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Recipient
Dakota County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,288,000
Fund Source

This project will emphasize restoring and enhancing approximately 260 acres of various permanently protected habitats, and acquiring approximately 154 acres of permanent conservation easements or fee title. Project sites include Lake Byllesby Regional Park, land adjacent to Regional Park Reserves and Regional Greenways, Chub and Marcott Lakes, rivers and streams, and hydric soil areas. Habitats will include forest, grassland, wetland, and riparian areas throughout the County.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Agriculture Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,800

To upgrade and replace display cases for 4-H. The Dakota County Agricultural Society has enhanced the display capability for the 4-H program to improve viewing and safety.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
Fund Source

This project will continue and build on the momentum developed through the successful Stormwater Retrofit Partnership (Partnership) from FY2010 and 2012 CWF. This project retrofits stormwater practices on public land to assist partnering Local Government Units (LGUs) in achieving water quality goals identified in local stormwater plans by providing technical assistance and cost share funding.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Soil and Water
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

This project will provide cost share funding to organizations and associations to construct medium-sized water quality conservation projects in Dakota County. This project will continue the successful FY2012 Dakota County Community Partners in Conservation. The Community Initiative program will use the Soil and Water Conservation District's existing Conservation Initiative Funding program to provide technical assistance and monetary incentives for targeted, medium-sized projects such as raingardens, bioinfiltration, and bioswales.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Agriculture Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To enhance fairgoers ability to view art work of local 4-H members by upgrading and replacing display cases.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000

To provide programming that tells the story of Dakota County's 160 years of settlement, Minnesota history and cultural traditions, through an entertaining tent show that combines story telling and original music. The show will be reminiscent of the 1900s era Chautauqua programs. It will be performed daily in the tent at Dakota City Heritage Village.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Fund Source

This project will provide cost share funding to community organizations and associations to construct medium-sized water quality conservation practices in Dakota County.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,100,000
Fund Source

During this grant time frame, Dakota County was able to protect habitat through acquisition of seven parcels, totaling 409 acres.  The fee title ownership of three of the parcels, totaling 197 acres, was transferred to the Minnesota DNR as part of establishing the new Hampton Woods Wildlife Management Area in Hampton and Castle Rock townships.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Fund Source

The Dakota County?Farmland and Natural Areas?Program will protect over 350 acres of high quality wildlife habitat including 1.7 miles of Cannon River shoreline, 2.0 miles of Chub Creek and .70 miles of shoreline along Marcott Lake in Dakota County. Permanent conservation easements from willing landowners will be acquired and landowners will be required to complete natural resource management plans.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,097,000
Fund Source

This program initiates a comprehensive approach to protecting, restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat and water quality by working with willing landowners to establish permanent conservation easements totaling 620 acres along the Vermillion River and including North, Middle and South Creeks, the South Branch and their tributaries; the Cannon River and its primary tributaries within Dakota County (Dutch, Mud, Chub, Darden and Pine Creeks, and Trout Brook); and to acquire permanent easements on 84 acres along Marcott Lake in Inver Grove Heights, Lake Marion in Lakeville, and Chub Lake in Eu

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$480,000
Fund Source

This project acquired 84 acres of conservation easements along the Mississippi, Cannon and Vermillion Rivers.  Through amendments, the acquisition acreage was decreased from the original proposal, due to landowner changes and project withdrawals.  This project also restored/enhanced 220 acres within associated habitat corridors.  Through amendments, the restoration/enhancement acres were increased from the original proposal by adding specific restoration projects.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota Wicohan
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,441
To research, develop, and pilot a Dakota history and cultural heritage curriculum that meets state social studies standards for grades 6-12.
Statewide
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Dakota
Ramsey
Recipient
Dakota County
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,066,000
Fund Source

This project will restore approximately 800 acres of permanently protected habitats, and acquire approximately 480 acres of permanent conservation easements and/or fee title lands. Project sites include converting cultivated areas to wetlands in the southern two-thirds of the County, and various habitats, including forest, grassland, riparian areas, and other wetlands throughout the County. This initiative includes identified sites and flexibility for opportunities that will arise.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,516,000
Fund Source
This project will restore approximately 474 acres of permanently protected habitats, and acquire approximately 420 acres of permanent conservation easements and/or fee title lands. Project sites include converting cultivated areas to wetlands in the southern two-thirds of the County, and various habitats, including forest, grassland, riparian areas, and other wetlands throughout the County. This initiative includes identified sites and flexibility for opportunities that will arise.
Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,600

The Dakota County Historical Society (DCHS) worked with a graphic designer to develop several templates for exhibit guides.  The exhibit guides are short publications that promote and/or provide additional information about topics featured in DCHS exhibits and programs.  Three different templates were developed, a two-sided 4" x 9" promotional card, a traditional three-fold brochure, and a booklet 5.5" x 8.5" that can be scaled in four-page increments.  Each of these guides is immediately recognizable as a product of DCHS.  

Dakota
Recipient
Independent School District #659
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,015

To hire qualified professionals to publish a book on the history of Northfield Public Schools.

Dakota
Rice
Recipient
Afton Historical Society Press
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
Cook
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
City of Northfield (Northfield Hospital and Clinics)
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,500
Statewide
Dakota
Rice
Scott
Goodhue
Recipient
Dakota County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

Lebanon Hills Regional Park, design, construct and administer parking, event area and site improvements at park's visitor center.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$370,000
Fund Source

Design, engineer and construct 2 miles of trail from 117th Street E. to Pine Bend Trail in Rosemount.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$475,000
Fund Source

Design, engineer and construct segment of the trail including grade separated crossing at Hwy 110 and Dodd Road intersection and a connection to Valley Park.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$245,000
Fund Source

Design, engineer and construct segment of the trail including grade separated crossing at Hwy 110 and Dodd Road intersection and a connection to Valley Park.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$210,000
Fund Source

Design, engineer and construct 2 miles of trail adjacent to Hwy 13 from I-494 to approximately Lone Oak Road.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$127,325
Fund Source

Design, engineer and construct tunnel to provide grade separated crossing of regional greenway to 157th Street in Apple Valley.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$963,832
Fund Source

Design, engineer & build paved trail & boardwalk at Whitetail Woods Regional Park

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,013
Fund Source

Build ADA compliant, year round, multi-purpose, paved trail and boardwalk around Empire Lake; Construct 2 camper cabins; Improve/replace Empire Lake dike outlet; Install benches & site furnishings; landscaping and MP-approved improvements. Includes design, engineering, construction & construction administration.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,273
Fund Source
Dakota
Recipient
North Star Scouting Memorabilia
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$159,000

To hire qualified technicians to upgrade the Scouting museum's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Northfield Public Library
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,650
To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript on the history of the Northfield Public Library.
Dakota
Goodhue
Rice
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$621,000

This project determines ambient background per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) levels in urban and non-urban soils. This information will help Minnesota develop management strategies for PFAS contaminated soils.

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
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan on the importance of water in Dakota history in Minnesota.

Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,295

To assess and better organize the archival collections held by Caponi Art Park.

Statewide
Dakota
Recipient
National Park Service
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

The acquisition of high-resolution sonar data provides important information essential for mapping mussel habitat while having ecological applications useful to resource managers and policy makers protecting Minnesota threatened/endangered native mussels.

Anoka
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,664
To hire consultants to develop an exhibit on Dakota culture and history.
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,261
To hire a consultant to help write a collections plan in order to improve collections care and management.
Statewide
Dakota
Recipient
Dakota City Heritage Village
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,570
To hire a qualified professional to write a historic site disaster plan.
Dakota
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,775
To process photographs documenting the Caponi Art Park in order to increase public access to them.
Statewide
Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Media Arts
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,925
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000

We will determine the distribution, relative density, and spatial occupancy patterns of 3 small weasel species in Minnesota to fill key knowledge gaps in weasel distribution and status in 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
DNR
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,338,000
Fund Source

Minnesota's iconic northern forests, wetlands, and brushland habitats require management beyond basic forestry practices or at smaller scales than commercial operations work. Other enhancements, such as brushland shearing or mowing have low commercial value but high wildlife value. These additional habitat enhancements improve the quality of the forests for both wildlife and outdoor recreation.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Chisago
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Pine
Roseau
Sherburne
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Winona