All Projects

4127 Results for
Recipient
LimnoTech
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,985
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to support the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in responding to public comments on the Lake Pepin Watershed Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), which were prepared by LimnoTech under previous phases of the project.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Wabasha
Washington
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Washington Conservation District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$216,130
Fund Source

The Lake St. Croix Rural Subwatershed Project Implementation Clean Water Fund Grant will allow the Washington Conservation District and its partners to carry out the implementation of 8-10 of the top 50 highly ranked conservation projects already identified in the Top50P! rural subwatershed analysis. Implementation of the conservation practices will work towards achieving an estimated 80-160 pounds of phosphorus load reduction to Lake St. Croix.

Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix River WMO
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,000
Fund Source

This project will address the nutrient impairment of Lake St. Croix through the installation of targeted stormwater treatment best management practices as prioritized in the 2014 Lake St. Croix Direct Discharge Stormwater Retrofit Assessment. The project will install up to 16 Low Impact Development practices to reduce pollutant loading to Lake St. Croix by at least 8.0 pounds phosphorous and 3,000 pounds sediment and 1.0 acre foot of stormwater per year.

Washington
Recipient
LimnoTech
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,280
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to prepare a draft Lake Pepin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report. Lake Pepin is impaired by high levels of nutrients that cause excessive growth of algae.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
Recipient
St. Croix River Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fund Source

This project will provide information about the amount and sources of phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing additional water quality monitoring and reduce the amount of phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing phosphorous reduction activities. The St Croix River Association (SCRA) will coordinate with the St. Croix Basin Water Resources Planning Team (Basin Team) on the identification and funding of comprehensive water monitoring and phosphorus reduction activities in the Lake St. Croix portion of the St.

Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Pine
Washington
Recipient
LimnoTech
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,667
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to finalize the draft Lake Pepin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report, issue it for public comment, address comments, and finalize the report. Lake Pepin is impaired by high levels of nutrients that cause excessive growth of algae. High levels of sediment, carried in by major river systems, also affect the lake. The sediment is filling in the lake at a much faster rate than before Minnesota was settled and intensely farmed. Nutrients and sediment are distinct yet inter-related pollutants, and are being addressed in separate TMDL reports.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
Recipient
Limnotech
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,980
Fund Source

This project will develop an Implementation Plan for restoring Lake St. Croix and impaired waters within the contributing watershed, and protect waters currently attaining water quality standards.

Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Pine
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
St. Croix River Association
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to gain information about the amount and sources of phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing additional water quality monitoring and/or to reduce the amount of phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing phosphorous reduction activities.

Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix River WMO
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$151,510
Fund Source

This project will continue to address the nutrient impairment of Lake St. Croix through the installation of targeted stormwater treatment best management practices as prioritized in the 2014 Lake St. Croix Direct Discharge Stormwater Retrofit Assessment. The goal is to install up to 24 Low Impact Development practices to reduce urban pollutant loading to Lake St. Croix by at least 12.0 pounds phosphorous and 3,000 pounds TSS and 1.0 acre foot of stormwater per year. This project parallels many ongoing watershed restoration efforts to meet the Middle St.

Washington
Recipient
St. Croix River Association
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to gain additional information about the amount of phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing additional water quality monitoring and/or to reduce the amount of phosphorous entering Lake St Croix by the implementation of projects that will reduce phosphorus loadings. The St. Croix River Association (SCRA) will coordinate with a subgroup of the St. Croix Basin Water Resources Planning Team and other local resource experts on the identification and funding of comprehensive water monitoring and phosphorus reduction activities in the Lake St.

Aitkin
Carlton
Chisago
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix River WMO
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$158,000
Fund Source
Washington
Recipient
Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Lao Culture Dance & Traditional Fashion Show will be implementing training youth for new leadership program. We are focusing on teaching students by passing on the skills & knowledge of traditional Performing art to a young generations to continue the tradition. We will make sure that the students that completed the program will be able to teach & passing on & continue the work to keep our tradition & rich Lao heritage and Culture. The youth leader will be great asset for our Communities.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Chisago
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Washington Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,930
Fund Source

The Washington Conservation District (WCD) proposes a program to reduce overall phosphorus contributions to Lake St. Croix impaired for excess nutrients by converting maintained turf grass areas to native plant cover. Initial water quality benefit modeling results reveals up to a 99% reduction in total phosphorus runoff when converting an acre of turfgrass to an established native planting. Priority will be given to locations directly connected to Lake St. Croix or to receiving water bodies impaired that are a tributary of Lake St. Croix.

Washington
Recipient
Dodge Nature Center
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$639,000

Dodge Nature Center will teach 10,000 Minnesota K-6 youth through standards-aligned, outdoor experiences and hands-on learning at our new Shepard Farm property.

Dakota
Washington
Recipient
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000

Operational Budget Supplement for the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

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
Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,590

Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Douglas
Stevens
Pope
Otter Tail
Becker
Wadena
Todd
Stearns
Traverse
Clay
Hennepin
Anoka
Ramsey
Dakota
Scott
Carver
Recipient
Vintage Band Music Festival AKA Vintage Band Festival
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Anoka
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Steele
Steele
Recipient
City of Winona AKA Winona Parks and Recreation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Aitkin
Anoka
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Chisago
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Lake
Le Sueur
Mille Lacs
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Pipestone
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Recipient
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Olmsted
Ramsey
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Washington
Recipient
River Arts Alliance
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Fillmore
Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Washington
Washington
Recipient
Rochester Art Center
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Steele
Wabasha
Washington
Washington
Recipient
Faribault Art Center, Inc AKA Paradise Center for the Arts
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Dakota
Dodge
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Rice
Scott
Scott
Recipient
City of Faribault AKA Faribault Parks and Recreation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Freeborn
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Steele
Steele
Recipient
Carleton College
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Olmsted
Rice
Scott
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Waseca
Recipient
Frozen River Film Festival
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Legacy Grant

Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pipestone
Pope
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Steele
Wabasha
Wabasha
Recipient
Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,525
Fund Source

Lily Lake, near Stillwater, is a popular recreational spot for residents with its swimming beach, fishing pier, and canoe access. Lily Lake's water quality is declining because of excess nutrients. Restoring it is a priority for the community of Stillwater.

Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$194,900
Fund Source

Lily Lake,near Stillwater, is a popular recreational spot for residents with its swimming beach, fishing pier, and canoe access. Lily Lake's water quality is declining because of excess nutrients. Restoring it is a priority for the community of Stillwater.
This project is a continaution project of the Phase I project that started in the spring of 2011 and complements the Phase II project recently funded in 2012. Specifically, this project will implement two large stormwater retrofits in large parking lots of DiaSoren Manufacturing and the Valley Ridge Mall.

Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,400
Fund Source

Lily Lake, in Stillwater, is a popular recreational spot for residents with its swimming beach, fishing pier, and canoe access. Lily Lake is impaired by excess nutrients, and restoring its water quality is a priority for the community.

Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix River WMO
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$513,500
Fund Source
Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix River WMO
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$109,000
Fund Source

This project addresses the nutrient impairment of Lily Lake through the continued installation of targeted stormwater treatment best management practices as identified in the 2010 Lily Lake Stormwater Retrofit Assessment. The goal is to install up to 16 Low Impact Development practices treating at least 8 acres of urban development to reduce pollutant loading to Lily Lake by approximately 8 pounds phosphorous, 2 tons of sediment and 3.0 acre-feet of volume per year.

Washington
Recipient
Middle St. Croix River WMO
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$205,000
Fund Source

After nearly a decade of intensive targeting, design and installation of water quality improvement practices, Lily Lake has an improving trend in long-term summer total phosphorous concentrations for the first time since monitoring began in 1985. To date, 36 storm water quality improvement projects have reduced 100 pounds of annual phosphorous discharging to Lily Lake.

Washington
Recipient
Maplewood Area Historical Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,500
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
LimnoTech
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,116
Fund Source

The MPCA has selected the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) watershed model to simulate watershed hydrology and water quality to assess various restoration scenarios in the Little Cannon River watershed. The SWAT model is an important tool in developing an understanding of existing conditions and simulating conditions under various management scenarios to inform the development of implementation strategies and plans to restore and protect streams and lakes.

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Freeborn
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Steele
Waseca
Recipient
ASAL CHARITIES
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,600

ASAL Charities will empower Oromo elders and the wider Oromo community to preserve, celebrate, and honor our identity and culture. This proposal would fund both 1) an intergenerational culture-bearing training program and, 2) add a new cultural celebration component to the annual Ireechaa Festival.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
DU
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,634,000
Fund Source

This Phase 9 request for Ducks Unlimited's Living Lakes program will enhance or restore 1,440 acres of wetlands and adjacent prairie grasslands for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Minnesota DNR on public lands and private lands under permanent easement. DU biologists and engineers will design wetland restorations and water control structures for active management of shallow lake water levels to enhance their ecology for ducks, other wildlife, and people, primarily in SW Minnesota's Prairie Pothole Region.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DU
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,867,000
Fund Source

This Phase 10 request for Ducks Unlimited's Living Lakes program will enhance or restore 1,325 acres of wetlands and adjacent prairie grasslands for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Minnesota DNR on public lands and private lands under permanent easement. DU biologists and engineers will design wetland restorations and water control structures for active management of shallow lake water levels to enhance their ecology for ducks, other wildlife, and people, primarily in SW Minnesota's Prairie Pothole Region.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Ducks Unlimited
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,155,000
Fund Source

This Phase 8 request for Ducks Unlimited's Living Lakes program will enhance or restore 1,070 acres of wetlands and adjacent prairie grasslands for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Minnesota DNR on public lands and private lands under permanent USFWS easement. Where required, DU engineers will design water control structures to restore wetland hydrology and allow active management of shallow lake water levels to enhance their ecology for ducks, other wildlife, and people, primarily in Minnesota's Prairie Pothole Region.

Becker
Big Stone
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Douglas
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
City of Afton
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Washington
Recipient
MN DNR
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,791,000

Provide approximately 15 matching grants for local parks, trail, acquisition of natural areas and trails to connect people safety to desirable community locations and regional or state facilities.

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 Afton
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire qualified consultants to evaluate several properties in Afton for possible designation as local historic landmarks.
Washington