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Minnesota Zoological Garden
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$199,000

The Minnesota Zoo will develop educational displays and engaging, hands-on interactives to summarize scientific findings about moose decline in Minnesota. Information will be integrated online to increase accessibility for all.

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U of MN
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

Land and water conservation efforts require accurate information about land cover and land use. Minnesota’s land cover and land use data has not been updated since 2000 and so does not reflect changes since that time resulting from growth and development, agricultural production, or landscape cover. Researchers at the University of Minnesota are using this appropriation to conduct a statewide update and enhancement of land cover and land use data and make it freely available online for use by government and non-government organizations involved in land and water conservation.

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Tetra Tech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$239,928
Fund Source

This work order will provide the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) with assistance in assembling, graphics, geographic information system (GIS) maps, data synthesis, writing, formatting and editing the 5-year nutrient reduction strategy progress report and update and similar updates for the Sediment Reduction Strategy. The Sediment Strategy update also involves incorporation of modeling results and other technical information into the 2015 strategy document.

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Barr Engineering Company
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$42,578
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,351
Fund Source

This project will result in updates to the Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) Calculator, creation of a water quality calculator based on the MIDS Calculator, and recommended updates to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. The updated MIDS Calculator will be called MIDS Calculator Version 4 and the water quality calculator will be called MPCA Water Quality Calculator Version 1.

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LimnoTech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,999
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to obtain key information needed to update the Nutrient Reduction Strategy based on watershed approach experiences over the past five years.

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MN DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
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MPCA
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000


Overall Project Outcome and Results

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MN DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
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Clarissa Community Museum, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,995
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Dakota County Historical Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$275,000
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Dakota
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Tetra Tech
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,750
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to construct two executable Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed models for the Minnesota River Headwaters and Lac qui Parle watersheds. The contractor will use the Minnesota River HSPF model application already developed by Tetra Tech as a starting point and will refine the model construction based on the details in this work plan. The contractor will produce HSPF models that, after calibration and validation, will readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).

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Wilderness Inquiry
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,093,000

There has been a sharp decline in participation in outdoor recreation and education amongst youth, particularly in urban areas. Some argue that youth who have meaningful outdoor education experiences are more likely to become engaged in environmental stewardship and invested in outdoor resources as adults.

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Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000

Establish and monitor 120 acres of intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza), a new perennial grain crop, in vulnerable wellhead protection regions of Minnesota to profitability reduce nitrate leaching to drinking water.

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United Senior Lao-American Association (USLAA)
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Conservation of culture including art and local wisdom is one of the main missions of our organization. We operate in promoting and capturing values to create pride in Lao culture and identity, as well as create awareness of morality to the community as well. Our organization encourages and supports all cultures to develop, preserve and pass on the activities that we as an organization help operate with communities and outside agencies.

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Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Statewide
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
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U of MN - WCROC
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$475,000
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Partners: Carleton College and Veblen Farmstead. Preservation work at the Thorstein Veblen Farmstead National Historic Landmark, near Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota, will provide urgently needed stabilization and preservation of three outbuildings at the farmstead, including the original small barn, the large hay barn and the granary.The farmstead is a rare site that preserves and illustrates the pioneering immigrant experience on the prairie. People from across the country and from overseas have visited the property over the past several years.
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City of Vergas
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$290,000

Long Lake is a community asset for Vergas, enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. This project will construct a trail bordering Long Lake, maintaining public access and restoring the shoreline.

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Military Historical Society of Minnesota
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$115,000
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Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (Ampers)
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Veterans' Voices: Native Warriors will give Native American students in Minnesota the opportunity to hear memories and stories directly from Native American veterans from within their communities. Funds will also be used to create radio segments featuring the Native American veterans sharing their personal experiences in their own words. These segments will air statewide and be archived online giving all Minnesotans access now and in the future.

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MN Department of Veterans Affairs

Project Objective  ​

The objective of this project is to Plan and Execute a commemorative event for the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War and its Veterans.​

Project Scope:  ​

The scope of this project includes the planning, resourcing, staffing and executing the main event and 2-3 ancillary events which draw attention to Vietnam War Veterans. The project will focus on Minnesota Vietnam War Veterans (US and Allies).​

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VocalEssence
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified professional to assess the archival collections held by VocalEssence.

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Rainbow World
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,985
To document in 14 interviews the history of Korean adoptees in Minnesota.
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City of Duluth
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,100

To design, produce, and install historical markers for the Waabizheshikana Marten Interpretive Trail in Duluth.

St. Louis
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U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
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U of MN
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$450,000
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U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$398,000
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U of MN
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Provide industrial, source reduction technical assistance to reduce nutrient discharge to wastewater treatment facilities through industrial process optimization. Document impact of nutrient reduction on wastewater operations and discharge quality.

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,505
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,998
Fund Source

This provides a project manager to work with regulated parties to identify new or more efficient ways of meeting standards at wastewater treatment facilities (municipal and industrial).

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U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$407,000

Minnesota Sea Grant seeks to create a science-policy fellowship program to train Minnesota's science-policy workforce and advance Minnesota's water resource policy, emulating Sea Grants successful federal-level fellowship program.

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
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U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$353,000

We propose robotics-based educational activities for middle-school youth on water quality in Minnesota. Youth will gain skills for measuring water quality and communicating results through group study and hands-on 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
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
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Public Facilities Authority
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0

n/a

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RESPEC
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,992
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to develop guidance for water quality parameter evaluation and calibration for Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) applications focused on dissolved oxygen (D.O.), nutrient, and algal simulation, along with a demonstration of the guidance by step-by-step application to D.O.-impaired Minnesota watersheds.

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University of Minnesota
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,992
Fund Source

There are several models and tools that State agencies, university staff, and local government staff utilize to measure outcomes for pollution reduction benefits in agricultural watersheds in Minnesota. The mechanisms and scales at which these tools are built on are slightly to drastically different.

Statewide
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$165,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$170,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$165,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$176,762
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$202,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$202,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$185,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$185,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$230,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$230,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$95,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,000
Fund Source

The DNR provides technical support related to the causes of altered hydrology and watershed management solutions. We use state-of-the-art models and statistical methods to look at cumulative impacts of drainage and land-use practices and determine the benefits of best management practices. This involves collaboration with multiple partners at multiple scales.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,650,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,650,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,435,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,440,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,475,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,478,815
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,549,694
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,567,393
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,638,038
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,624,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,591,245
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,630,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,630,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,182,500
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$689,000
Fund Source

DNR regional clean water specialists and area hydrologists work with regional staff from other state agencies and with local partners to help identify the causes of pollution problems and determine the best strategies for fixing them. We collect and analyze stream channel stability and streambank erosion data to help identify root causes of certain water quality impairments in streams.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$465,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$460,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$425,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$421,185
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$336,306
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$318,607
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$301,962
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$316,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$258,755
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$118,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,500
Fund Source

The Watershed Health Assessment Framework (WHAF) is a web-based tool for resource managers and others interested in the ecological health of Minnesota's watersheds. The framework uses five ecological components to organize and deliver information about watershed health conditions in Minnesota. The five components are hydrology, connectivity, biology, geomorphology, and water quality. Statewide GIS data from DNR and partner agencies are used to calculate health scores that reveal similarities and differences between watersheds.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$350,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$350,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$285,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$285,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$260,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$248,238
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$223,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$223,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$190,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$190,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$235,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$235,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$190,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$180,000
Fund Source

This project delineates and maps watersheds (drainage areas) of lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands for the state of Minnesota and provides watershed maps in digital form for use in geographic information systems. These maps become the basis for clean water planning and implementation efforts.

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Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota - St. Croix Watershed Research Station
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900,000

Minnesota has widespread water quality impairments due to nonpoint-source pollution generated by agricultural, urban, and other human-altered lands. Mitigation of these impairments requires implementing best management practices (BMPs) that are designed to limit soil erosion and nutrient transport from lands to receiving waters. Long-term data sets of water quality and land-use history are needed to tease apart the many factors that affect water quality. In particular, data sets that span periods before and after BMP implementation are needed to determine BMP effectiveness.

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Minnesota Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$303,592
MNHS continues to focus on broadening access to many of its Legacy-funded programs through the Internet. This funding supports the web development professionals who plan, build and implement digital components that are part of many Legacy-funded history projects. MNHS also uses the web to report on its use of Legacy funds at legacy.mnhs.org and for the public to apply for Legacy grant funds at legacy.mnhs.org/grants.
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Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$296,250
MNHS continues to focus on broadening access to many of its Legacy-funded programs through the Internet. This funding supports the web development professionals who plan, build, and implement digital components that are part of many Legacy-funded history projects and helps pay for Web hosting to make these projects accessible to people in Minnesota and beyond. MNHS also uses the web to report on its use of Legacy funds at legacy.mnhs.org and for the public to apply for Legacy grant funds at legacy.mnhs.org/grants.
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