Renovation and partial relocation of the roads and parking areas at the park; including improvements to buildings and other related facilities. The current park building was constructed in 1985. The park had 75,300 visits in 2013.
To improve display areas that feature quilts, historic and artistic photographs, American Indian fine art, indigenous floral arrangements, locally grown herbs, and other handiwork indicative of Becker county by purchasing display cases and improving lighting. Additionally, to feature American Indian performers and a Norwegian performing pair to share their talents under the free tent during the fair.
To upgrade the HVAC system and insulation at The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in order to both meet museum and historic preservation standards.
Install an underground well and an irrigation system (or other means for watering) in order to water the grass, trees and plants that will be planted at the Veteran's Park. The Veteran's Park is located outside of city limits so there is no source of water other than drilling our own well on the property. Clitherall Township will hire a licensed contractor to drill and install the well as required by Minnesota law.
The Diversity Committee guides MNHS in relation to its strategic priority for diversity and inclusivity. The team meets regularly to discuss current offerings, interactions with various diverse communities and provides services for MNHS to increase cultural competency of staff. The committee activities have emphasized training and development of staff, choosing the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) as an assessment tool to provide a benchmark of the current state of intercultural competency with the plan of reassessing at a later date to gauge improvements.
This collaborative project creates a college to workforce pathway for under-represented students who are interested in pursuing Natural Resources careers by reducing barriers that inhibit successful educational attainment.
Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center will provide meaningful, hands-on environmental education learning opportunities to underserved rural and metro area children through our day-use and residential summer camps.
To enhance the accessibility of environmental education and outdoor recreation at Deep Portage Learning Center through projects that provide opportunities and support independence for physically disabled students visiting the campus.
Demand for Engineering services in Northeast Minnesota's nine-county Area III Technical Service Area is exceeding the capacity to deliver the needed services. There are increased requests from Soil and Water Conservation Districts for engineering needed to design and install Best Management Practices in part due to requests related to Clean Water Fund projects. These funds will be used to hire an engineer, which will increase engineering capacity and result in the completion of at least five additional projects per year.
Partner Organizations: Northfield Historical Society, Rice County Historical Society, Carleton College, St. Olaf College, The Northfield Public Library, Northfield News, KYMN Radio, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield Hospital, First National Bank of Northfield, St.
This collaborative project creates a college to workforce pathway for underrepresented students interested in pursuing Natural Resources careers by reducing barriers that inhibit successful educational attainment.
We propose four strategies to increase in-state Golden Shiner (bait) production because angler demand exceeds production. Out-of-state importation creates a high risk of introducing aquatic invasive species and disease.
Wolf Ridge seeks scholarships for equitable access to authentic, hands on learning experiences in the outdoors that supports our Minnesota schools and achievement of the ENRTF strategic plan priority goals.
The causes of increased flooding and the most cost-effective solutions for reducing flood risk will be determined for the Cottonwood River watershed and nine other agricultural watersheds in southern Minnesota.
Minnesota's six accredited residential environmental learning centers (RELCs) will provide life-changing, immersive multi-day environmental learning experiences to a minimum statewide distribution of 20,000 K-12 students, achieving ENRTF's goals.
This collaborative project creates a college to workforce pathway for under-represented students interested in pursuing Natural Resources careers by reducing barriers that inhibit successful educational attainment.
Urban Roots will 1) hire a consultant to build the fundraising knowledge and capabilities of Urban Root's staff and leadership; 2) strategize for individual and major donor cultivation; 3) build capacity for increasing revenue stream, compile research on donors to guide skill-building and engagement
Implementation of the cultural resources study including a series of messaging features installed throughout the regional park on existing benches and light/wayfinding poles, on fences or in landscapes. The project will also include storytelling/interview videos linked in the messaging features and also landscaping and vegetation establishment.
Pre-design, design, and engineering to stabilize and reconstruct the Fish Hatchery Trail. Project may include internal staff design time, consultant coordination, environmental and natural resource review, and project administration.
Design, engineering, and construction of the Fish Hatchery Trail. Project may include stabilizing embankment, conducting environmental cleanup, removing existing trail, paving new trail, and adding lighting and other amenities.
-Ojibwe curriculum k-12
-Language tables
-Public Awareness through city signage in Ojibwe
-Transfer of recordings of elder Ojibwe speakers from cassette to CD (35)
Implementation of the Cultural Resources Study expected to be completed in Summer 2019. Project may include signage, interpretive elements, access reconfigurement to portions of park, and other items identified in the plan.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has identified streamflow alteration as a key stressor on aquatic life, but the characteristics of streamflow alteration acting as a stressor has not been identified in the MPCA Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) process. Without indices that characterize streamflow alteration, the MPCA cannot quantitatively associate metrics of aquatic life condition to streamflow alteration. The lack of quantifiable indices limits the ability of the MPCA to assess environmental streamflow needs for streams and rivers throughout Minnesota.
1. Develop a standardized assessment tool with fall, winter, and spring CBM (curriculum based measures) math assessments in Dakota and Ojibwe for students in grades K-8. 2. Be able to report to our authorizer the actual learning of math that occurs at our school as is assessed in Dakota and Ojibwe. 3. Be able to report to our authorizer the actual learning of math that occurs at our school as is assessed in Dakota and Ojibwe. 4. Develop an immersion focused scope and sequence for math for Ojibwe and Dakota classrooms.
1. Develop a standardized assessment tool with fall, winter, and spring CBM (curriculum based measures) math assessments in Dakota and Ojibwe for students in grades K-8. 2. Be able to report to our authorizer the actual learning of math that occurs at our school as is assessed in Dakota and Ojibwe. 3. Be able to report to our authorizer the actual learning of math that occurs at our school as is assessed in Dakota and Ojibwe. 4. Develop an immersion focused scope and sequence for math for Ojibwe and Dakota classrooms.
Artistry is seeking support to expand our partnerships with indigenous artists and to provide more programming on indigenous arts and culture. Our main goals are: 1) To provide exceptional arts education opportunities to Bloomington students and community members. 2) To bring the region's best indigenous artists to Artistry to offer masterclasses and other public art education programs. The pursuit of both of these goals will broadly help grow the cultural literacy of our area.
This project is supporting programming expansion in the Indigenous Food Lab, located in Minneapolis, which includes a professional Indigenous kitchen. In June the organization will open a demonstration and training studio, Spirit Kitchen, offering fresh food. It will also offer Indigenous market curated retail products from Indigenous producers. This program will design one meal kit per month (15 months), to distribute at two schools (30 families each), to families of Indigenous students, with an accompanying live demonstration and video on how families can prepare meals together.
Great Lakes Lifeways Institute will expand and deepen their work, launching a series of seasonal, traditional harvest camps that are designed to initiate a long-term elder/youth apprenticeship program. The project includes five harvest camps each year, over two years, with the support of community partners, as well as smaller cultural gatherings around specific knowledge and traditional ways.
