All Projects

3041 Results for
Recipient
Kanabec County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To bring back the spirit of old time county fairs by partnering with the Kanabec History Center to bring circus acts to the fair. The Kanabec County Fair will be home to circus-style performance art three times a day for two days at the fair. Performance art has been a part of Minnesota’s county fair scene since the late 1800’s. In 1920, the Kanabec County Fair had six sideshows. Minnesota has a colorful history of circus performance art, and the public will have an opportunity to experience this part of Minnesota’s cultural heritage at the Kanabec County Fair.

Kanabec
Recipient
Kanabec Soil and Water Conservation District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$196,200
Fund Source

The goal of this project is monitoring, assessment and data collection in six un-assessed streams and three lakes in the Snake River watershed, in addition to the implementation of sixteen approved Best Management Practices (BMP's), ten forest stewardship plan developments, community outreach, education and civic engagement activities.

Kanabec
Recipient
Kanabec Soil and Water Conservation District
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,410
Fund Source

This project encompasses surface water quality sampling within the Snake River Watershed over a period of two years (2017-18). This is the cycle II monitoring as follow-up to the original Snake River Watershed monitoring 10 years ago as part of the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy Report (WRAPS). This project shall provide follow-up data on the waters in the Snake River Watershed in regards to changes in water quality over this 10-year cycle. The current sampling project will entail sampling 5 lakes and 11 stream sites.

Aitkin
Kanabec
Pine
Recipient
Kanabec SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Fund Source
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Wenck Associates, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$187,625
Fund Source

The purpose of this work is to develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs; a federal clean Water Act requirement) for streams and lakes in the Kettle River and Upper St. Croix watersheds. This and other technical information will be used to develop a separate report called a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report.

Aitkin
Carlton
Kanabec
Pine
Recipient
Pine County
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,412,047
Fund Source

After completing the One Watershed One Plan planning process for the Kettle & Upper St. Croix Watershed, and having the Kettle & Upper St. Croix Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (KUSC CWMP) approved by BWSR, the local partners of the watershed will use the implementation funds to complete the actions in the plan. These actions will help complete the 10-year goals that are laid out in the plan. This in turn will help protect and restore water and soil resources in the Kettle & Upper St. Croix watersheds.

Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Cass
Kanabec
Koochiching
Pine
Ramsey
Recipient
LimnoTech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,920
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to finalize the Lake Pepin Watershed phosphorus total maximum daily load (TMDL) report by using the existing information and documentation prepared under previous contracts to prepare one TMDL report that addresses the impairments on the mainstem of the Mississippi River. Information developed to date for draft TMDLs on the Minnesota River mainstem will be documented for later use by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Wabasha
Washington
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
LimnoTech
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,985
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to support the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in responding to public comments on the Lake Pepin Watershed Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), which were prepared by LimnoTech under previous phases of the project.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Wabasha
Washington
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
St. Croix River Association
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to gain additional information about the amount of phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing additional water quality monitoring and/or to reduce the amount of phosphorous entering Lake St Croix by the implementation of projects that will reduce phosphorus loadings. The St. Croix River Association (SCRA) will coordinate with a subgroup of the St. Croix Basin Water Resources Planning Team and other local resource experts on the identification and funding of comprehensive water monitoring and phosphorus reduction activities in the Lake St.

Aitkin
Carlton
Chisago
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Washington
Recipient
St. Catherine University
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,250

This project is a fall 2024 exhibition of art created by self-identifying Latina women and non-binary, Latinx Minnesota-based artists with ancestral roots in Latin America. The exhibition is being co-curated by local visual artist, community muralist and educator, Zamara Cyan, and William Gustavo Franklin, an independent art curator, educator and author of the recent volume, Latin Art in Minnesota Conversations and What's Next (Afton Press, 2023).

Blue Earth
Dakota
Hennepin
Houston
Olmsted
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Winona
Recipient
Kanabec County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,500

To hire qualified professionals to create drawings and specifications for Kanabec County Historical Society's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system upgrade.

Kanabec
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
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
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 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
Austin Area Commission for the Arts AKA Austin Area Arts
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Hennepin
Mower
Nicollet
Nicollet
Recipient
Frozen River Film Festival
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pipestone
Pope
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Steele
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Minnesota State University-Mankato
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$137,787
Fund Source

This project will initiate the process of community engagement in the LeSueur River watershed by assessing the needs and interests of the community and bringing a diverse set of stakeholders together to determine how best to foster action in improving and protecting water quality.

Blue Earth
Faribault
Freeborn
Le Sueur
Steele
Waseca
Recipient
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

Minnesota Departments of Information Technology Services (MNIT) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) are partnering with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to acquire high-resolution digital elevation data developed from airborne lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) for the Minnesota River East and West regions. The data will be used to generate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) for use in engineering design and design reviews, conservation planning, research, delivery, floodplain mapping, and hydrologic modeling utilizing lidar technology.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Faribault
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
Nicollet
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Stevens
Swift
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Anoka
Benton
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Dodge
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Recipient
LimnoTech
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,116
Fund Source

The MPCA has selected the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) watershed model to simulate watershed hydrology and water quality to assess various restoration scenarios in the Little Cannon River watershed. The SWAT model is an important tool in developing an understanding of existing conditions and simulating conditions under various management scenarios to inform the development of implementation strategies and plans to restore and protect streams and lakes.

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Freeborn
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Steele
Waseca
Recipient
Ducks Unlimited
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,490,000
Fund Source

Phase 2 of Ducks Unlimited's ongoing engineering program restored and enhanced shallow lakes and wetlands by installing water level control structures to improve aquatic plant abundance and water clarity in partnership with the Minnesota DNR and U.S.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Murray
Otter Tail
Sibley
Stearns
Wadena
Wright
Recipient
DU
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,634,000
Fund Source

This Phase 9 request for Ducks Unlimited's Living Lakes program will enhance or restore 1,440 acres of wetlands and adjacent prairie grasslands for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Minnesota DNR on public lands and private lands under permanent easement. DU biologists and engineers will design wetland restorations and water control structures for active management of shallow lake water levels to enhance their ecology for ducks, other wildlife, and people, primarily in SW Minnesota's Prairie Pothole Region.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DU
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,867,000
Fund Source

This Phase 10 request for Ducks Unlimited's Living Lakes program will enhance or restore 1,325 acres of wetlands and adjacent prairie grasslands for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Minnesota DNR on public lands and private lands under permanent easement. DU biologists and engineers will design wetland restorations and water control structures for active management of shallow lake water levels to enhance their ecology for ducks, other wildlife, and people, primarily in SW Minnesota's Prairie Pothole Region.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Southwest-West Central Service Cooperative
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Local Arts Initiative

Lincoln
Lyon
Redwood
Lac qui Parle
Kandiyohi
Renville
Blue Earth
McLeod
Swift
Pipestone
Yellow Medicine
Traverse
Nobles
Recipient
Southwest-West Central Service Cooperative
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Young Artists Conference

Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Stearns
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Southwest-West Central Service Cooperative
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Local Arts Initiative
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Stearns
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
MN DNR
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,791,000

Provide approximately 15 matching grants for local parks, trail, acquisition of natural areas and trails to connect people safety to desirable community locations and regional or state facilities.

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
Lower Sioux Indian Community
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

The goal of the Dakota History Symposium at Lower Sioux Agency is to reclaim Dakota voice in a narrative that under-represents Dakota perspective and cultural worldview while providing opportunity for exiled Dakota to reconnect to their shared history, disrupting dominant power dynamics that restrict Dakota truth-telling. Hosting a Dakota-led educational event will enhance public understanding, broaden worldviews perspective and increase access to historic truths of the State of Minnesota.

Blue Earth
Brown
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Stearns
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Katha Dance Theatre
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,936

Katha Dance Theatre (KDT) will produce a mainstage program of three world premiere dance concerts to share the art, culture, and history of India through the art of Kathak dance - the 2,000-year-old classical dance style of North India. These productions will include the world premiere of GANGA. The Myth and Reality, the world premiere of PANCHATANTRA, and the world premiere of PRAKRITIR PRATISODH Nature's Revenge. The first will premiere in St. Paul, the second in Minneapolis, and the third will play in another Twin Cities venue (TBD).

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Itasca
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Washington
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
Mankato, City of
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,118,925
Fund Source

Construct collection system for unsewered area and connect to Mankato treatment facility

Blue Earth
Recipient
Mankato, City of
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$540,773
Fund Source

Construct collection system and connection to Mankato treatment facility for unsewered area

Blue Earth
Recipient
Mankato - Knollwood Park
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$524,085
Fund Source

Construct sewer extension to serve unsewered area

Blue Earth
Recipient
Mankato - Stormwater
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$628,193
Fund Source

Construct stormwater BMPs to meet TMDL wasteload allocation

Blue Earth
Recipient
Martin County SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,458
Fund Source

Martin Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is proposing to monitor six lakes sites and two stream sites in the Blue Earth River watershed. The lake sites will be monitored by kayak and the stream sites will be monitored from the shore. Sites will be analyzed for field conditions and water chemistry. Martin SWCD will subcontract with Faribault SWCD to monitor fourteen stream sites and with Blue Earth SWCD to monitor one lake site and three stream sites.

Blue Earth
Faribault
Martin
Recipient
Emily T. Moe
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,700
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Nicollet
Hennepin
Cook
Blue Earth
Recipient
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust Inc
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$793,000

The ENRTF grant will introduce 12 young people to conservation careers through full-time, paid internships and apprenticeships on the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (16 FTEs over 2 years).

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