All Projects

1863 Results for
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,001,000
Fund Source
This project contributed to the goals of the MN Prairie Conservation Plan by protecting 284 acres of native prairie/wetland/savanna; restoring 102 acres prairie/wetland; and enhancing 10,045 acres grassland/savanna. When combined with Phases 1-7 of the Prairie Recovery Program we have cumulatively protected 7,734 acres, enhanced 154,814 acres and restored 2,036 acres using Outdoor Heritage Fund dollars. We will continue to implement subsequent Phases toward meeting the conservation goals described in the MN Prairie Conservation Plan.
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
Marshall
Polk
Pope
Stearns
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,512,000
Fund Source

The project will advance the protection, restoration and enhancement goals for prairie, grassland and wetland habitats as described in the 2018 MN Prairie Conservation Plan. It builds upon the highly successful model previously established in prior Prairie Recovery Phases and seeks to protect 500 acres in Fee without PILT obligations to be held by The Nature Conservancy, enhance 18,000 acres of permanently protected grasslands, and restore 200 acres of prairie and wetland habitat.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Swift
Traverse
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
PF w/ MN Prairie Chicken Society
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,440,000
Fund Source

This proposal protects and restores 760 acres of land in the Minnesota prairie-chicken range, that will be transferred to the MNDNR as a WMA or to the USFWS as a WPA. All land will be open to public hunting. MN Prairie Chicken Society and Pheasants Forever will be protecting parcels that focus specifically on prairie chicken benefits, which makes this proposal unique and highly focused. All acquisitions will occur within the prairie and prairie/forest planning regions with a focus in Clay, Norman, Mahnomen and Wilkin counties which is the primary range of prairie chickens in Minnesota.

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Norman
Wilkin
Recipient
Minnesota State University Moorhead
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,200
To prepare student research for an upcoming traveling exhibit on early Moorhead history.
Clay
Recipient
Vintage Band Music Festival AKA Vintage Band Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000

Presenter/Production Assistance

Aitkin
Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Stearns
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$199,000

We propose to integrate Minnesota Wildflowers Information, an online tool for plant identification, with the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas, to preserve and extend this popular ENTRF-supported resource for future use.

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
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,210
To microfilm three Clay County newspapers to broaden public accessibility.
Clay
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$656,000

This project helps Minnesota entities that directly or indirectly cause PFAS and microplastics contamination stop the flow of the contaminants by developing strategies to manage solid waste streams.

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 River Watershed Mgmt Board
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$235,250
Fund Source

The Prioritization, Targeting, and Measuring Water Quality Improvement Application (PTMA) connects the general qualitative strategies in a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Watershed Restoration and Protection (WRAP) and the identification of implementable on-the-ground Best Management Practices (BMPs). Leveraging geospatial data from the International Water Institute this application will be developed for two pilot areas within the Red River Basin.

Becker
Cass
Clay
Grant
Mahnomen
Norman
Otter Tail
Traverse
Recipient
Buffalo-Red River WD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$168,000
Fund Source

This project will result in the development of three critical pieces of information. They include: 1. Development of restoration and protection strategies for all waterbodies in the district relative to the State's Non-point Source Funding plan 2. Use of PTMApp to tie the WRAPs implementation tables from the Buffalo and Red River Watersheds to targeted on-the-ground projects and practices that will provide measurable water quality improvements, and 3.

Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
Probstfield Farm Living History Foundation, Inc.
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Clay
Recipient
Saint Cloud Film Festival AKA Saint Cloud Film Fest
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Hennepin
Crow Wing
Anoka
Clay
St. Louis
Recipient
College of Saint Benedict AKA College of Saint Benedict Fine Arts Programming
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Project Grant

Benton
Benton
Stearns
Wright
Ramsey
Scott
Carver
Kandiyohi
Mille Lacs
Todd
Morrison
Pope
Anoka
St. Louis
Brown
Hennepin
Clay
Recipient
Saint Cloud Film Festival AKA Saint Cloud Film Fest
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Hennepin
Crow Wing
Anoka
Clay
St. Louis
Recipient
Saint Cloud Film Festival AKA Saint Cloud Film Fest
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Hennepin
Crow Wing
Ramsey
Anoka
Clay
Recipient
Saint Cloud Film Festival AKA Saint Cloud Film Fest
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
St Cloud Film Festival
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Hennepin
Clay
Recipient
Saint Cloud Film Festival
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,175
Project Grant
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Hennepin
St. Louis
Clay
Recipient
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Project Grant
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Meeker
McLeod
Kandiyohi
Morrison
Todd
Crow Wing
Pope
Swift
Douglas
Recipient
Saint Cloud Film Festival AKA Saint Cloud Film Fest
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Project Grant
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Hennepin
Dakota
Ramsey
Morrison
Crow Wing
Todd
Clay
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,962
To make its primary records available through a new microfilm reader/printer
Clay
Recipient
The Madison Art and Innovation Center
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Swift
Recipient
Corina Kells
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000

Quick Support for Artists

Yellow Medicine
Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Swift
Recipient
Donald K. Sherman AKA Don Sherman
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000

Quick Support for Artists

Swift
Big Stone
Chippewa
Traverse
Stevens
Hennepin
Stearns
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Kerkhoven Arts Council
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Swift
Recipient
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Yellow Medicine
Swift
Swift
Recipient
Willmar Community Theatre, Inc AKA The Barn Theatre
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Kandiyohi
Swift
Meeker
Renville
Redwood
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Pope
Stevens
Lyon
Stearns
Brown
Yellow Medicine
Yellow Medicine
Sibley
Sibley
Recipient
US Geological Survey
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,880
Fund Source

US Geological Survey (USGS) will perform real-time water quality monitoring at its stations located in Fargo and Grand Forks. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency co-sponsors this work along with USGS, North Dakota Dept. of Health, the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, Grand Forks, and East Grand Forks.

Clay
Polk
Recipient
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,800
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,119
Fund Source

This project will collect real-time parameter data for specific conductance, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and stream flow at the United States geological Survey (USGS) gaging stations located at Fargo, ND and Grand Forks, ND on the Red River of the North; and publish the data both on the USGS NWIS website and in the USGS Annual Report.

Beltrami
Clay
Clearwater
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Wilkin
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,780
Fund Source

The objectives of this project are to collect real-time parameter data for specific conductance, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and stream flow at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gaging stations located at Fargo, ND and Grand Forks, ND on the Red River of the North. Data will be published on the USGS Nation Water Information System (NWIS) website and in the USGS Annual Report.

Agency staff and local partners will gain an improved understanding of the nature of the chemical and physical attributes of the Red River of the North.

Clay
Polk
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

We will characterize environmental drivers contributing to the decline of wild rice using lake sediment cores to reconstruct historical wild rice abundance in relation to lake and watershed stressors.

Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Clearwater
Hubbard
Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Benton
Big Stone
Cass
Chippewa
Crow Wing
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Otter Tail
Pope
Renville
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Wilkin
Brown
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,083
Fund Source

This is a multi-governmental project funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the United States Geological Survey, North Dakota Department of Health, the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead, Grand Forks, and East Grand Forks to monitor river flow and condition parameters to gain an improved understanding of the nature of the chemical and physical attributes of the Red River of the North.

Clay
Kittson
Marshall
Norman
Polk
Recipient
Red River Watershed Management Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$194,490
Fund Source

This project will provide land and water managers in the Red River Basin with data and online tools to prioritize actions on the landscape that achieve water quality objectives identified in local and state plans. This will help identify strategically important locations for implementing erosion control and water management practices. Standardized watershed-based data products will be integrated into a web-based planning tool which will be added to the Red River Basin Decision Information Network (RRBDIN) being developed as part of the Red River Watershed Feasibility Study.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Clay
Clearwater
Grant
Itasca
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Clay SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
Fund Source

The Clay SWCD will partner with the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District (BRRWD) and landowners to stabilize gullies to the Red River. The first priority will be to address ongoing erosion in Snakey Creek. Snakey Creek is the outlet of County Ditch No. 41 which has become the most critically eroding gully contributing sediment to the Red River in our targeted reach. When stabilized, sediment load to the river will be reduced by 1404 tons per year, and Total Phosphorus will be reduced by 1615 pounds per year.

Clay
Recipient
Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$105,777
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to development a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study that addresses all of the non-mercury-related impaired reaches along the Red River of the North (RRN). The TMDL study will provide an analytical and strategic foundation for recommending restoration strategies for impaired waters. This phase of the project will also include civic engagement efforts by providing water quality framework and stakeholder activities for civic/citizen engagement and communication.

Clay
Kittson
Marshall
Norman
Polk
Wilkin
Recipient
Red River Watershed Management Board
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

This project is for Minnesota Legislative Clean Water Fund funding to engage citizens in local watershed monitoring, to work with regional partners to promote understanding and protection of watersheds, and to organize and facilitate gathering of scientific data all for the benefit of water quality in the Red River Basin.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Clay
Clearwater
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Red River Watershed Management Board
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

This project is for Minnesota Legislative Clean Water Fund funding to engage citizens in local watershed monitoring, to work with regional partners to promote understanding and protection of watersheds, and to organize and facilitate gathering of scientific data all for the benefit of water quality in the Red River Basin.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Clay
Clearwater
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Red River Watershed Management Board
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$346,000
Fund Source

This project will develop an effective transferable model to engage and educate watershed residents, stakeholders and others to better understand and protect watershed ecostystems through environmental monitoring, training, and formal and informal education programs in their local watershed. The project will build on the foundation of the existing Red River Basin River Watch program by strengthening three main activity areas: 1) curriculum integration and teacher training, 2) youth leadership and civic engagement, and 3) applied research collaboration and watershed science skills building.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Clay
Clearwater
Grant
Itasca
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Red River Watershed Mgmt Board
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,636
Fund Source

As part of the FY 2012 funding cycle, the Board of Water and Soil Resources granted funds for development of the Water Quality Decision Support Application (WQDSA). The WQDSA will provide land and water managers with geospatial data and online tools to prioritize, market, and implement actions on the landscape to achieve water quality objectives identified in local and state water plans and to ensure that public funding decisions are strategic and defensible.

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,440
Fund Source

The objective of this project is to collect real-time parameter data for specific conductance, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and stream flow at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gaging stations located at Fargo and Grand Forks North Dakota.

Clay
Polk
Recipient
US Geological Survey
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,520
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to collect real-time, parameter data for specific conductance, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and stream flow at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gaging stations located at Fargo and Grand Forks, ND on the Red River of the North. The data will be published on the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) website.

Clay
Polk