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Minnesota Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,237
In the fourth year of this project, MNHS staff completed inventory and rehousing of most artifacts excavated from Historic Fort Snelling between 1957 and 1981. The Collections Management System now has 118,500 records for Fort Snelling artifacts. Three hundred items were photographed and are now accessible to the public online. In 2016, an exhibit featuring patent medicine bottles found at Fort Snelling was developed and installed in the Fort Snelling Visitor Center.
Statewide
Recipient
Hennepin County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
To hire qualified professionals to replace the roof on Building 55 at Fort Snelling, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Statewide
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MN DNR
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$195,000

This project will build the first comprehensive list of Minnesota moths and butterflies. Information gained through surveys and outreach efforts will inform land managers and inspire public appreciation.

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
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,800

To hire qualified professionals to edit a manuscript on the history of the Franciscan Sisters in Little Falls.

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Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,125
Statewide
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Board of Water & Soil Resources
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$397,580
Fund Source

BWSR will administer funding to eligible County projects that provide funds and other assistance to low income property owners to upgrade or replace Noncompliant Septic Systems. BWSR will also manage annual reporting completed by each County.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Big Stone
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Hubbard
Isanti
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake of the Woods
Lincoln
Marshall
McLeod
Morrison
Norman
Olmsted
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
Scott
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Cass Gilbert Society, Inc.
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,500

To hire a qualified consultant to research the history and disposition of the original furnishings from the Minnesota State Capitol.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Health
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

This is a project to to proactively address future threats to safe drinking water. This project will incorporate findings and recommendations from the Future of Drinking Water report to assess, prioritize, and manage drinking water risks.  Through this project, a voluntary statewide plan for protecting drinking water will be developed.  Additional outcomes from this project include public health policies and an action plan.

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RESPEC
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$253,710
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate five Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed models. The outcome will be HSPF models that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter TMDLs. These models will generate predicted output timeseries for hydrology, sediment, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen which are consistent with available sets of observed data.

Wright
Todd
Stearns
St. Louis
Sherburne
Morrison
Mille Lacs
Meeker
Kanabec
Itasca
Isanti
Chisago
Cass
Carlton
Benton
Anoka
Aitkin
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,481
Fund Source

Groundwater sample collection and analysis will be conducted for contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) at large subsurface treatment systems (LSTS) and rapid infiltration basins (RIB), using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methodology. Results from the ELISA analysis will be reported to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and used to conduct follow-up investigations at a select number of these sites.

Statewide
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$231,946
Fund Source

Groundwater sample collection and analysis will be conducted for contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) at large subsurface treatment systems (LSTS) and rapid infiltration basins (RIB), using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methodology. Results from the ELISA analysis will be reported to the MPCA and used to conduct follow-up investigations at a select number of these sites.

Statewide
Recipient
Chisago SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

The Lower St. Croix Watershed (LSCW) consists of an abundance of natural resources making it conducive for both agricultural production and urban areas. The watershed also contains various geologic features rendering substantial areas of the watershed to have vulnerable groundwater including DWSMA vulnerability, pollution sensitivity to wells, pollution sensitivity to near surface materials, karst features, and well testing show ? 5 mg/L nitrate.

Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Pine
Washington
Recipient
Rum River Watershed Partnership
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,331,559
Fund Source

The Rum River Watershed Partnership will implement Priority Level A and B Actions. While not explicitly called out, actions that obtain multiple benefits to other Level B and C priority issues, such as Natural Resources?Protection, Management, and Restoration of Upland Habitat, a Level B issue, will be given priority. The work plan targets Tier 1-3 waters identified in the CWMP.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Twin City Model Railroad Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,040
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$349,000
Statewide
Recipient
City of Litchfield
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Statewide
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Freeborn County Arts Initiative
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,335

General Operating Support

Dodge
Freeborn
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Waseca
Waseca
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Isanti
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
Charles E. Gagnon Museum and Sculpture Garden
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,273
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,260
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - WCROC
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Statewide
Recipient
Red Wing Arts Association
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
General Operating Support
Dakota
Goodhue
Isanti
Olmsted
St. Louis
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$131,641
Development is underway on a number of future History Center exhibitions that will explore rich stories of Minnesota's past. Major exhibitions will center on how Minnesotans have played, the national impact of the 18th Amendment and Prohibition, the Vietnam War experience and its legacy, and professional football and the Vikings. Other exhibitions will highlight the variety of communities in the state and will bring the fascinating collections of the Minnesota Historical Society to public view.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$305,769
In order to implement its Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF) projects, the Minnesota Historical Society employs an ACHF Manager to oversee the program administration. The Society is also supporting administration of the grants program and expanded financial management and administrative functions. The Society is diligently working to keep administrative costs low while adhering to the legislative mandate that costs be "directly related to and necessary for a specific appropriation."
Statewide
Recipient
Firefighter's Hall and Museum
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,650

To hire a qualified museum consultant to conduct a general preservation needs assessment survey and long range collections preservation plan.

Statewide
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,626
To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.
Ramsey
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,346
To hire a qualified professional to conduct a general preservation needs assessment survey and long range collections preservation plan.
Statewide
Recipient
Cathedral Heritage Foundation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,152
To hire a qualified museum professional to conduct a preservation assessment survey on works of art in the Cathedral's collections.
Statewide
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,170
To hire a qualified museum consultant to conduct a general preservation needs assessment survey and long range collections preservation plan.
Statewide
Recipient
US Geological Survey, Ohio Water Microbiology Lab
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$241,000

This project will create and optimize eDNA assays to detect the presence of 8 endangered or threatened mussel species around Buffalo Slough near Prairie Island Indian Community.

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
$1,236,000

Geologic atlases provide maps/databases essential for improved management of ground and surface water. This proposal will complete current projects and start new projects to equal about 4 complete atlases.

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
Dakota County Historical Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,600
Statewide
Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$138,130
During "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon," an exhibit at the Minnesota History Center in early 2011, Minnesotans got a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience first-hand original artifacts associated with George Washington.  Washington put his personal stamp on our country at the moment of its birth, a stamp that still resonates and has modern-day relevancy for today's Minnesotans, as we learn about our state's history in the larger context of our nation's history.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$178,722

Partner Organization: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office.

In partnership with the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, the Minnesota Historical Society is adding geographical markers to more than 120,000 of the Society's historic photographs.

One outcome of this initiative will be the creation of a web experience that will allow students and the public to use "place" as a gateway for discovering other collections materials.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,868

Partner: The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office

In the spring of 2013, students and the general public will be able to choose a specific place on an online map of Minnesota and historical images and information related to that spot will automatically appear. The site will give students and the general public a deeper knowledge of the history of particular places in the state. Geo-tagging staff has been adding geographical markers to more than 300,000 of the Society's historic photographs, maps and artifacts.

Statewide
Recipient
Center for Energy and Environment
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$800,000
Statewide
Recipient
Project Get Outdoors Inc
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

This project will equip out-of-school youth organizations across Minnesota with knowledge, skills and resources to incorporate outdoor nature activities into after-school programs and engage under-privileged children with the outdoors.

Statewide
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$254,000

Get the Lead Out is focused on protecting common loons and wildlife through education and outreach about the danger of lead fishing tackle and promoting lead-free tackle alternatives.

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
City of Fergus Falls
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

The project proposes a .48 mile trail along the Otter Tail River in downtown Fergus Falls as well as a 125 ft. long bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing the river.

Statewide
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Regents of the University of Minnesota (Glensheen)
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Glensheen)
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Statewide