All Projects

164 Results for
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association JPB
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$387,146
Fund Source

The Pomme de Terre River Association has targeted and identified specific areas and activities required for marked water quality improvement. This project will implement of 16 Water and Sediment Control Basins (WASCOBs), 28 Rain Gardens, 2 Shoreline/ Stream bank stabilization, 10 Waste Pit Closures, 1 Terrace Project, and the enrollment of 1900 acres into conservation practices. These practices in total will directly result in site-specific and watershed-dependent reductions of 17,801 tons of sediment and 17,784 pounds of phosphorous from entering surface waters yearly in the watershed.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Stevens SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Stevens
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association JPB
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$246,441
Fund Source
Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association JPB
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$431,587
Fund Source

The goal of the Pomme de Terre River Association (JPB) is to improve the local water resources within the watershed through targeted voluntary efforts and the building of strong relationships with local landowners, producers, and citizens. The Pomme de Terre River is currently not meeting state water quality for sediment. The purpose of this project is to strategically work towards a 53% sediment reduction goal at the mouth of the Pomme de Terre River based on a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy document.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
New London Music Festival
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

Kandiyohi
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Hennepin
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Wright
Recipient
Dassel-Cokato Community Education
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Art Project
Meeker
McLeod
Hennepin
Stevens
Wright
Carver
Recipient
Appleton 52 Wing Restoration Committee
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,390
Art Project
Swift
Stevens
Big Stone
Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Yellow Medicine
Lyon
Recipient
New London Music Group
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Art Project
Kandiyohi
Swift
Chippewa
Renville
McLeod
Meeker
Stearns
Benton
Big Stone
Lac qui Parle
Douglas
Hennepin
Dakota
Stevens
Lyon
Grant
Washington
Ramsey
Blue Earth
Recipient
Morgan G. Willow
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Artist Initiative

Anoka
Fillmore
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Stevens
Recipient
Rachel B. Breen
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,808

Artist Initiative

Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Stevens
Recipient
Andrew J. Nordin
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Artist Initiative

Itasca
Kandiyohi
Lake
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Pope
Renville
Stearns
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Recipient
Theatre Latté-Da AKA Theatre Latte-Da
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,641

Arts Tour Minnesota

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Hubbard
Recipient
VocalEssence
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$82,549

Arts Tour Minnesota

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Itasca
Mahnomen
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Pope
Sherburne
Stearns
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Wilkin
Wright
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,170

Arts Tour Minnesota

Carlton
Cook
Douglas
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Morrison
Otter Tail
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
St. Louis
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Springboard for the Arts
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Arts Tour Minnesota

Becker
Big Stone
Cass
Clay
Dakota
Douglas
Grant
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Otter Tail
Pope
Ramsey
Stevens
Traverse
Wadena
Wilkin
Recipient
CLIMB Theatre, Inc. AKA CLIMB Theatre
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$94,173

Arts Access

Becker
Carlton
Chisago
Grant
Isanti
Lyon
Mille Lacs
Otter Tail
Redwood
St. Louis
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company, Inc. AKA Northern Light Opera Company
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant for Organizations
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
St. Louis
Scott
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wadena
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Cottonwood
Dakota
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Hennepin
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Olmsted
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Redwood
Scott
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Stevens
Watonwan
Waseca
Recipient
Springboard for the Arts
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Arts Access
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Recipient
MacPhail Center for Music
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,393
Arts Learning
Becker
Blue Earth
Chippewa
Chisago
Cottonwood
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lake
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Mower
Nobles
Norman
Pennington
Pipestone
Renville
St. Louis
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,888
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Clay
Crow Wing
Douglas
Fillmore
Isanti
Morrison
Nobles
Olmsted
Stearns
Stevens
Recipient
Luverne G. Seifert
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$121,432
Arts Tour Minnesota
Aitkin
Blue Earth
Brown
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Morrison
Nicollet
Pennington
Polk
Ramsey
Red Lake
Rice
Scott
Stearns
St. Louis
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Singers Minnesota Choral Artists AKA The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,096
Arts Tour Minnesota
Benton
Faribault
Steele
Stevens
Recipient
VSA Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$69,202
Arts Access
Anoka
Blue Earth
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Grant
Hennepin
Itasca
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company, Inc. AKA Northern Light Opera Company
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts/Cultural Heritage Grant
Hubbard
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Wadena
Otter Tail
Stevens
Hennepin
Anoka
Dakota
Washington
Goodhue
Olmsted
Mower
Blue Earth
Carver
Kandiyohi
Sherburne
Stearns
Crow Wing
Polk
Clearwater
St. Louis
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,350
Arts Tour Minnesota
Carlton
Cook
Grant
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Stevens
St. Louis
Traverse
Recipient
RESPEC
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,485
Fund Source

This project involves the extension and update of the Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) model for the Bois de Sioux and Mustinka watersheds.

Big Stone
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Emmons & Olivier Resources Inc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,381
Fund Source

This project will address United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) comments on the preliminary draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) comments on the pre-public notice draft TMDL study and Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report, and produce the public notice draft TMDL study and the public notice draft WRAPS report ready for public review and comment. Conduct one public meeting for each watershed to present public notice drafts of the TMDL study and WRAPS report for each watershed.

Grant
Otter Tail
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Chippewa River Watershed Project
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$296,965
Fund Source

The goal of the Chippewa River Watershed Protection project is to protect unimpaired areas of the watershed. This will be accomplished through education and outreach with landowners and through implementation of best management practices.

Chippewa
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Pope
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts AKA The Atelier
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Community Arts Education Support

Anoka
Benton
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
McLeod
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,438,000
Fund Source

The Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program will be managed by the Department of Natural Resources to provide competitive matching grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, state, and national non-profit organizations and government entities.

Anoka
Becker
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
St. Louis
Stevens
Washington
Wright
Recipient
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$520,000
Becker
Big Stone
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Wadena
Watonwan
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,458,800
Fund Source

With this appropriation, the DNR enhanced and restored over 11,700 acres of public lands or permanently protected private lands under easement.  Projects under this appropriation included prescribed fire, prescribed or conservation grazing, woody removal, and enhancing plant diversity.  With this appropriation we were able to exceed our target acreage by 38 percent.  

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Clay
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
McLeod
Meeker
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,983,000
Fund Source

We restored 2,081 acres of grassland and enhanced 42,425 acres of grassland for a total of 44,506 acres of wildlife habitat across 329 sites with these funds.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Jackson
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Morrison
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Roseau
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$198,000

Building on the exhibit development community engagement process carried out through four successive Legacy grants, the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota will use the 2014-15 direct appropriation to complete fabrication and installation of several exhibit components for its permanent facility. Local resources, volunteers, and community involvement will be combined with museum expertise to complete this process.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,175
Folk and Traditional Arts
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Hennepin
Stevens
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$155,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to continue and finalize Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model construction and complete the calibration/validation process for the Minnesota River–Headwaters and Lac qui Parle watersheds that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Yellow Medicine