All Projects

2438 Results for
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
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
Mississippi Headwaters Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

The 400-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from its headwaters at Lake Itasca to Morrison County near Little Falls is the focus of this project. Working in cooperation with the eight member counties, this project will develop implementation plans and strategies geared specifically for the Mississippi River and incorporate them into the individual County Comprehensive Local Water Plans. These recommendations will be for specific strategies, often crossing county boundaries for implementation.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Morrison
Recipient
Sand Hill River WD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$214,400
Fund Source
Polk
Recipient
Pan Asian Arts Alliance
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Collaboration between African and Asian American artists to jointly create/present a new dance drama - Resonance.

Project Resonance orchestrates new creations of music and dances to serve as a communication bridge across cultural/racial lines, to mitigate racial tensions between African and Asian communities, to illustrate the cross-cultural experience, and eventually promote Intercultural Harmony.

Resonance inspires inner/outer connections to create sustainable impacts.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
St. Louis
Watonwan
Statewide
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Itasca
Ramsey
Scott
Watonwan
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$145,500

The Duluth Children's Museum is a place for every family to learn and play. Highlighting local cultures through new exhibits, programming, and partnership, the museum will draw new audiences.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Millstream Arts Festival, Inc. AKA Millstream Arts Festival
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Project Grant
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Hennepin
Ramsey
Morrison
Douglas
Chisago
Anoka
Kanabec
St. Louis
Todd
Isanti
Carver
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Wabasha
Itasca
Rice
Recipient
Visual Arts Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,110
Project Grant
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Washington
Grant
Anoka
Crow Wing
Big Stone
Marshall
Hennepin
Itasca
Olmsted
Olmsted
Goodhue
Ramsey
Wright
Otter Tail
Mower
Nobles
Dakota
Recipient
MLT
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,477,000
Fund Source

This program will bring focused conservation to one of Minnesota's priority aquatic resources, Lakes of Outstanding Biological Significance. These threatened lakes possess outstanding fisheries and provide habitat for a variety of SGCN; yet, at present, no habitat protection program specifically targets these priority resources. Through this proposal, the Minnesota Land Trust will protect through perpetual conservation easements 1/2 mile of shoreland and 216 acres of habitat associated with the top 10% of these lakes in northeast and northcentral Minnesota.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Cook
Itasca
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Audubon MN and MLT
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,730,000
Fund Source

Protect and restore 590 acres of significant wildlife habitat through conservation easements and restoration projects on private lands within Important Bird Areas with an emphasis on those located in within priority areas identified in the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

Becker
Douglas
Grant
Kittson
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Recipient
NWLT, MLT
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,648,000
Fund Source

This program will bring focused conservation to one of Minnesota's priority aquatic resources, Lakes of Outstanding Biological Significance. These threatened lakes possess outstanding fisheries and provide habitat for a variety of Species in Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN); yet, at present, no habitat protection program specifically targets these priority resources.

Beltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum, Inc.
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$140,000

The Duluth Children's Museum recently reopened in its new location, providing a firm foundation to serve the community into the future. This project will allow the museum to add two new interactive arts and cultural heritage experiences; Nibi, an Ojibwe language exhibit focused on water, and CreateSpace, an art and maker area.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of Mining
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$530

Quick Start Grants

St. Louis
Itasca
Carlton
Stearns
Recipient
Glenn Swanson
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$530

Quick Start Grants

Carlton
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Lake
Itasca
Recipient
Nate Johnson
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$415

Quick Start Grants - Individuals

Itasca
Cook
Recipient
Rachael E. Kilgour
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40
Quick Start Grants
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Lake
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Knife River Recreation Council AKA KRRC
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$415
Quick Start Grants
Lake
St. Louis
Cook
Carlton
Itasca
Chisago
Pine
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Rebecca R. Koepke AKA Wayfaring Chylde
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$603
Quick Start Grants
St. Louis
Itasca
Recipient
Olivia Skaja
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$603
Quick Start Grants
Itasca
Recipient
Rachael Kilgour
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$293
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Hennepin
Isanti
Anoka
Sherburne
Ramsey
Chisago
Washington
Aitkin
Itasca
Crow Wing
Olmsted
Blue Earth
Recipient
Jessica A. Roeder
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$293
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
St. Louis
Itasca
Recipient
Michelle Wegler
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$234
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
St. Louis
Cook
Itasca
Ramsey
Hennepin
Goodhue
Sherburne
Recipient
John Zasada
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$293
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Itasca
Cass
Beltrami
Hubbard
Recipient
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$168
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Carlton
St. Louis
Aitkin
Lake
Itasca
Recipient
Grand Rapids Arts
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Itasca
Recipient
Lake Superior Youth Chorus, Inc. AKA Lake Superior Youth Chorus
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
St. Louis
Lake
Carlton
Aitkin
Itasca
Pine
Recipient
MacRostie Art Center
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Itasca
Recipient
Samuel P. Miltich
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Itasca
Recipient
A.H. Zeppa Family Foundation AKA Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

St. Louis
Lake
Carlton
Cook
Aitkin
Itasca
Koochiching
Recipient
Daniel J. Anderson
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40

Quick Start Grants

Itasca
Recipient
Vernal M. Bogren Swift AKA Vernal Bogren Swift
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40
Quick Start Grants
Itasca
Recipient
Catherine F. Meier
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$367
Quick Start Grants
St. Louis
Itasca
Recipient
Cole B. Perry
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40
Quick Start Grants
Itasca
Recipient
Northern Artist Association
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$725
Quick Grant for Organizations
Beltrami
Clearwater
Polk
Recipient
Koochiching County SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$323,695
Fund Source

There are seven major watersheds Koochiching County, this project will work in five of them: Big Fork, Little Fork, Rapid River, Lower Rainy River, and Rainy River Headwaters watersheds. The local Koochiching County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is positioned to assist in several elements of the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) process. This includes gap monitoring for water chemistry, sediment work, TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) development, modeling scenarios, and WRAPS development.

Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
University of Minnesota Center for Changing Landscapes
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,490
Fund Source

The University of Minnesota will develop effective interview questions for community watershed assessments in the Rainy River basin and provide assistance in understanding the data collected through community interviews.

Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Koochiching County SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,930
Fund Source

This project will provide an important framework for civic and citizen engagement and communication in the International Rainy River-Lake of the Woods Watershed, which will contribute to long-term public participation in surface water protection and restoration activities.

Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
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