All Projects

2822 Results for
Recipient
Lake of the Woods SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,750
Fund Source

The sixth largest fresh water lake in the United States, Lake of the Woods has sustained significant shoreline erosion through a number of high water events, high inflows from the Rainy River, sustained strong NW winds, and erodible soils on the southern shore. This project implements strategies to protect and enhance private shoreline on the lake by addressing long-term shoreline management.

Lake of the Woods
Recipient
LimnoTech
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,280
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to prepare a draft Lake Pepin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report. Lake Pepin is impaired by high levels of nutrients that cause excessive growth of algae.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,134
Fund Source

This project will provide monitoring of four of the major watersheds (8-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes) in the western part of the Rainy River Basin. Staff from the Lake of the Woods SWCD will conduct water quality sampling, review, manage and provide collected data to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

Beltrami
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Roseau
Recipient
Lake of the Woods SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,956
Fund Source

The Rainy River - Rainy Lake, Rainy River - Baudette and Rapid River Watershed Assessments will include the waters of the Baudette River, Black River, Peppermint Creek, Rapid River, Rat Root River and Winter Road River in Koochiching and Lake of the Woods Counties. This assessment focuses on collection of water chemistry and field parameters at the 12 key sites identified and modified by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Five of the sites will have extra total phosphorus and chlorophyll analysis completed as identified by the MPCA for collecting river nutrients.

Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
Recipient
Tetra Tech Inc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,888
Fund Source

This project will complete the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study and Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS) for the Lake Superior North watershed. Two segments of the Flute Reed River are impaired for aquatic life due to elevated turbidity and total suspended solids. The lower Poplar River is also listed as impaired but significant progress has occurred in the last 10 years. A TMDL and implementation plan have been completed for the lower Poplar River impairment. All other waters meet water quality standards and will be considered for protection measures.

Cook
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$796,400
Fund Source

This project will support the collection of water-quality samples and gauge streamflow near the mouths of the Rainy and Warroad Rivers; collect water-quality samples at 10 sites in LOW; and measure streamflow velocities and cross-sectional areas of 5 channel constrictions in LOW.

Roseau
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$237,180
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,993
Fund Source

This project will gather watershed data necessary for the development of a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy to maintain or improve water quality within the LoW Watershed; and establish project and sub-basin work groups and/or focus groups to guide the MWRPP process.

Lake of the Woods
Roseau
Recipient
Lake of the Woods SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$305,620
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$66,412
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,202
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,422
Fund Source

The Lake of the Woods (LOW) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study will: (1) identify water quality goals for the Minnesota portions of the LOW/Rainy River Watershed; (2) recommend nutrient allocations to achieve TMDLs where waters do not meet standards; and (3) provide opportunities for stakeholders to engage in the process of watershed-management planning to adopt protection and restoration strategies. The project will include existing in-lake and watershed model updates, TMDL component development, restoration plan development, and public participation.

Lake of the Woods
Recipient
LimnoTech
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,667
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to finalize the draft Lake Pepin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report, issue it for public comment, address comments, and finalize the report. Lake Pepin is impaired by high levels of nutrients that cause excessive growth of algae. High levels of sediment, carried in by major river systems, also affect the lake. The sediment is filling in the lake at a much faster rate than before Minnesota was settled and intensely farmed. Nutrients and sediment are distinct yet inter-related pollutants, and are being addressed in separate TMDL reports.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,085
Fund Source
The goal of this project is to determine: 1) temperature and seasonal variations in sediment chemical-textural characteristics (upper 10-cm sediment layer) and rates of P release from sediments; and 2) vertical variations in mobile P concentrations in the sediment column of Big Traverse Bay in order to better understand the role of internal P loading to the P economy of LOW and for the development of the LOW TMDL.
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Depot Preservation Alliance
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,900
To fabricate and install an exhibit on the history of transportation around the Lake of the Woods.
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is a co-sponsor and assists with a portion of the financial support for the International Rainy River-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum.

Cook
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Roseau
St. Louis
Recipient
Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Fund Source

The Bay City Lake Pepin restoration project broke ground in May of 2023. Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and several other local partners, has raised over $1 million to support the 35% local cost share portion of the project. What is often missing from USACE projects is outreach and community engagement, this is another gap LPLA hopes to fill. Three boat tours are planned in August, with a naturalist on board to provide a view and information on Lake Pepin successes and concerns, and the restoration project.

Goodhue
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

With a perceived increase in the frequency and intensity of cyanobacterial algal blooms in Lake of the Woods (LOW), there has been an increased effort to collect information about the nature of algal blooms, nutrient concentrations and sources of nutrients to the LOW.

Lake of the Woods
Roseau
Recipient
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000

Operational Budget Supplement for the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

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
Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation AKA Pottery Museum of Red Wing
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Goodhue
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,760

Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

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
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
As a strategic document, the Legacy Strategic Agenda (LSA) has four goals that build on achievements realized during the first five years of Legacy funding. Over the next four years, the LSA strategic priorities in education, grants, partnerships and unfamiliar stories will be acted on, measured and sustained at the community level. A dedicated LSA Collaborative representing a cross-section of the history community meets quarterly around the state to guide the work of LSA Priority Action Teams and to share successes.
Morrison
Otter Tail
Goodhue
Hennepin
Recipient
Red Wing Brass Band, Inc AKA Sheldon Theatre Brass Band
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy

Goodhue
Recipient
Red Wing Arts Association AKA Red Wing Arts
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy

Goodhue
Recipient
T. B. Sheldon Memorial Theatre AKA The Sheldon Theatre
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy

Goodhue
Recipient
Universal Music Center
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,990

Legacy

Goodhue
Recipient
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc AKA The Anderson Center at Tower View
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy

Goodhue
Recipient
Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Martin
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Waseca
Recipient
Vintage Band Music Festival AKA Vintage Band Festival
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Anoka
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Steele
Steele
Recipient
City of Winona AKA Winona Parks and Recreation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Aitkin
Anoka
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Chisago
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Lake
Le Sueur
Mille Lacs
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Pipestone
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Recipient
Rochester Music Guild
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Clay
Dodge
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Rochester Repertory
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Sing Out Loud AKA Bella Voce Young Women's Choir
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Olmsted
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
City of Mantorville AKA Mantorville Economic Development Authority
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Rice
Recipient
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Olmsted
Ramsey
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Washington
Recipient
Northfield Senior Citizens AKA FiftyNorth
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,675

Legacy Grant

Goodhue
Goodhue
Recipient
Rochester Art Center
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Steele
Wabasha
Washington
Washington
Recipient
City of Faribault AKA Faribault Parks and Recreation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Freeborn
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Steele
Steele
Recipient
Carleton College
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Olmsted
Rice
Scott
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Waseca
Recipient
Celebration of a City AKA Rochesterfest
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Absolute Theatre
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Wabasha
Waseca
Waseca
Recipient
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc AKA The Anderson Center at Tower View
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Anoka
Dakota
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Red Wing Arts Association AKA Red Wing Arts
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Anoka
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Rice