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4189 Results for
Recipient
DNR
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,280,000
Fund Source

MNDNR's St. Louis River Restoration Initiative (SLRRI) is a collaborative program enhancing and restoring this unique and valuable resource. The SLRRI's vision for the estuary includes diverse, productive, and healthy aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of the river and watershed. Contributing to this vision, MNDNR works with partners throughout the 12,000-acre estuary to identify and prioritize key projects and implement previously identified projects that restore 35 acres of priority aquatic and riparian habitat.

St. Louis
Recipient
North St. Louis SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,457
Fund Source

The project provides the opportunity for the North Saint Louis Soil and Water Conservation District (NSLSWCD) to engage in efforts to increase public participation in the St. Louis River Watershed and participate in the planning and technical review of the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS) process. NSLSWCD contains the headwaters of the St. Louis River Watershed. The District’s knowledge of the area, communities, and organizations puts them in a unique position to work cooperatively in the watershed.

Carlton
Itasca
St. Louis
Recipient
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
St. Louis
Recipient
City of Duluth Community Development Division
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$225,000

To rehabilitate the interior and exterior of the St. Louis County Jail, a contributing element of the Duluth Civic Center Historic District and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

St. Louis
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$156,977
Fund Source

This project will gather watershed data necessary for the development of a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report to maintain and improve water quality for the St Louis River Watershed.

Aitkin
Carlton
Itasca
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) & U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000
Fund Source

This project will provide technical, planning and engineering assistance to the MPCA for the development and implementation of the St. Louis River Remedial Action Plan (RAP). USACE and USEPA in partnership with the MPCA will administer work plans to complete a sediment assessment for Minnesota areas within Superior Bay, St. Louis Bay, Lower St. Louis River and the Upper St. Louis River, encompassing approximately 5,349 acres of the St. Louis River and Estuary.

Carlton
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
St. Louis County - Sand Lake
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
Fund Source

Evaluate alternatives to fix failing septic systems in unsewered area

St. Louis
Recipient
LimnoTech
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,951
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to provide technical support to data generators and users of the Saint Louis River Area of Concern (SLRAOC) to support the Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) removal process.

Carlton
St. Louis
Recipient
Tetra Tech Inc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$165,599
Fund Source

The St. Louis River watershed is one of the largest watersheds in northern Minnesota and the largest single contributing watershed to Lake Superior. Surface waters are abundant with 353 lakes and 97 streams segments. Large areas of forest and wetlands help to sustain areas of exceptional water quality. However, land use changes have degraded many lakes, rivers, and streams. 21 stream reaches have aquatic life impairments, as identified by high turbidity (1 reach), poor quality aquatic macro-invertebrate community (16 reaches), and/or poor quality fish community (12 reaches).

Aitkin
Carlton
Itasca
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Bay West Inc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$44,831
Fund Source

This project is completing Feasibility Study Addendums and updating other project documents for Thomson and Scanlon Reservoirs, and Mud Lake W sites in the St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC).

Carlton
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,201,200
Fund Source

This Partnership Agreement is a 5-year effort that will provide the technical, planning and engineering assistance for implementation of the 2013 St. Louis River Area of Concern Remedial Action Plan. Through this agreement the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and MPCA will develop detailed work plans and construction design plans for numerous sites in the project AOC and assist with critical AOC-wide issues. • 21st Avenue West Restoration Site. Outcome will be preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development. • Knowlton Creek Site.

St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,290,000
Fund Source

Chambers Grove: restored a natural shoreline, improved fish spawning habitat, and planted native shoreline vegetation (completed in 2015).

Kingsbury Bay: completed engineering and design; began restoration of a wetland complex impacted by excessive sediment and non-native species (to be completed Dec 2020). 

Grassy Point: completed engineering and design; began restoration of a wetland complex impacted by legacy milling waste and non-native species (to be completed Dec 2020).

St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,707,000
Fund Source

Kingsbury Bay: completed engineering, design, permitting, and contracting.  Began a multi-year restoration of a wetland complex impacted by excessive sediment and non-native species in 2019 (to be completed fall 2021). 

Grassy Point: completed engineering, design, permitting, and contracting. Began a multi-year restoration of a wetland complex impacted by legacy milling waste and non-native species in 2019 (to be completed fall 2021).

St. Louis
Recipient
St. Louis County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

St. Louis County's Comprehensive Water Management Plan Update 2010-2020 identifies providing financial assistance to qualifying homeowners to upgrade or replace failing septic systems as a Priority 2 action. Funds from the FY-16 Clean Water Fund Projects and Practices Grant will be used to provide funding to low-income homeowners to repair or replace SSTS identified as Imminent Threat to Public Health (ITPH) within the following watersheds: Lake Superior South, St.

St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,777,000
Fund Source

DNR achieved the following outcomes using ML2019 funds.
-Advanced engineering and design of the Perch Lake, Mud Lake, and Lower Knowlton projects.
-Fabricated and installed a 183-foot, 700-ton culvert, restoring fish passage and hydrologic function at Perch Lake.
-Removed 68,000CY of sediment from Perch Lake, restoring coastal marsh and deep water habitat.
-Conducted professional engineering oversight and implemented a portion of the Kingsbury Bay/Creek watershed restoration project contributing to an estimated reduction of 400+ tons of sediment per year.

St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,163,000
Fund Source

MNDNR's St. Louis River Restoration Initiative (SLRRI) is a collaborative program enhancing and restoring the St. Louis River estuary and contributing watershed. The 11,000-acre estuary is a unique resource of statewide significance. SLRRI's vision includes diverse, productive, and healthy aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of the river and watershed. Through SLRRI Phase 11 we will restore or enhance an additional 62 acres of priority aquatic, wetland, and estuary forest habitat for important fish, game, and Species of Greatest Conservation Need.

St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,013,000
Fund Source

DNR achieved the following outcomes using ML2018 funds.
-Restored 4 acres of habitat at Interstate Island for threatened bird species, including a 30,000 sqft nesting area.
-Seeded 3,917 lbs of Manoomin with tribal partners across 28 acres.
-Removed 68,000CY of sediment from Perch Lake restoring coastal marsh and deep water habitat.
-Designed and implemented a portion of the Kingsbury Bay/Creek watershed restoration project contributing to an estimated total reduction of over 400 tons of sediment per year.

St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,392,000
Fund Source

DNR's St. Louis River Restoration Initiative (SLRRI) advanced multiple large-scale habitat restoration projects. ML2017 funds contributed to: 

-Removing 300,000 CY of invasive vegetation, sediment, and sawmill waste from the waters of Kingsbury Bay and Grassy Point, restoring approximately 230 acres of coastal marsh habitat;

-Restoring five acres of habitat at Interstate Island for a threatened avian species by beneficially using over 52,000 CY of clean sand dredged from navigation channels;

St. Louis
Recipient
RESPEC
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,989
Fund Source

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requires the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to carry out the Total Maximum Daily Load Program (TMDL) in the state of Minnesota. Minnesota has an abundance of lakes and river reaches, many of which will require a TMDL study. In an effort to expedite the completion of TMDL projects, the MPCA constructs watershed models. These models support the development of TMDL studies for multiple listings within a watershed. In 2017 the Lake of the Woods (LOW) watershed HSPF model was extended through 2014.

Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,670,000
Fund Source

Radio Tower Bay: 115,000 cubic yards of wood material was removed to increase water depth, provide greater habitat diversity, promote native aquatic vegetation and increase recreational access.Knowlton Creek: 6,500 linear feet of degraded stream was restored by reshaping and creating new stream channels; constructing instream structures; and native planting and seeding to stabilize the stream and minimize sediment into the Estuary.21st Ave W/Interstate Island: Restored 2 acres of critical nesting habitat for the Common Tern and Piping Plover.Wild Rice: Restored 133 acres of wild rice in the

St. Louis
Recipient
Lake Superior Marine Museum Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$460

To assess the condition of and propose treatment for significant artifacts recovered from the Thomas Wilson shipwreck

St. Louis
Recipient
Lake Superior Marine Museum Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,720

To professionally assess culturally significant maritime artifacts and implement a long range plan to better care for them

St. Louis
Recipient
St Louis County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To present a three day lumberjack show that will showcase the lumberjack skills of today and yesterday.

St. Louis
Recipient
Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000

To hire qualified professionals to repair the storefront of the Lyric Building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and home of Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance.

St. Louis
Recipient
Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,425

To stop the water infiltration that was causing damage to the building, bricks and tuck-pointing were removed and replaced in two areas of external wall at the back and side of the Lyric Theater building.

The damaged areas have now been stabilized and further erosion curtailed. Renovation of the rest of the building can now continue.

St. Louis
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$460,000

Leveraging new statewide climate data, we will assess future change in the duration, frequency and magnitude of heavy precipitation and drought events and engage communities to prepare for these extremes.

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
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$270,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Carlton
St. Louis
Recipient
Matt Kania
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Arna E. Rennan
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,680
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Vernal M. Bogren Swift AKA Vernal Bogren Swift
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,080
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Itasca
St. Louis
Recipient
Frank T. Byrns AKA Tim Byrns
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Recipient
Meredith Cornett
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,304
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Itasca
Recipient
Jeanette M. Cox
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Aitkin
St. Louis
Cook
Lake
Recipient
Jeanette M. Cox
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Carlton
Koochiching
Itasca
Recipient
Christopher Dunn
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Kristina Estell
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Philip Fitzpatrick
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Angie B. Frank
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,297
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Tera Freese
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,175
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Recipient
Marc Gartman
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis