All Projects

1833 Results for
Recipient
Meghan L. Kirkwood
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,615

Spring Legacy Individual Grant

Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
Christine M. Kolaya AKA Chrissy Kolaya
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,500

Spring Legacy Individual Grant

Stevens
Recipient
Brook Miller
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Spring Legacy Individual Grant

Stevens
Recipient
Morris Area Community Education
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,682

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Stevens
Big Stone
Traverse
Grant
Pope
Swift
Douglas
Recipient
Christian E. Mortenson AKA Chris Mortenson
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,850

Spring Legacy Individual Grant

Becker
Clay
Itasca
Otter Tail
St. Louis
Recipient
Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,840

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Douglas
Pope
Stevens
Otter Tail
Stearns
Clay
Grant
Becker
Wilkin
Todd
Wadena
Swift
Big Stone
Traverse
Recipient
DLCCC, Inc. AKA Historic Holmes Theatre
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,120

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Becker
Otter Tail
Mahnomen
Clay
Recipient
Fergus Falls Center for the Arts, Inc. AKA A Center for the Arts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,200

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Douglas
Ramsey
Becker
Otter Tail
Blue Earth
Wadena
Wilkin
Clay
Washington
Kandiyohi
Grant
Hennepin
Anoka
Sherburne
Douglas
Itasca
Stevens
Traverse
Crow Wing
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Beltrami
Dakota
Stearns
Washington
Pope
Recipient
Paulette Friday
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,729

Spring Legacy Local Government Grant

Douglas
Grant
Pope
Stearns
Otter Tail
Stevens
Todd
Traverse
Wilkin
Clay
Becker
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$552

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Clay
Recipient
Pelican Rapids Multicultural Committee
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,320

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Otter Tail
Becker
Clay
Recipient
Theatre L'Homme Dieu
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,173

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Douglas
Stearns
Pope
Stevens
Grant
Todd
Otter Tail
Recipient
Kenyon C. Williams
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500

Spring Legacy Local Government Grant

Clay
Recipient
MN DNR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$672,000
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Douglas
Freeborn
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Rock
Washington
Winona
Yellow Medicine

Each fiscal year of ACHF funding, a majority of the twelve regional library systems agree to allocate 10% of their ACHF funding to support statewide partnership projects. SELCO serves as the fiscal agent for statewide projects.

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
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$195,000

We will deploy acoustic detectors and revisit roost trees identified in our previous ENRTF project to measure effect of seven years of white-nose syndrome on Minnesota bats.

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
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
Stevens County Fair Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To offer new arts and history programming at the Stevens County Fair. Demonstrations will include soap making, butter churning, and how to make candle and games.

Stevens
Recipient
Stevens Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,000
Fund Source

This project will establish up to 12 miles of riparian buffers along the Pomme de Terre River and its tributaries and install up to 5 raingarden within the cities of Morris and Chokio as identified in the Pomme de Terre TMDL Implementation Plan.

Stevens
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Clay
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$387,000

This project seeks to provide data on insecticide contamination in the soil and the insect community across the state and the effect of sublethal insecticide exposure on insect reproduction.

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
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,020

To provide better organization of the museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

Clay
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$295,000

To support teachers in addressing new science standards , we propose a series of workshops across Minnesota facilitating conversation about sustainability and water conservation, specifically integrating western science and Indigenous perspectives.

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
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,800
To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a dendrochronology survey of settlement-era log structures in Clay, Norman, and Becker counties. _
Clay
Becker
Norman
Recipient
Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,441
Fund Source

The Upper Minnesota River Water Quality Assessment Project will complete water chemistry assessments of the upper reaches of the Minnesota River Headwaters, which includes the main stem of the river, five main tributaries (Meadowbrook Creek, Salmonsen Creek, Fish Creek, Hoss Creek, Little Minnesota River and Stoney Run Creek), and one flowage lake (Long Tom).

Big Stone
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Recipient
Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,176
Fund Source

This project involves monitoring three data deficient lakes in the Crow Wing River Watershed and one stream site at the inlet to White Earth Lake. The data deficient lakes were on the MPCA Targeted watershed list. After getting the required assessment dataset for these lakes, all targeted lakes in Becker County will be completed for this assessment cycle. The stream site is a site that the White Earth Lake Association and the Becker Coalition of Lake Associations (COLA) will monitor. It is the inlet to White Earth Lake.

Becker
Cass
Clay
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Mahnomen
Morrison
Norman
Otter Tail
Polk
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Norman County Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,364
Fund Source

This project will obtain lab and field data for waterbodies within the Wild Rice Watershed, to meet surface water assessment goals. Data will continue to be collected further upstream of some 2008 sites and enhance current assessment datasets. Some new tributaries, that lack assessment data, will also be monitored. The project goal is to complete the datasets necessary for the assessment of Aquatic Recreation Use for twelve streams in the Wild Rice Watershed.

Becker
Clay
Clearwater
Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association JPB
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$541,776
Fund Source

With the proposed project, the Pomme de Terre River Association will target catchments delivering the highest 25% of sediment from agricultural land and identified priority management zones for storm water runoff (identified in the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy). Implementation is estimate to reduce sediment runoff to prioritized water bodies by 14,690 tons per year and phosphorous by 12,270 pounds per year.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Jeffrey S. Brown
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,059
Technology/Equipment Grant
St. Louis
Hennepin
Wright
Itasca
Clay
Dakota
Recipient
Michelle M. Matthees
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$882
Technology/Equipment Grant
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Clay
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,785

To document in 15 oral history interviews the early history of same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

Clay
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Clay
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
To document in 12 oral history interviews the experiences of the crew of the Hjemkomst on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of ship's voyage.
Clay
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Morris Campus)
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,993

To make transcriptions of the oral history collection publicly accessible for researchers of West Central Minnesota history.

Chippewa
Grant
Big Stone
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Native Skywatchers Inc
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Turtle Island Skywatchers - Innovative Research and Data Visualization project works to protect Minnesota water, wildlife, and natural resources while empowering Indigenous youth as leaders and all citizens as researchers.

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
Science Museum of Minnesota
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,121,000

We will reconstruct historical lake conditions to identify factors linked to successful walleye fisheries and guide effective management in the face of warming temperatures, invasive species, and nutrient loading.

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
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$588,000

Minnesotans increasingly value native fishes. For example, >95% of bowfished species in MN are native, yet all are poorly understood. Foundational natural resource data is absolutely necessary for all stakeholders.

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
YMCA of the North
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$705,000

Our goals are to engage 100,000 underserved youth statewide in environmental education, engaging them in the conservation and preservation of Minnesota wilderness through the experiences in the outdoors.

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
Probstfield Farm Living History Foundation, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,600

To update the 2003 Historic Structures Report to provide more specific guidance on the restoration of the Randolph M. Probstfield House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Clay
Recipient
Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$336,860
Fund Source

Phase II of the Upper South Branch Project will continue a FY2011 CWF project with the strategic implementation of conservation practices within the Upper South Branch of the Buffalo River watershed. This second phase will result in approximately 305 acres of new filter strips, 50 side inlet sediment control structures, and 8 sediment control basins which will reduce sediment loading to the stream by 4,700 tons/year and phosphorus by 9,700 pounds/year.

Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,013
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$90,160
Fund Source

This project will provide MPCA staff, local partners and citizen volunteers with a framework for building local capacity to design civic engagement and communication/outreach efforts that will contribute to meaningful and sustained public participation in surface water protection and restoration activities throughout the watershed.

Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin