...Partner of the Year award was given to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources and accepted by Director John Velin and Sen. Satveer Chaudhary. The LCCMR makes recommendations to the Minnesota Legislature on how funds from the Environment...

...Commission on Minnesota Resources is the prime recipient of lottery proceeds earmarked for environmental work. Director John Velin said lottery money has literally doubled the agency's efforts, which range from acquiring habitat land to fighting...

...since "the owners have refused time after time to sell it for a park or to the State Historical Society," Director John Velin said. The Minnesota Historical Society and the Department of Natural Resources also say they have no money for a private...