All Projects

1926 Results for
Recipient
Sinclair Lewis Foundation
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,545

Project Grant

Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Douglas
Pope
Hennepin
Washington
Dakota
Morrison
St. Louis
St. Louis
Recipient
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Project Grant

Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Morrison
Kanabec
Meeker
Crow Wing
Anoka
Hennepin
McLeod
Pope
Wright
Wright
Recipient
Millstream Arts Festival, Inc. AKA Millstream Arts Festival
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Mille Lacs
Wright
Scott
Hennepin
Ramsey
Morrison
Douglas
Chisago
Anoka
Kanabec
St. Louis
Todd
Isanti
Hubbard
Carver
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Le Sueur
Dakota
McLeod
McLeod
McLeod
Recipient
Sinclair Lewis Foundation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,760

Project Grant

Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Douglas
Pope
Hennepin
Washington
Dakota
Morrison
St. Louis
St. Louis
Recipient
Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,250

Project Grant

Stearns
Morrison
Sherburne
Wright
Wright
Recipient
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Project Grant

Stearns
Crow Wing
Todd
Sherburne
Benton
Morrison
Morrison
Recipient
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Project Grant

Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Douglas
Morrison
Meeker
Cass
Todd
Kandiyohi
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Minnesota Center Chorale
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,200

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Morrison
Hennepin
Olmsted
Meeker
Douglas
Pine
Wright
Wright
Recipient
Paramount Center for the Arts
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Project Grant

Anoka
Benton
Cass
Crow Wing
Douglas
Hennepin
Isanti
Kandiyohi
Morrison
Sherburne
Stearns
Stearns
Recipient
Art Experiment 56340
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,450

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Morrison
Beltrami
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Ramsey
Ramsey
Ramsey
Ramsey
Recipient
Renville Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000

Granite rock outcrops along the Upper Minnesota River are among the oldest exposed rock in North America, dating back approximately 3.6 billion years. These outcrops are also home to rare and specialized plant and animal communities rarely found elsewhere in Minnesota, including several types of cactus and one of Minnesota's only three lizard species, the five-lined skink. However, these rock outcrops are increasingly threatened by mining, overgrazing, and development.

Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Renville Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,382,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$418,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank WD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
Fund Source

Del Clark Lake is a regionally unique resource in the Lac qui Parle Watershed. This grant contains both restoration and protection strategies aiming to maintain the quality of this rare and valuable resource in addition to restoring the recently impaired Canby Creek, which feeds into Del Clark Lake. Three grade control structures will be implemented just upstream of Del Clark to protect against sediment and aid in regulating flows. An estimate 240 pounds of phosphorous and 2,700 tons of sediment will be reduced annually.

Lincoln
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
City of Holdingford
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,531
Holdingford Mill Art Project
Stearns
Morrison
Recipient
City of Granite Falls
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,500

Public Art

Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Granite Area Arts Council
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Granite Area Arts Council
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Yellow Medicine
Chippewa
Recipient
Jessica Hennen AKA Jessie Hennen
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000

Quick Support for Artists

Hennepin
Yellow Medicine
Ramsey
Lyon
Recipient
Miles Taylor
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000

Quick Support for Artists

Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Corina Kells
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000

Quick Support for Artists

Yellow Medicine
Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Swift
Recipient
Steven Bergeson
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000

Quick Support for Artists

Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Granite Area Arts Council
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Department of Public Transformation
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Purpose Artisans
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Kandiyohi
Lyon
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Stearns
Stevens
Stevens
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
Department of Public Transformation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Yellow Medicine
Renville
Renville
Recipient
Granite Area Arts Council
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Quick Support for Organizations

Yellow Medicine
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Jessica Hennen AKA Jessie Hennen
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500

Quick Support for Artists

Yellow Medicine
Lyon
Hennepin
Hennepin
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
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
Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,111
Fund Source

In 2017 and 2018, Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA) will collect water chemistry samples from the 10 lakes and 24 stream sites identified in the Redwood and Cottonwood River watersheds. Six samples will be collected at 10 lakes from May through September in 2017; five samples will be collected at 5 lakes in 2018 from May through September. Eleven samples will be collected at each of the 24 stream sites following the Basic Regime in 2017. Sixteen samples at each stream site will be collected in 2017 and 2018 following the E.coli monitoring regime.

Brown
Cottonwood
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Pipestone
Redwood
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,600
Fund Source

The Redwood and Cottonwood River Watersheds have been assessed and many reaches have been impaired for turbidity, bacteria, and low dissolved oxygen. This project will accelerate conservation efforts to reduce overland runoff sediment, bacteria, and nutrient loadings contributing to water quality impairments in targeted subwatersheds.

Brown
Cottonwood
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Pipestone
Redwood
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$560,000
Fund Source

The Redwood River and Cottonwood River watersheds encompass approximately 2,020 square miles of southwestern Minnesota in the Minnesota River Basin. Land use in these watersheds is mostly agricultural and area geology makes them prone to erosion. Surface water issues within the two watersheds are a concern of local leaders. The counties and Soil and Water Conservation District leaders formed the Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA) Joint Powers Board in 1983 to address sedimentation, water quality and quantity, and erosion issues.

Brown
Cottonwood
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Pipestone
Redwood
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Region 5 Children’s Museum
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$188,455

With a population of 162,000 that expands by approximately 300,000 annually through tourism, the Brainerd Lakes area is truly a beloved “up north” destination in Minnesota. Brainerd’s emerging Region 5 Children’s Museum (working title) envisions a more connected Minnesota and will actively bring together people from diverse backgrounds in shared experiences through the exploration of northern Minnesota’s rich art, culture, and heritage.

Cass
Crow Wing
Morrison
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Monarch Joint Venture
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$180,000

This project uses remote sensing technology (UAVs) to evaluate pollinator habitat on energy and transportation lands across Minnesota.

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
BWSR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,398,000
Fund Source

Under the CREP partnership with USDA, 38 easements were recorded on a total of 2,732 acres to restore previously drained wetlands and adjacent uplands. One easement is a flowage easement that was required to complete wetland restoration work on an adjacent

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Grant
Martin
Meeker
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Steele
Swift
Traverse
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
BWSR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,708,000
Fund Source

The Clean Water Fund (CWF) and Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF) were used together to secure easements on buffer areas. 84 easements have been recorded for a total of 1,441 acres and are reported in the output tables for the final report (acre total does not include Clean Water Fund acres). The total acreage from both CWF and OHF sources for recorded easements is 2,793.2 acres. Only the OHF acres are being reported in this final report to be consistent with the approved accomplishment plan.

Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
BWSR
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,392,000
Fund Source

This continuation of the Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) Reserve buffers program will protect and restore riparian areas, permanently protecting approximately 600 acres on 17 easements. This program will continue utilizing a science-based ranking and selection process and be implemented locally, working with Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) staff in targeted areas in the state. Historically, buffer funding was used to expand basic water quality buffers into larger buffers.

Cottonwood
Mower
Scott
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$622,000

We propose identifying hot spots of groundwater chloride pollution of surface waters due to excessive road salt use, which is a long term source increasing chloride impairment of surface waters.

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
Mille Lacs Soil & Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,111
Fund Source

The purpose of the project is to collect data to represent the ambient condition of the lakes and streams of the Rum River Watershed within Mille Lacs, Isanti and Sherburne Counties that is needed to determine if thresholds set to protect designeated uses, such as aquatic recreation and aquatic life, are being met .

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne