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Recipient
Arts Center of Saint Peter, Inc
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Sibley
Watonwan
Recipient
Commonweal Theatre Company
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Stearns
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
The History Theatre, Inc AKA History Theatre
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,500

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

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
Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show LLC AKA Lao Culture Dance Fashion Minnesota
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Full Circle Theater Company
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Dakota
Fillmore
Hennepin
Nicollet
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Steele
Washington
Recipient
Kaddatz Galleries AKA Kaddatz Gallery
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,850

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Becker
Blue Earth
Carver
Clay
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Kanabec
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Stevens
Wadena
Wilkin
Recipient
VocalEssence
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Freeborn
Goodhue
Isanti
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lincoln
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Rock
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Steele
Recipient
Fairmont Opera House, Inc AKA Fairmont Opera House
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Faribault
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Lakeville City Ballet AKA Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Brown
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Steele
Washington
Recipient
The Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,741

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Dante C. De Grazia
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Hennepin
Olmsted
Winona
Recipient
Mixed Precipitation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Lake
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
St. Louis
Wabasha
Recipient
Berne Summer Concert Series AKA Berne Wood Fired Pizza and Summer Concert Series
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,400
Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1
Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
Central Lakes College-Brainerd AKA Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2
Aitkin
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Cass
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Hennepin
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
McLeod
Morrison
Murray
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Wadena
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota State University-Mankato AKA Good Thunder Reading Series
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,750
Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2
Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Clay
Dakota
Hennepin
Nicollet
Olmsted
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Recipient
Hatch Dance
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2
Anoka
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Recipient
Hrvatski Dom Association
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$190,125

The projects planned for the grant funds focus on essential updates and enhancements to our historic building, ensuring that we can continue to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for all who visit. The proposed improvements include upgrading our HVAC system, kitchen, and security infrastructure; rebuilding the handicap ramp for improved accessibility; sourcing new patio furniture; and resealing the venue's dance floor. Each of these initiatives is designed to maintain the integrity of our facility while enhancing the experience of our diverse audience.

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
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Crow Wing County
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Recipient
Indian Cultural Association of Minnesota AKA ICAM
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,375

Cultural Expression

Olmsted
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,000

The Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota planned for the cultural alignment of the permanent Children's Museum's art curation, signage, and interactive experiences. The primary focus of this cultural content related to southern Minnesota including Dakota art, culture, and heritage and complemented the Exhibit Development and Fabrication Legacy grant goals.

Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Olmsted
Rice
Sibley
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,414
Fund Source

This project will identify and compile existing nitrate data from groundwaters and surface waters in the Lower Mississippi Basin (LMB) generally and focus on the Root River Watershed. The purpose is to investigate the quantity and quality of existing nitrate data, and to organize it for use in comprehensive watershed strategy development (including assessment, TMDL computation and identification and study of nitrate sources and delivery mechanisms).

Dodge
Fillmore
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Winona
Recipient
Minnesota River Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$91,691
Fund Source

This project will support a civic engagement cohort that will be offered in southwest Minnesota to foster partnering and build capacity of local government, organizations, and residents for effective civic engagement in water protection and restoration. This project will also build networks and the skill set of local resource professionals to do effective civic engagement work for water restoration and protection. The cohort will be administered through the Minnesota River Board (MRB), established in 1995 with a goal of focusing water management efforts on the local level.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$141,439
Fund Source

This project will develop an understanding for how sediment sources change over timescales of individual storm events as well as over the past two centuries. The results will be used by the larger Collaborative for Sediment Source Reduction (CISSR)-Blue Earth research group to establish a sediment budget for the Greater Blue Earth River Basin and understand the effectiveness of various potential mitigation strategies. In addition, these results can be used by MPCA and others to calibrate watershed sediment models.

Blue Earth
Faribault
Martin
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Whitewater Watershed Project Joint Powers Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$158,328
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$83,000
Fund Source

This project will provide Agency staff, local partners and the citizen volunteers with a framework for building local capacity to design civic engagement and communication / outreach efforts. This will contribute to meaningful and sustained public participation in surface water protection and restoration activities throughout the watershed. MPCA staff, local partners and citizen volunteers will also be able to integrate the results of the biophysical and community assessment into strategies for improving water bodies on the MN 303d List of Impaired Waters

Olmsted
Wabasha
Recipient
Southeast Minnesota Water Resources Board-Winona State University
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,737
Fund Source

This project will build network and the skill set of local resource professionals to do effective civic engagement work for water restoration and protection in Southeast Minnesota. The cohort will be administered through the Southeast Minnesota Water Resources Board (SE MN WRB) which is an area wide Joint Powers Board (JPB) established to help improve and protect the water resources of the area through coordinating local water planning efforts. This JPB has successfully administered water quality grants in the past that have positively impacted the water resources of this region.

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Scott
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Recipient
RESPEC
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Fund Source

This project will complete spatial and temporal revisions , recalibration and validation of 7 watershed HSPF models. These fully functioning calibrated validated executable models will simulate hydrology, sediment (sand, silt, and clay), temperature, phosphorus, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, and algae at the 12-digit HUC subbasin scale (or finer).

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Dakota
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Murray
Nicollet
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
LimnoTech
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$121,916
Fund Source

This project will construct, calibrate, and validate an HSPF watershed model for the Zumbro River watershed. The consultant will produce HSPF watershed models that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs). The consultant will clearly demonstrate that the models generate predicted output timeseries for hydrology, sediment, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen that are consistent with available sets of observed data.

Dodge
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Recipient
Zumbro Watershed Partnership, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,750
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$58,218
Fund Source

This project will complete an implementation plan, as required by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, for the Zumbro River turbidity TMDL project. It will also revise the Zumbro River Watershed Management Plan (completed 2007) to ensure it continues to reflect local needs, incorporates new information, and develops more effective linkages with related local, state and federal government programs.

Dodge
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Recipient
Rochester Park and Recreation Dept.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,800
To document in 4 interviews with Dakota elders the cultural history of Indian Heights Park in Rochester
Olmsted
Recipient
Wells Historical Society
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Faribault
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$621,000

This project determines ambient background per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) levels in urban and non-urban soils. This information will help Minnesota develop management strategies for PFAS contaminated soils.

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
McLeod
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
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
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan on the importance of water in Dakota history in Minnesota.

Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,890

To support the development and restructuring of regional history groups.

Becker
Brown
Carlton
Clay
Cook
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Lake
Le Sueur
Martin
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pope
Rice
St. Louis
Sibley
Steele
Stevens
Traverse
Wabasha
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Statewide
Recipient
Faribault Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,574
Fund Source

The East Branch Blue Earth River is currently negatively impacted and has been shown to contribute disproportionately high sediment loads to the Minnesota River. With limited funds available for implementing conservation practices, targeting tools to pinpoint locations where conservation practices have the highest effectiveness are increasingly important. Innovative use of technology can help streamline these targeting procedures.

Faribault
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,664
To hire consultants to develop an exhibit on Dakota culture and history.
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000

We will determine the distribution, relative density, and spatial occupancy patterns of 3 small weasel species in Minnesota to fill key knowledge gaps in weasel distribution and status in 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
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
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
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,790,000
Fund Source

Diverse habitat is critical to sustaining quality fish populations in lakes and rivers. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) will complete six fish passage projects to restore habitat connectivity for fish and other aquatic life, and restore reaches of four different rivers, creating 24.4 miles of diverse aquatic habitat. Though the actual footprint of fish passage projects is relatively small, these projects will reconnect over 27,000 acres of lake and river habitat.

Carver
Clay
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,338,000
Fund Source

Minnesota's iconic northern forests, wetlands, and brushland habitats require management beyond basic forestry practices or at smaller scales than commercial operations work. Other enhancements, such as brushland shearing or mowing have low commercial value but high wildlife value. These additional habitat enhancements improve the quality of the forests for both wildlife and outdoor recreation.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Chisago
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Pine
Roseau
Sherburne
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Winona
Recipient
DNR
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,534,000
Fund Source

Grasslands continue to be the most threatened habitat in the state. This programmatic request will build on the DNR's history of enhancing and restoring grasslands, embedded wetlands, and oak savannas to increase wildlife populations. The Prairie Plan, Pheasant Plan, and Wildlife Action Plan will guide our efforts to ensure we are operating in a strategic and targeted manner.

Aitkin
Benton
Big Stone
Brown
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Murray
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Roseau
Sherburne
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Washington
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500,000
Fund Source

Grasslands and wetlands in western Minnesota continues to be the most threatened habitat in the state. At the same time, the DNR continues to work to make the state's forests more productive for wildlife, timber, and other compatible uses. This request will realign and streamline previous funding requests by placing all DNR Roving Crews under a single proposal and appropriation.

Aitkin
Benton
Carlton
Cass
Chippewa
Cook
Cottonwood
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Kandiyohi
Lake of the Woods
Lincoln
Lyon
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Redwood
Roseau
Stearns
Washington