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Viking Library System
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$90,036
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,816

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Viking Library System (VLS) is a federated regional public library system with central services located in central western Minnesota.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Viking Library System
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,519
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,519

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Viking Library System (VLS) is a federated regional public library system with central services located in central western Minnesota.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Viking Library System
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,237
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,202

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Viking Library System
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$108,067
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$108,995

Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries are beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Viking Library System
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$107,050
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$107,050

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Viking Library System
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,180
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,648

Minnesota’s twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.2 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Viking Library System (VLS) is a federated regional public library system with central services located in central western Minnesota.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Viking Library System
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$97,266
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$97,266

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant.

Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,990

To hire a qualified consultant to conduct and develop a visitor experience assessment and plan.

Winona
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$379,000

Use mobile AI-assisted technologies to survey lake visitors. Assess perceptions of water quality and perceived threats. Combine survey data with water quality data and trend monitoring to inform lake management.

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
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
Public Art of Saint Paul
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,000

Public Art Saint Paul will propel new work forward on the 2nd Wakpa Triennial. The first Wakpa Triennial, 3 years in the making, presented in summer 2023 more than 110 artists in new work across artistic and humanities disciplines including sculpture, installation, video, poetry, music, painting, murals, paper-making, textiles, conversations, and other discussion and participatory programs.

Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota for Morris Campus
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,269
To compile a comprehensive guide to historic resources documenting Walden Township (Pope County) preparatory to writing a history
Pope
Recipient
Winona State University
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
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
Recipient
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
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$319,212
Fund Source

Tetra Tech will work to support the science needed when planning in Minnesota for water storage practice implementation. The goal is to provide practical water storage recommendations that can be incorporated into smaller scale planning within major watersheds (HUC 8), as well as larger scale planning for the Sediment Reduction Strategy for the Minnesota River and South Metro Mississippi River.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Murray
Nicollet
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$102,675

To provide better organization of the archival materials, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

Winona
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$105,215
Winona
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,953

Improved the safety and the environment for historical artifacts by separating an exhibit fabrication area.

An old coal room was retrofitted with a compatible reuse where the intake has been reversed to exhale. This special facility will enable the Winona County Historical Society to be more intentional and responsive with its exhibits, which before the addition were fairly static. Their stated intention in the final report is to have exhibits that change more often and therefore prompt the Society’s building to be used a more frequent gathering space.

Winona
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,861
Winona
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$109,507
To begin the inventory of collections documenting the history of Winona County.
Winona
Recipient
Area 2 - West Central Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$285,000
Fund Source

This proposal will fund technical assistance for nutrient management planning to accelerate water quality improvements with the 12-county West Central Technical Service Area (WCTSA). A needs assessment identified an estimated 156 certified nutrient management plans that will be needed over a 3 year period. Of the 71 SWCD employees in the WCTSA, only 1 SWCD staff member is dedicated to nutrient management planning. To meet technical assistance needs, this grant will fund a Regional Planning Specialist (RPS) to address local resource concerns.

Benton
Big Stone
Chippewa
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Recipient
Area 2 - West Central Technical Service Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

The West Central Technical Service Area (WCTSA) serves 12 Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) in west central Minnesota and has been experiencing increased workload due to greater requests from member SWCDs. This funding will sustain a limited-term technician and purchase related support equipment to assist landowners in implementing targeted, high priority practices that result in the greatest water quality outcomes.

Benton
Big Stone
Chippewa
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,000
Fund Source

This project will educate and assist landowners to seal unused wells by providing cost-share funds of 50% up to $1,000 per well located in highly vulnerable groundwater areas in 10 southeast Minnesota counties. Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water and due to the karst geology in SE MN groundwater is more vulnerable to contamination.

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
MLT
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,129,000
Fund Source

Phase 4 of the Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program will result in the protection of 800 acres of high priority wetland habitat complexes in Minnesota’s Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition areas by securing permanent conservation easements within scientifically prioritized habitat complexes. The Minnesota Land Trust will use its innovative landowner bid model to maximize conservation benefit and financial leverage in protection project selection.

Clay
Otter Tail
Pope
Recipient
MLT
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,088,000
Fund Source

Phase 6 of the Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program will result in the protection of 1,213 acres of high priority wetland habitat complexes in Minnesota's Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition areas by securing permanent conservation easements within scientifically prioritized habitat complexes. The Minnesota Land Trust will use its innovative market-based landowner bid model to maximize conservation benefit and financial leverage in protection project selection.

Big Stone
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Wilkin
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,683,000
Fund Source

Phase 5 of the Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program will result in the protection of 1,040 acres of high priority wetland habitat complexes in Minnesota's Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition areas by securing permanent conservation easements within scientifically prioritized habitat complexes. The Minnesota Land Trust will use its innovative market-based landowner bid model to maximize conservation benefit and financial leverage in protection project selection.

Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Pope
Recipient
MN Land Trust
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,980,000
Fund Source

Fourteen conservation easements were completed by this program resulting in the protection of 1,962 acres of high quality wetland and associated upland habitat complexes and 78,596 feet (approximately 15 miles) of shoreland along priority lakes and rivers in west-central Minnesota. This program exceeded by 862 acres the amount proposed for the grant. Total leverage through donated easements by landowners is estimated at $1,209,700, all in excess of that proposed.

Douglas
Meeker
Otter Tail
Pope
Todd
Recipient
MLT
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,128,000
Fund Source

The Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program implements conservation of high priority wetland habitat complexes within Minnesota's Prairie, Forest-Prairie Transition and Northern Forest areas. Phase 9 of the Wetlands Program will focus on restoration and enhancement of 983 acres of high priority wetlands and associated prairies to benefit important waterfowl and SGCN populations. Restoration and enhancement work will be managed by the Minnesota Land Trust, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,786,000
Fund Source

Through its Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program - Phase 3 grant, the Minnesota Land Trust protected 666 acres and restored/ enhanced 954 acres of high priority wetland habitat complexes in Minnesota's Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition areas by securing permanent conservation easements within scientifically prioritized habitat complexes and working with partners in restoration/enhancement.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Recipient
MLT
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,330,000
Fund Source

Phase 7 of the Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration Program will result in the protection of 1,144 acres of high priority wetland habitat complexes in Minnesota's Prairie and Forest-Prairie Transition areas by securing permanent conservation easements within scientifically prioritized habitat complexes. The Minnesota Land Trust will use its innovative market-based landowner bid model to maximize conservation benefit and financial leverage in protection project selection.

Big Stone
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Otter Tail
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Todd
Recipient
Wheel and Cog
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,000

Project, "It takes a Village", involves program development which would include community outreach development.

Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Hennepin
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Nicollet
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Todd
Waseca
Wright
Recipient
Whitewater River Watershed Project
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

Within Whitewater River Watershed, groundwater is the primary drinking water source for both private and community wells. These drinking water aquifers often lack adequate protective layers making them vulnerable to contamination. Unused wells can deteriorate and pose a serious risk to groundwater quality by providing a pathway for contaminants from the surface to easily travel into groundwater. This project will use cost-share funds to incentivize sealing twelve abandoned wells that are contamination risks to vulnerable aquifers.

Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Whitewater River Watershed Project
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$191,550
Fund Source
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,900,000
Fund Source

This program acquired, developed, and added 638 acres to the state Wildlife Management Area (WMA) system. These lands protect habitat and provide opportunities for public hunting, trapping and compatible outdoor uses consistent with the Outdoor Recreation Act (M.S. 86A.05, Subd.8).

Anoka
Carlton
Chippewa
Chisago
Freeborn
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Winona
Wright
Recipient
City of Winona
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Winona
Recipient
Root River SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$577,696
Fund Source
Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Root River SWCD
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$896,267
Fund Source

This grant will fund about 45 projects in High Groundwater Priority areas, High Surface Water Priority area, and/or in sub-watershed with stressed/impaired streams for the four WinLaC planning regions. These practices will reduce overland total nitrogen loading and loading to groundwater; reduce overland total phosphorous and sediment; and increase headwater storage and/or reduce peak flow rates and sediment loading.

Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,000
Fund Source

The WinLaC Prioritization and Public Participation Project will identify priority water quality issues and concerns for the watershed approach in the Mississippi River - Winona and La Crescent watersheds. Information obtained from this project will help develop the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) Update report as well the WinLaC Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan.

Houston
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
EOR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,860
Fund Source

This project will produce a final Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report and Watershed Restoration and Projection Strategy (WRAPS) reports for the Winnebago and Mississippi River – La Crescent watersheds including the drafting of public notice versions of the reports, responding to comments during the public notice period and producing the final TMDL and WRAPS reports.

Faribault
Freeborn
Houston
Winona
Recipient
City of Winona
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified consultant to develop a Historic Structure Report that will help preserve the Winona Public Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Winona