All Projects

2226 Results for
Recipient
Great Northern Theatre Company
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000

Project Grant

Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Meeker
Morrison
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Steele
Steele
Becker
Isanti
Scott
McLeod
Wadena
Todd
Anoka
Carver
Goodhue
Olmsted
Dakota
Watonwan
Watonwan
Nicollet
Cass
Kandiyohi
Lake
Douglas
Beltrami
Ramsey
Recipient
The Saint John's Boys' Choir
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Project Grant

Isanti
Washington
Wright
Hennepin
Sherburne
Pipestone
McLeod
Stearns
Mille Lacs
Scott
Meeker
Le Sueur
Kandiyohi
Benton
Douglas
Morrison
Todd
Pope
Kanabec
Crow Wing
Becker
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
College of Saint Benedict AKA College of Saint Benedict Fine Arts Programming
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Project Grant
Stearns
Douglas
Benton
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
Community Legacies
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Project Grant
Stearns
Todd
Pope
Douglas
Recipient
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Project Grant
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Meeker
McLeod
Kandiyohi
Morrison
Todd
Crow Wing
Pope
Swift
Douglas
Recipient
Great River Chorale
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,791
Project Grant
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Hennepin
Ramsey
Anoka
Morrison
Todd
Douglas
Kandiyohi
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
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
Art Experiment 56340
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,450

Project Grant

Stearns
Ramsey
Wright
Hennepin
Benton
Steele
Pope
Dakota
Douglas
Douglas
Douglas
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
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
Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$133,939
Fund Source

A family dairy farm in the shoreland area of Lake Miltona has a liquid manure storage area that is not up to standards due to sandy soil and a high water table, increasing the likelihood of groundwater contamination. Lake Miltona is connected to the Alexandria Area Chain of Lakes and ultimately the water ends up in the Long Praire River. Groundwater impacts to the Long Prairie River have the potential to be significant.

Douglas
Recipient
Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,050
Fund Source

Lake Miltona is considered one of the finest lakes in Central Minnesota and its 15 miles of lake shore make it the largest lake in Douglas County. Smokey Timbers Youth Camp, owned by the Smokey Timbers Foundation, is located on the north side of Lake Miltona. There is currently an erosion problem at the camp where a large gully has developed that drains into the lake.

Douglas
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
Saint Cloud Area Sports Commission
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,500
Can-Am Scuplture
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Douglas
Recipient
Emmons & Olivier Resources Inc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,469
Fund Source

This project is for technical assistance during the Lake Winona Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) public notice and revisions to the document prior to sending to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final approval.

Douglas
Recipient
Nordic Center
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$530

Quick Start Grants

St. Louis
Douglas
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato (Department of Anthropology)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,720
To hire a qualified laboratory to conduct radiocarbon dating on Oneota samples from southern Minnesota.
Faribault
Goodhue
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
Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,860
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to improve understanding of primary productivity in the Red River and the diversity and population structure of the algal communities occurring along the river system. This will be accomplished through taxonomic identification of periphyton and phytoplankton assemblages necessary for characterizing responses to nutrient gradients along the Red River of the North.

Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Clearwater
Douglas
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
East Otter Tail Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,980
Fund Source

The Redeye River watershed is conducting the second intensive watershed assessment. The water quality in the watershed is still pretty healthy, but the streams with poor water quality identified previously are still not meeting water quality standards. The goal during this cycle is to better identify problem areas so that parcel specific implementation can occur to achieve improved water quality. The best method available to better target implementation is through culvert inventories, visual and desktop surveys, as well as outreach.

Becker
Douglas
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Otter Tail, East SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$706,488
Fund Source

Watershed based implementation funds will be used to target conservation practices utilizing the principles associated with Prioritize, Target and Measure as referenced in our Local Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. The following are projects/practices, and their associated pollution reduction estimates, that are included in this budget request: (500 acres of Nonstructural BMPs) to protect/improve land management and reduce bacteria will reduce phosphorus by 65 lbs/yr, nitrogen by 520 lbs/yr, and sediment by 285 tons/yr.

Becker
Douglas
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Otter Tail, East SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$706,488
Fund Source
Becker
Douglas
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Freshwater Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,000

Many lakes in Minnesota are classified as “impaired” for aquatic recreation and aquatic life as the result of nonpoint source pollution. These impairments can be addressed by the citizens that live by and have a vested interest in these water bodies, but there is often a lack of knowledge and resources to take effective action. The Freshwater Society is using this appropriation to train citizen groups in lake ecology and management in order to guide them in implementing water quality improvement projects for their local water bodies.

Becker
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Recipient
BWSR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,059,500
Fund Source

The RIM-WRP program will expand past efforts and provide important benefits to the citizens of Minnesota by restoring and permanently protecting priority wetlands and associated upland native grassland wildlife habitat via perpetual conservation easements. This funding will leverage $12.6 million of federal WRP funds for the State of Minnesota and is expected to create and sustain 343 jobs and income to local landowners, businesses and others in the state based on USDA economic estimates.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Clay
Cottonwood
Douglas
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Mahnomen
McLeod
Norman
Pennington
Pope
Rice
Steele
Swift
Swift
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
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,808,000
Fund Source

Under the CREP partnership with USDA, 71 easements were recorded on a total of 4,365 acres to restore previously drained wetlands and adjacent uplands. The easements were accomplished with local implementation done by SWCD, NRCS and FSA staff within the 54 county CREP area and leveraged federal funds for both landowner payments and cost share for conservation practice installation.

Becker
Blue Earth
Carver
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stearns
Wilkin
Recipient
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,940,000
Fund Source

This program is a part of a comprehensive clean water strategy to prevent sediment and nutrients from entering our lakes, rivers, and streams; enhance fish and wildlife habitat; protect groundwater and wetlands. Specifically the Riparian Buffer Easement Program targets creating buffers on riparian lands adjacent to public waters, except wetlands. Through the Reinvest in Minnesota Program (RIM) and in partnership with Soil and Water Conservation Districts and private landowners, permanent conservation easements are purchased and buffers established.

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Faribault
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Steele
Stevens
Wilkin
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
Sauk River Watershed District
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,478
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$128,521
Fund Source

This project will focus on monitoring & assessment, stressor ID assistance, problem investigation, watershed prioritization and targeting, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report development, Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report updates and continuing civic engagement for the Sauk River Watershed.

Douglas
Meeker
Pope
Stearns
Todd
Recipient
RESPEC
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,891
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to compile the observed flow and water quality data and update the Sauk River Watershed HSPF model calibration through 2019. The Sauk River Watershed HSPF model simulates hydrology, sediment (sand, silt, and clay), temperature, phosphorus, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, and chlorophyll a.

Douglas
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Todd
Recipient
Sauk River WD, PF, MLT
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,034,000
Fund Source

This program will permanently protect, restore and enhance critical habitat within the Sauk River Watershed, which has experienced considerable habitat loss and is at high risk for more land conversion. Using conservation easements and fee land acquisition, we will protect approximately 660 acres of priority habitat in Minnesota's Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition Area. We will restore/enhance approximately 224 acres of wetlands and accompanying uplands to create habitat for waterfowl and populations of Species in Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN).

Douglas
Pope
Stearns
Todd
Recipient
Stearns County
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$832,550
Fund Source

The Sauk River's CWMP identifies altered hydrology and excessive sediment & nutrients as the top priority resource concerns to be addressed. Goals for each priority resource concern are found on pages 4-6 and 4-21 of the CWMP. To achieve these goals, The CWMP contains multiple prioritization schemes, on both a watershed-wide and watershed management unit basis, to achieve these goals - refer to pages 4-8 through 4-11 and 4-22 through 4-31 of the CWMP.

Douglas
Meeker
Pope
Stearns
Todd
Recipient
Sauk River Watershed District, Pheasants Forever, to Minnesota Land Trust.
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,926,000
Fund Source

This project will permanently protect, restore and enhance critical habitat within the Sauk River Watershed, which has experienced considerable habitat loss and is at high risk for more land use conversion. Using conservation easements and fee land acquisition, we will protect 750 acres of high priority habitat in Minnesota's Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition Area and will restore/enhance approximately 66 acres of wetlands and accompanying uplands to create vital habitat for important waterfowl and Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) populations.

Douglas
Meeker
Pope
Pope
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,945
Fund Source

This work order will extend all of the timeseries in the Sauk River Watershed  Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) model through 2019. The Sauk River Watershed HSPF model simulates hydrology, sediment (sand, silt, and clay), temperature, phosphorus, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, and chlorophyll a.

Douglas
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Todd
Recipient
Sauk River Watershed District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$61,540
Fund Source

This project will complete an assessment of watershed lakes and streams. The assessment will include biological and stressor id analysis, which will support a summary report on lake conditions and protection strategies for lakes included in this watershed study.

Douglas
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Todd