‘Community grants’ are target of Minnesota House bill’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund change

In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature decided to allocate 1.5% from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (lottery proceeds) to the DNR to oversee a community grants program for local environment restoration work.
In the upcoming year, approximately $28 million would have gone entirely toward funding the program in 2026. However, an amendment, approved along party lines in the House Ways and Means Committee on March 11, changes where those appropriated ENRTF dollars would go.

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