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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.

Statewide
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Macalester College: Geography Department
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,300
To produce a film on the efforts to map and determine the source of the Mississippi River
Ramsey
Recipient
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.

Statewide
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Minnesota Newspaper Foundation
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

A documentary-type retrospective video was produced featuring the Minnesota Newspaper Museum at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair. More than eight hours of footage was filmed and used to produce the 15 minute DVD. The final product explains letterpress printing from start to finish including segments on the Linotype, Page Composition, the press, job shop and finally, a section on the editorial/news function of a newspaper. The final section also stresses the importance of newspapers, yesterday and today, in a democratic society.

Ramsey
Recipient
The Performance Lab
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,650

To document in 3 to 4 interviews the history of the dance community in the Twin Cities.

Ramsey
Recipient
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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Minnesota Vietnamese Language School
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,150

Our grant application seeks to promote and preserve Vietnamese culture through the use of traditional Lunar New Year celebration which includes storytelling, music and dance.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
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
VocalEssence
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

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

Statewide
Recipient
Rainbow World
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,985
To document in 14 interviews the history of Korean adoptees in Minnesota.
Statewide
Recipient
Ramsey County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Fund Source

Volunteer Corps for Tamarack Nature Center & Discovery Hollow

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Fund Source

Volunteer Corps for Tamarack Nature Center & Discovery Hollow

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Fund Source

The volunteer coordinator recruits, trains, and recognizes volunteers who help assist with operations and programs in a variety of settings. Some care for the animals, some the garden, some assist with programs, some do projects within the park.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

The Education and Volunteer Coordinators were established for program development/implementation. They will increase efforts to connect, recruit, lead, and coordinate people to our regional parks while developing a deeper relationship with recreation staff, schools and other groups; supplies associated with this program. Program activities are restricted to those with direct benefits for the regional parks and trails.

Ramsey
Recipient
USGS
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$297,000

Endocrine disrupting contaminants are chemicals that may interfere with natural hormones in humans and wildlife and produce adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune effects. These chemicals occur in a variety of everyday products, including pharmaceuticals, plastics, detergents, flame retardants, cosmetics, and pesticides. As these chemicals get discharged into the environment, humans and wildlife are exposed. The U.S. Geological Survey and St.

Ramsey
Recipient
American Indian Family Center
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,267

The purpose of this project goes beyond just offering classroom style learning options. The purpose of the project is to provide teachings in the classroom, in the community, and in nature with fluent speakers and language learners alike. This proposal is starting the process of Language Revitalization by laying the groundwork for our program to grow and sustain itself beyond grant funding.

Ramsey
Recipient
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
Statewide
Recipient
Lower Phalen Creek Project
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$118,000

To hire a qualified consultant firm to write an exhibit schematic design plan for the Wakan Tipi Center in St. Paul.

Ramsey
Recipient
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,026
Ramsey
Recipient
Lower Phalen Creek Project
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

Lower Phalen Creek Project (LPCP) seeks funds to implement pre-production of its permanent exhibits at Wakan Tipi Center, a Dakota cultural and environmental interpretive center honoring Wakan Tipi cave, a sacred Dakota place.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey Conservation District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$56,000
Fund Source

Ramsey County is the smallest, most densely populated county in the state of Minnesota consisting of primarily urbanized land use. Ramsey County's water resources provide the industrial base, drinking water, and recreational opportunities for over one-half million people on a daily basis. The major environmental problems that Ramsey County lakes and streams face can be traced to the effects that urbanized land use has on these natural resources.

Ramsey
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
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$450,000
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$398,000
Statewide
Recipient
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.

Statewide
Recipient
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).

Statewide
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
Public Facilities Authority
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0

n/a

Statewide
Recipient
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.

Statewide
Recipient
Metropolitan Council
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$919,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$919,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$950,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$950,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$975,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$975,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$550,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,537,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
Fund Source

This program supports communities as they plan and implement projects that address emerging drinking water supply threats. It supports the exploration cost-effective regional and sub-regional solutions, leverages inter-jurisdictional coordination, and prevents overuse and degradation of groundwater resources.

Activities in this program provide metro communities with:

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Metropolitan Council
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$625,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$625,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$375,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$375,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

The Metropolitan Council was awarded $1,500,000 from Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment funds for a Water Efficiency Grant Program during the Minnesota Legislature's 2023 Session. The Metropolitan Council (Council) implemented a water efficiency grant program effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. Grants were awarded on a competitive basis to municipalities that are served by a municipal water system. The Council provides 80% of the program cost; the municipality must provide the remaining 20%.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
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.

Statewide
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.

Statewide