres (000 acres of wetlands and 000 acres of grassland habitat) of Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) open to public hunting in Minnesota. Pheasants Forever (PF) will strategically acquire parcels that are adjacent to existing public land or create corridors between complexes. All acquisitions will occur in the prairie, prairie/forest transition, or metro regions. Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area Program - Phase XII Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This is the twelfth phase to accelerate the protection and restoration of 000 acres of strategic prairie grasslands, associated wetlands and other wildlife habitats as State Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) open to public hunting. Pheasants Forever (PF) will be permanently protecting strategic parcels within the prairie, prairie/forest transition, and metro planning regions which will be restored and transferred to the MN Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) to be included as a WMA. Accelerate the Waterfowl Production Area Program in Minnesota Recipient Pheasants Forever 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered to permanently protect, restore and enhance 0,000 acres of grassland and 000 acres of wetland as Waterfowl Production Areas in Western and Southern Minnesota. All lands acquired will be owned and managed in perpetuity by the USFWS as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and open for public recreation. Accelerated Aquatic Management Area Habitat Program, Phase 0 Recipient MN DNR 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund We protected 00.0 miles of trout streams and 0.0 miles of lakeshore via easements (000 acres in total), and 0.0 miles (000 acres) of lakeshore through fee-title purchase. We enhanced shoreline habitat on 000 acres of riparian land, and instream habitat on 0.0 miles of trout streams and 0.0 miles of warmwater rivers. Accelerated Prairie Restoration and Enhancement on DNR Lands, Phase 0 Recipient MN DNR 0000 Fiscal Year Funding Amount $0,000,000 Fund Source Outdoor Heritage Fund This 