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Recipient
City of St. Cloud
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$575
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Martin SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source

Eight towns in Martin County recently updated their wellhead protection plans. One of the main protection plan items is to seal abandoned wells within the towns' Drinking Water Source Management Areas. This project will provide 50% cost share, up to $1,000, to help offset the cost of sealing abandoned wells.

Martin
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
McLeod SWCD
2019 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.

McLeod
Recipient
Stearns SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$114,500
Fund Source
Stearns
Recipient
Martin SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,000
Fund Source
Martin
Recipient
Stearns SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,000
Fund Source
Stearns
Recipient
Stearns SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$210,000
Fund Source

The Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District will hire an Accelerated Water Quality Technician to focus on projects in the Middle Sauk area showing the greatest pollution reductions. After identifying and prioritizing targeted sites with the highest pollution potential, the Stearns County SWCD will begin surveys and designs and complete them in a timely fashion while current implementation funds are available. The accelerated survey and design in Stearns County will relieve our natural resources of the current strain put on them by the environment and land use.

Stearns
Recipient
DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$877,700
Fund Source

Many of Minnesota's wetlands have been lost and the remainder degraded.  Recent tiling and ditching have accelerated this situation.  Through this program, shallow lakes and wetlands were designed, constructed, and intensively managed to benefit wetland wildlife and Minnesota residents.  Habitat accomplishments from this proposal have enhanced 19,365 acres of wetlands and shallow lakes to benefit waterfowl and wetland wildlife.  Work was accomplish through constructed infrastructure, cattail control, and a significant prescribed wetland burn.

Aitkin
Anoka
Beltrami
Cass
Chippewa
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Isanti
Jackson
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Mahnomen
Marshall
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
St. Louis
Stearns
Wabasha
Washington
Wilkin
Wright
Recipient
Pheasants Forever with USFWS
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,332,700
Fund Source

The goal of this program was to accelerate the protection of 887 acres as Waterfowl Production Area's. Pheasants Forever successfully protected eight parcels totaling 1,554.39 acres of prairie wetland and grasslands providing excellent habitat for numerous wildlife.
In total, we under spent on our budget, over delivered on acre goals, and over delivered on match leverage received.

Becker
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lyon
Pope
Sibley
Stearns
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,143,900
Fund Source

This phase of WMA acquisition protected 1802.55 acres of prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitat as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting. With these 16 acquisition we have exceeded our planned acres of 1362 by more than 400 acres. Breaking down acres by ecological section we acquired 282 acres in the metro and 1520 acres in the prairie.  We have a balance of $52,798 of grant funds and $81,837.48 in program income that will be returned despite exceeding our acre goals.

Blue Earth
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
Sibley
Waseca
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,061,000
Fund Source

The goal of this phase of the WPA acquisition program was to protect a total of 915 acres of grassland, wetland and other wildlife habitats as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting. Pheasants Forever purchased 10 parcels totaling 1,150.27 acres of wetlands and grasslands in Minnesota's prairie region. In addition to exceeding our acre goals, $ 37,512.95 of grant funds will be returned.

Big Stone
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Meeker
Otter Tail
Stearns
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,740,000
Fund Source

This phase of WMA acquisition protected 1,260.22 acres of prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitat as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting. With these 9 acquisition we have exceeded our planned acres of 1030 by more than 230.22 acres. All of the acquired properties had wildlife habitat restored to the highest quality possible.

Carver
Douglas
Fillmore
Martin
Meeker
Nobles
Renville
Sibley
Steele
Recipient
City of Mora
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,241

ACHF Grant for Organizations

Kanabec
Pine
Mille Lacs
Isanti
Chisago
Aitkin
Washington
Carver
Ramsey
Hennepin
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Stearns History Museum
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Todd County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,385
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.
Todd
Douglas
Morrison
Stearns
Recipient
Hutchinson Public Library
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,385
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.
McLeod
Recipient
Jackson County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.
Jackson
Cottonwood
Martin
Nobles
Recipient
Anoka Conservation District, Isanti County, Great River Greening, Stearns County SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,047,100
Fund Source

The Anoka Sand Plain Partnership restored / enhanced 3,714 acres of priority prairie, savanna, forest, wetland, and shoreline habitat on public lands and waters within the Anoka Sand Plain EcoRegion within the Metropolitan Urbanizing, Forest-Prairie, and Northern Forest regions. Total R/E acreage achieved over the course of the appropriation is 126% of our stated acreage goals, and was accomplished through a robust partnership of four direct recipients improving a total of 16 priority sites including WMAs, state forest, national wildlife refuges, city and county lands. 

Anoka
Benton
Isanti
Morrison
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Paynesville Area Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,820
To provide better organization of archival materials which will allow the public greater access to the community
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Stearns
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

Nobles
Cottonwood
Murray
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Pipestone
Dakota
Rock
Stearns
Hennepin
Blue Earth
Faribault
Recipient
FungusAmongus Players
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Meeker
McLeod
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Pottery Festival
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,956

Art Project

McLeod
Carver
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Nicollet
Renville
Scott
Sibley
Wright
Recipient
New London Music Festival
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Art Project

Anoka
Chippewa
Douglas
Hennepin
Hubbard
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Meeker
Olmsted
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Wright
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Lyon
Stearns
Recipient
Rhythm of the River
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Jackson
Cottonwood
Nobles
Rock
Murray
Lyon
Lincoln
Lake
Martin
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Brown
Stearns
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Sibley
Wright
Nicollet
Kandiyohi
Redwood
Stearns
Anoka
Ramsey
Hennepin
Washington
Scott
Dakota
Le Sueur
Renville
Cass
Cass
Todd
Douglas
Pope
Swift
Chippewa
Carver
Scott
Dakota
St. Louis
Wadena
Pine
Chisago
Recipient
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,519

Art Project Legacy

Lyon
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Nobles
Murray
Recipient
City of Spicer
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,080

Art Project

Kandiyohi
Stearns
Grant
Pope
Wright
Lyon
Meeker
Redwood
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Lac qui Parle
Stearns
Recipient
Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Cottonwood
Jackson
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Rock
Recipient
Crow River Youth Choir
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,120

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Wright
Recipient
Eden Valley-Watkins Community Education
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,200

Art Project

Stearns
Meeker
Recipient
Hutchinson Center for the Arts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000

Art Project

Hennepin
St. Louis
Ramsey
Carver
Meeker
McLeod
Recipient
Hutchinson Photography Club
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$912

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Wright
Carver
Hennepin
Recipient
Jackson Center for the Arts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500

Art Project

Martin
Jackson
Nobles
Cottonwood
Ramsey
Rock
Hennepin
Faribault
Redwood
Recipient
Winsted Arts Council
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,125

Art Project

McLeod
Wright
Carver
Meeker
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Recipient
Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Cottonwood
Jackson
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Redwood
Recipient
Worthington Chamber Singers
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500

Art Project

Nobles
Jackson
Murray
Martin
Rock
Recipient
Dassel-Cokato Community Education
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Art Project
Meeker
McLeod
Hennepin
Stevens
Wright
Carver