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Recipient
Luther Seminary Library
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer.
Statewide
Recipient
Barr Engineering
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$103,620
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$231,444
Fund Source

The Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) project represents the next generation of stormwater management in Minnesota. MIDS offers guidelines, recommendations and tools that help low impact development practices be implemented more uniformly across Minnesota's landscape and provides guidance to effectively implement the concepts and practices of low impact development. Products include performance goals for new development, redevelopment and linear projects, a graphic user interface calculator and flexible treatment options for sites design.

Statewide
Recipient
Frozen River Film Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,479
Frozen River Film Festival
Winona
Houston
Fillmore
Mower
Freeborn
Dodge
Steele
Wabasha
Goodhue
Waseca
Rice
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Le Sueur
Scott
Olmsted
Recipient
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,479
Twin Cities Book Festival
Ramsey
Hennepin
Anoka
Dakota
Scott
Carver
Wright
Sherburne
Isanti
Chisago
Washington
Recipient
Rock Bend Folk Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,979
Rock Bend Folk Festival
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Watonwan
Steele
McLeod
Waseca
Rice
Faribault
Brown
Cottonwood
Jackson
Martin
Freeborn
Sibley
Scott
Dakota
Carver
Olmsted
Hennepin
Winona
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$723,080
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$545,181
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$738,011
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$543,436
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$533,891
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$533,063
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,111,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$838,045
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$700,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$737,500
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,600,000
Fund Source

Acquire land from willing sellers within the statutory boundaries of State Parks and within statutory designated State Trail corridors.

Statewide
Recipient
Kestrel Design Group, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,210
Fund Source

This project will provide data and information that can readily be incorporated into an updated version of the Minnesota Stormwater Manual (“Manual”). The consultant will develop and submit state-of-the-art engineering and science information in a condensed summary, including color graphics and color photos suitable for a diverse audience. The Manual and associated materials, such as CAD drawings, case studies, color photos, and spreadsheets will: (a) comply with the State Accessibility Standard ; (b) provide clear and simple navigation, and (c) enable easy data downloads.

Statewide
Recipient
YMCA Youth in Government
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

The Civics Education Coalition will create opportunities for students, enrich teacher capacity to engage students, and build state-wide networks. Work will include an interactive website, online youth summit, youth conference, new lessons for educators, teacher institutes, and expansion of the statewide Civic Education Network and its activities.

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
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Campus Compact
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,000

The Civic Leadership Institute Online (CLIO) provided original content that complemented other online resources and developed young people’s ability to act on issues that matter to them and to increase their civic and political understanding.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$292,107

Partners: Preservation Alliance of Minnesota (primary), Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality, University of Minnesota Tourism Center, Minnesota Design Team

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,862

Partner: The Minnesota State Fair Foundation

Statewide
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$270,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$270,000
Fund Source

The new Minnesota Naturalist Corps, year-round naturalists and seasonal naturalists will be added at the busiest seasonal parks and trails to expand conservation education programming and increase overall attendance at interpretive programs. The Minnesota Naturalist Corps will offer more interpretive programs as directed by new legislative guidelines.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Digital Library
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is a statewide, multi-institutional initiative. Its mission is to make the rich historical resources of the state's public and academic libraries, archives, museums and historical societies available to students, teachers and the public via the web and also to preserve these resources for future generations. The 2012-2013 appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund will allow the MDL to expand the number of historical resources online and continue its work preserving these digital resources.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,875
Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian and Cambodian immigrants have left an indelible and flavorful mark on Minnesota and on our culinary, cultural and economic history. The book "Asian Flavors" and an accompanying documentary record the story of countless men and women who made the arduous journey halfway around the world to live in Minnesota, fleeing oppression and persecution or in search of jobs and education. This project preserves and shares their stories of survival and success in our state, stories that serve as an inspiration to all.
Statewide
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,461,549
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,042,697
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,740,793
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,347,609
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,630,006
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,695,102
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,151,874
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,762,912
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,313,796
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,798,525
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,369,007
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,273,100
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,190,000
Fund Source

There are 67 Minnesota State Parks and 7 Minnesota State Recreation areas that each have facilities to serve outdoor recreation users. Funds in this category are used for developing new facilities and include visitor centers, trail centers, roads, parking lots, bridges, campgrounds, and so on.

Statewide
Partner: Twin Cities Public Television. Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian and Cambodian immigrants have left an indelible and flavorful mark on Minnesota and on our culinary, cultural and economic history. The book "Asian Flavors" and an accompanying documentary record the story of countless men and women who made the arduous journey halfway around the world to live in Minnesota, fleeing oppression and persecution or in search of jobs and education. This project preserves and shares their stories of survival and success in our state, stories that serve as an inspiration to all.
Statewide
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

This program area provides for minor campground improvements and adjustments across the system of State Parks and State Recreation Areas; includes opportunities for replacement of fire rings, parking spur leveling, erosion control at campsites, vegetation management, and improved signing. This program report will now be part of "Renewal and Rehabilitation of State Parks and State Recreation Areas"

Statewide
Recipient
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800,000
Fund Source

This project will create a high accuracy elevation dataset - critical for effectively planning and implementing water quality projects - for the state of Minnesota using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and geospatial mapping technologies. Although some areas of the state have been mapped previously, many counties remain unmapped or have insufficient or inadequate data. This multi-year project, to be completed in 2012, is a collaborative effort of Minnesota's Digital Elevation Committee and partners with county surveyors to ensure accuracy with ground-truthing.

Anoka
Benton
Carlton
Carver
Cook
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Lake
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Vintage Band Festival AKA Vintage Band Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,308
Vintage Band Festival
Rice
Dakota
Olmsted
Goodhue
Recipient
International Institute of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,479
Festival of Nations
Ramsey
Dakota
Winona
St. Louis
Hennepin
Mower
Stearns
Steele
Aitkin
Kandiyohi
Brown
Anoka
Washington
Lac qui Parle
Meeker
McLeod
Carlton
Hubbard
Waseca
Yellow Medicine
Le Sueur
Chippewa
Wright
Chisago
Carlton
Itasca
Freeborn
Cass
Clay
Sherburne
Scott
Blue Earth
Mille Lacs
Lyon
Todd
Olmsted
Fillmore
Sibley
Becker
Pine
Morrison
Renville
Douglas
Goodhue
Wabasha
Carver
Otter Tail
Rice
Martin
Polk
Recipient
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$57,205
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$118,566
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,755
Fund Source

This project will develop a reasonable statewide estimate of recharge using the Soil-Water-Balance (SWB) Code (Westenbroek and others, 2010), validate the simulation results, and conduct a parameter sensitivity analysis to identify the most sensitive model parameters. For the purposes of this application of the SWB application, comparing the simulation results will be conducted on selected watershed basins in the state against previously established recharge estimates.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Multiple local partners
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$132,830
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$173,380
Fund Source

The Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP) is a voluntary opportunity for farmers and agricultural landowners to take the lead on implementing conservation practices that protect water quality. Those who implement and maintain approved conservation practices will be certified and in turn obtain regulatory certainty for a period of ten years. This program will help address concerns about changing regulatory requirements from multiple state and federal agencies.

Statewide
Recipient
BWSR with Pheasants Forever
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,090,000
Fund Source

RIM Buffers Phase II combined the resource benefits of the Outdoor Heritage Fund (LSOHC), Clean Water Fund (CWF), and bond funds. This program enrolled a total of 1,336.7 acres of enhanced wildlife and water quality buffers in partnership with private landowners on 29 easements. With 1337 acres (all sources of funding) protected and restored in this phase, we exceeded the original goal of 400 acres of OHF funded buffers and 400 acres of CWF funded buffers. Bonding dollars were used to fund the remaining 537 acres.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$960,000
Fund Source

The Minnesota Moose Collaborative (Collaborative) has implemented a variety of habitat enhancement treatments across the core of moose range in Northeast Minnesota on County, State, Federal, and Tribal lands since 2013.  Moose browse has been improved through treatments that regenerate preferred brush and tree species. The Collaborative has also planted over two million trees including white spruce, white pine, jack pine, and white cedar.

Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
The Performance Lab
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in 3 interviews the history of modern dance educators in the 1960s.
Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,000
Fund Source

Minnesota Water Research Digital Library

Water Research Inventory Database

The Minnesota Water Research Digital Library (MnWRL) is a user-friendly, searchable inventory of water research relevant to Minnesota. It includes both peer-reviewed articles as well as white papers and reports. The Library provides 'one-stop' access to all types of water research.

Statewide
Recipient
Emmons & Olivier Resources (EOR)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$119,888
Fund Source

This project will build a working watershed SWAT model that can readily be used by the MPCA to provide information to support conventional parameter TMDLs and to identify critical areas for BMP installation/evaluation that can be supported by the efforts of the local Farmer Led Council as well as other land owners within the Mississippi River-Winona watershed.

Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$278,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$279,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
MNopedia and MinnPost, an online news organization, are working together to share content and make Minnesota history more accessible. MNopedia is the first digital encyclopedia about Minnesota. All MNopedia articles are prepared by historians, consulting experts, professional writers, and others vetted by the Minnesota Historical Society. Once a week, MinnPost will publish a MNopedia article on its website. In addition, twice a month for the next ten months, MinnPost will create and publish news articles that relate to historical events in Minnesota.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,265,335
Fund Source

This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities within the described priority watersheds.

Lake Monitoring: Lakes are monitored for nutrients, clarity and other information to provide the data needed to assess the aquatic recreation use support.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Chisago
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Faribault
Freeborn
Isanti
Jackson
Kanabec
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Le Sueur
Marshall
Martin
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Redwood
Renville
Roseau
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Watonwan
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,808,600
Fund Source

This project supports activities by MPCA Watershed Division staff that provide technical assistance, project oversight, coordination, outreach and other agency activities associated with assessing, listing and conducting TMDL studies throughout the State of Minnesota. Project also includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with TMDL work at the MPCA.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$465,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$613,775
Fund Source

This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$206,335
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$209,633
Fund Source

MPCA technical assistance & guidance provided to Clean Water Partnership grant program which provides funding for grants that prevent impairments and degradation of lakes, rivers, streams and groundwater.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,150,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,599,678
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) uses a watershed-oriented approach to assess surface water quality and define restoration and protection measures. Each of Minnesota’s 81 major watersheds is assessed intensively every 10 years, based on a staggered schedule that addresses, on average, eight watersheds per year. To increase the amount of data directly available to the public online, and to make internal operations more efficient, the MPCA started a multi-year Watershed Data Integration Project (WDIP).

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,949
To develop a portable exhibit for campus buildings and the school museum.
Statewide
Rice
Recipient
Todd County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$564
To rehouse and store according to archival standards four Todd County newspapers.
Todd
Recipient
National Eagle Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To research and develop an exhibit exploring the relationship between the natural world and human activity in the Minnesota portion of the Mississippi flyway.
Wabasha
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide