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Recipient
Cass County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$594,000
Fund Source

This program will protect and restore approximately 400+ acres of forest and wetland wildlife habitat in central Minnesota (Cass County) through fee title acquisitions of industrial forest tracts. Title of lands acquired will be held by Cass County in fee.

Cass
Recipient
Cass County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$480,000
Fund Source

This project has protected forest wildlife habitat in central Minnesota through fee title acquisition of key forest tracts. Title of lands acquired is held by Cass County in Fee.

Cass
Recipient
Cass County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$604,000
Fund Source

Project has protected forest wildlife habitat in central Minnesota through fee title acquisition of key forest tracts. Title of lands acquired will be held by Cass County in fee.

Cass
Recipient
Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation, MN Land Trust and DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,098,000
Fund Source

Landowner-donated conservation easements in Aitkin, Cass, and Crow Wing counties permanently conserved 260 acres and 3.6 miles of critical shorelands for the protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and continued public recreational enjoyment of these aquatic resources.

Aitkin
Cass
Crow Wing
Recipient
Cass County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$880,000
Fund Source

Protected 585 acres of forest wildlife habitat in central Minnesota through fee title acquisition of key forest tracts. Title of lands acquired is held by Cass County in Fee.

Cass
Recipient
DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050,000
Fund Source

The Pinelands Sands Aquifer Phase 1 project protected 567 acres of priority forest habitat  in the Pinelands Sands Aquifer including high quality dry pine woodlands to prevent habitat loss, protect water quality in the aquifer, and provide access. Lands protected include 352 acres of forests which will be added to the Badoura State Forest and 215 acres which will be part of the newly established Jack Pine Woodlands Scientific and Natural Area.

Cass
Hubbard
Wadena
Recipient
Cass County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$442,000
Fund Source

This project protected 282 acres of forest wildlife habitat in central Minnesota through fee title acquisition of key forest tracts. The title of the acquired lands will be held in fee by Cass County. 

Cass
Recipient
Cass County
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fund Source

This project protected 277 acres of forest wildlife habitat in central Minnesota through fee title acquisition of key forest tracts. The title of the acquired lands will be held in fee by Cass County without a PILT obligation.

Cass
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
Ruffed Grouse Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,046,000
Fund Source

This proposal serves to protect 580 acres and enhance 140 acres of forest habitats within Minnesota's public forests through fee title acquisition of strategic private forest land inholdings in State, County and National Forests. Successful efforts will 1) greatly increase management efficiencies and effectiveness of surrounding public forest lands, 2) address primary forest habitat management concerns of forest habitat loss, degradation, fragmentation, and 3) serve to address critical forest and recreational user access needs.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Hubbard
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Forecast Public Artworks AKA Forecast Public Art
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,300
Region 7E Public Art Program
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Cass County Historical Society
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,105

To add 75 rolls of microfilmed Cass County newspapers to the historical society's holdings, making primary records more accessible to the public.

Cass
Recipient
John Zasada
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$293
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Itasca
Cass
Beltrami
Hubbard
Recipient
Leah H. Yellowbird
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$320
Quick Start Grants
St. Louis
Carlton
Mille Lacs
Lake
Recipient
City of Princeton
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,630
To hire a consultant to complete a reconnaissance survey of Princeton's downtown, approximately 50 commercial buildings.
Mille Lacs
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
International Water Institute
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$523,135
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$288,451
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$201,398
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$243,164
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$243,164
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$463,456
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$268,352
Fund Source

The International Water Institute (IWI) will monitor 42 sites (3 basin, 12 major watershed, and 27 subwatershed) in the Red River and Upper Mississippi River Basins intensively during the contract period. There will also be 5 sites in the Red River Basin where mercury samples will be collected and sent to Minnesota Department of Health for analysis. The IWI will collect water samples across the range of flow conditions targeting sample collection at times of moderate to high flow.

Beltrami
Cass
Grant
Itasca
Kittson
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Traverse
Wilkin
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
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,649

Partner Organizations: Heritage Group North, Inc., Pine River Fire Department and Chamber of Commerce.

Cass
Recipient
North Central Minnesota Farm and Antique Association
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Aitkin
Cass
Itasca
St. Louis
Recipient
Yvonne R. Herrmann
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600

Resiliency Grant

Mille Lacs
Recipient
City of Princeton
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600

Resiliency Grant

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Dustin Lindell AKA Dustin Wayne
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600

Resiliency Grant

Isanti
Anoka
Mille Lacs
Sherburne
Hennepin
Chisago
Ramsey
Pine
Kanabec
Wright
Recipient
Chad A. Filley
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600

Resiliency Grant

Isanti
Kanabec
Clay
Mille Lacs
Benton
Anoka
Sherburne
Chisago
Otter Tail
Becker
Koochiching
St. Louis
Ramsey
Ramsey
Clay
Kanabec
Chisago
Hennepin
Ramsey
Mille Lacs
Benton
Marshall
Anoka
Recipient
Robert D. DesJarlait
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600

Resiliency Grant

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Susan A. Foss
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600

Resiliency Grant

St. Louis
Anoka
Isanti
Aitkin
Pine
Kanabec
Dakota
Washington
Ramsey
Hennepin
Carlton
Stearns
Sherburne
Crow Wing
Mille Lacs
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (American Indian Studies)
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,675

To hire qualified professionals to produce materials on the Ojibwe language for public access.

Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
Hubbard
Itasca
Marshall
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
City of Pine River
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,267,000
Fund Source

The Norway Lake Dam was removed and replaced with a rock-arch rapids in 2022 by the City of Pine River. Replacing the high hazard dam with a rock riffle enhanced fish passage, biological connectivity, habitat, safety, aesthetics, fishing, and recreational access to the river. The riffle pools and channels enhanced recreational opportunities wading, fishing, paddling and other water-based fun.

Cass
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 and Water Conservation District
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,283
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,915
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,541
Fund Source

The Mille Lacs Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will assist the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) with water quality monitoring and pollutant load calculations at two sites in the Rum River Watershed. Approximately 20-25 grab samples per site between ice-out and October 31, 2019 will be collected along with field measurements and observations. Samples will be collected using procedures described in the Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) Standard Operating Procedures and Guidance (SOPG).

Mille Lacs
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
Recipient
Anoka Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000
Fund Source

This project will gather watershed data necessary for the development of a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy with parameter-specific targets that will maintain or improve water quality in the Rum River Watershed. Local Partners will lead various portions of this project and a hired onsultant will be subcontracted to write selected TMDL protection plans.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Anoka Conservation District
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Fund Source

This project will focus on Watershed Restoration and Protetion Strategy (WRAPS) and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report development for the Rum River Watershed, which includes Mille Lacs Lake (the second largest lake in Minnesota) and the Rum River of which Mille Lacs Lake is the headwaters. The project will produce a plan that partners and citizens will be able to implement, a framework for citizen engagement, and a set of watershed management activities that will achieve water quality standards for all impairments within the watershed.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Anoka County SWCD
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,699,000
Fund Source

The Wild and Scenic Rum River is a State Water Trail linking Mille Lacs Lake to the Mississippi River. Providing habitat for SGCN across two ecological provinces, the Rum also supports game fish and waterfowl. Land conversion, drainage, increased runoff, accelerated bank erosion, and invasive species threaten ecosystem stability of the Rum River corridor.

Anoka
Isanti
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Itasca Community Television, Inc./Two Rivers Video
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,624

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Itasca
Cass
St. Louis
Recipient
Schroeder Area Historical Society AKA Cross River Heritage Center
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Itasca
Koochiching
Aitkin
Cass
Carlton
Recipient
Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championships
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

St. Louis
Carlton
Mille Lacs
Itasca
Ramsey
Beltrami
Nicollet
Recipient
Grand Rapids Players, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,460
Rural and Community Art Project Grants
Itasca
Aitkin
Cass
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Great River Strings Ensemble
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,247
Rural and Community Art Project Grants
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Mille Lacs