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Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$770
To acquire 22 rolls of primary records on microfilm for increased public access to history.
Ramsey
Recipient
Washington County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,000
To produce a one-hour documentary on the life and significant contributions of Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Rosalie Wahl based on thorough and completed research.
Ramsey
Recipient
City of Shoreview
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,000
Ramsey
Recipient
Twin City Model Railroad Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To fabricate and install interpretive panels for the Toy Train Division gallery.
Ramsey
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids will build on recent enrollment momentum and further increase participation with its School Service Program, which takes down the economic barriers for visiting school groups. The Legacy grant will fund more educators and facilitators, curriculum development, scholarship aid, transportation assistance, art and teaching supplies, and the addition of a new exhibit to the museum.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
U.S. Geological Survey
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$488,000
Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,910,000
Fund Source

This project will protect and restore declining habitats and watersheds for important wildlife species in strategically targeted areas of biodiversity significance in Southeast Minnesota. The project will result in increased public access and expanded habitat complexes critical to the state.

Fillmore
Houston
Winona
Recipient
DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$904,300
Fund Source

With these funds the DNR enhanced almost 3,100 acres on 140 different tracts within State Forests and Wildlife Management Area lands in southeastern Minnesota.  While a lot of forest management can be conducted with well-planned and carefully conducted timber harvests, these activities enhanced these forested habitats beyond standard harvest practices such as increasing hard mast production (acorns, hickory nuts, etc).  This will provide long-term benefits for a range of wildlife species and increased recreational opportunities for Minnesotans.

Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Maplewood Area Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,999
To provide Maplewood Area Historical Society with professional continuing education through a national museum training program.
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,000

The Children's Discovery Museum's (CDM) new 3,000 piece Wizard of Oz (WOZ) collection will be properly archived, conservation materials purchased, and exhibit concept and design drawings completed. CDM facilitators and educators will travel to other children's museums in Minnesota for staff enrichment and professional development.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Mille Lacs
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
City of St. Paul
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,600
To hire a qualified professional to complete a structural assessment and work plan.
Ramsey
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota will increase access and deepen engagement with their effectively proven School Service Program. The museum will take down the economic barriers and increase enrollment. This grant will fund more educators and facilitators, curriculum development, scholarship aid, transportation assistance and art/teaching supplies.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Hamline University - Center For Global Environmental Education
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,999
To conduct Phase II of research on the History of Environmental Education in Minnesota through oral history transcriptions.
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To print and publish a book on the history of Mankato's Wagon Wheel Café and its patrons.
Blue Earth
Recipient
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To provide public access to newly-digitized SPCO concert recordings from the 1970s under then-Music Director Dennis Russell Davies.
Ramsey
Recipient
Martin County SWCD
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$495,000
Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Lake
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Waseca
Watonwan
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,369
Fund Source

This project will increase awareness about outdoor recreation opportunities at Minnesota state parks and trails among underrepresented groups by creating handicap-accessible, touch-screen kiosks, with information in multiple languages, and placing the kiosks in high-traffic, family-oriented locations.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Historic Saint Paul
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,410
To adapt historical content from established paper-based tour brochures for the web and mobile applications for greater public access.
Ramsey
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Ramsey County Parks and Recreation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

With roughly 70,000 residents, Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong population in the United States. The top spinning game of Tuj Lub (pronounced - too loo) has its roots in Southeast Asia and holds cultural significance to the Hmong community. Formal Tuj Lub courts, constructed near a multi-shelter picnic area at Keller Regional Park, seek

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,600
To assemble historical resources pertaining to the car culture of University Avenue in St. Paul preparatory to an interpretive memorial installation
Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,800
To produce a one-hour documentary on the history of University Avenue linking St. Paul and Minneapolis up to the installation of the Central Corridor Light Rail and based on thorough and completed research.
Ramsey
Recipient
U.S. Geological Survey
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$455,000
Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Scott
Sibley
Wabasha
Washington
Recipient
The Performance Lab
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,650

To document in 3 to 4 interviews the history of the dance community in the Twin Cities.

Ramsey
Recipient
Saint Paul Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To document in 5 to 7 interviews the many roles advocates play in helping victims to become successful survivors and helping to move society toward the elimination of abuse altogether.

Ramsey
Recipient
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,952
To conduct a side and down imaging remote sensing survey of White Bear Lake and Lake Waconia to recognize submerged cultural resources.
Ramsey
Recipient
White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
To hire a qualified historian to evaluate the 1885 White Bear Town Hall for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Ramsey
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,900,000
Fund Source

This program acquired, developed, and added 638 acres to the state Wildlife Management Area (WMA) system. These lands protect habitat and provide opportunities for public hunting, trapping and compatible outdoor uses consistent with the Outdoor Recreation Act (M.S. 86A.05, Subd.8).

Anoka
Carlton
Chippewa
Chisago
Freeborn
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Winona
Wright
Recipient
VocalEssence
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,770

In 2016, VocalEssence WITNESS welcomes artist Melanie DeMore to help us explore the Underground Railroad in Minnesota—specifically how our state has been a place of sanctuary for refugees from the time of slavery through today. As part of this project, Melanie will help record absent narratives of those who have found sanctuary in Minnesota, and these stories will be shared in video and written form to explore the concept of sanctuary as part of the WITNESS School Program.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$82,578
MNHS partners with diverse organizations to create in-depth, meaningful learning experiences for young people that help them develop career and life skills. One example is the Mazinaakizige: American Indian Teen Photography Program.
Hennepin
Ramsey