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Recipient
Home and Community Options, Inc.
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,998

Partners in Arts Participation

Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Lake Region Healthcare Cancer Care Research Center AKA Lake Region Healthcare Cancer Care and Research Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,661

Partners in Arts Participation

Becker
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Recipient
Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Partners in Arts Participation
Mahnomen
Otter Tail
Hubbard
Becker
Wadena
Recipient
Home and Community Options, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,010
Partners in Arts Participation
Winona
Houston
Recipient
Project FINE
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,270
Partners in Arts Participation
Winona
Recipient
Lakes Crisis and Resource Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,750
The Lakes Crisis and Resource Center of Becker County is requesting funding to make the arts more accessible to women and children who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Becker
Recipient
White Earth Head Start
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,000
Partners in Arts Participation
Becker
Mahnomen
Clearwater
Recipient
Ecumen Detroit Lakes
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,180
Partners in Arts Participation
Becker
Recipient
Ampersand Families
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,242
Partners in Arts Participation
Anoka
Blue Earth
Hennepin
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Home and Community Options, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,480
Partners in Arts Participation
Houston
Winona
Recipient
Home and Community Options, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,634
Partners in Arts Participation
Houston
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Courage Kenny Foundation AKA Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,975

Partners in Arts Participation

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
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
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
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

There are 3 million acres of peatland forests in Minnesota. This proposal will identify management actions that maximize ecosystem benefits of peatland forests, including wildlife, water, timber, and native plants.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Pennington
Pine
Red Lake
Roseau
St. Louis
Recipient
Perpich Center for Arts Education
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$740,712

This new initiative aims to increase student achievement in and through the arts in nine west-central Minnesota schools. With the ultimate goal of positively impacting the learning of more than 1,500 students this year in the Lakes Country region, 40 teachers in the arts and in other content areas are engaged in professional development, curriculum development, and assessment literacy, leading to the development and implementation of arts-integrated lessons and units tied to the Minnesota Academic Standards.

Becker
Clay
Douglas
Otter Tail
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Perpich Center for Arts Education
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$850,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$850,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$795,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000

The Perpich Arts Integration Network of Teachers (PAINT) fosters collaborative arts integration in Minnesota through K-12 teacher professional development and funding to schools. With Perpich Center facilitation, teacher teams develop and implement arts-integrated lessons and units. PAINT program components include:

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Clay
Cook
Dodge
Douglas
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Itasca
Lake
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
St. Louis
Steele
Stevens
Wabasha
Wilkin
Winona
Recipient
City of Frazee
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Becker
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Winona
Recipient
Winona State Foundation
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,387

To augment a National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit at the county museum with mobile electronic access to the historic built environment

Winona
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$392,000

Provide professional development workshops at three Greater Minnesota locations for 60 teachers to use phenology education curriculum and community science resources, reaching >7,000 students in the first three years.

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
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,375
Fund Source

The study will assess existing phosphorus data records and create a model to explain phosphorus loading into the Red River of the North. Studies have found that the majority of nutrient loading in the stream located in agricultural areas occurs with sediment loading since nutrients are typically bound to sediment particles.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Clay
Clearwater
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Becker County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,830
To digitize 14,835 photographs to increase public access.
Becker
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,943
Winona
Recipient
Pickwick Mill Board, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,130
To tuck-point three of six floors and repair one wall of the Pickwick Mill, listed on the National Register.
Winona
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,850

To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.

Winona
Recipient
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,336

To develop a partnership between historic preservationists and university faculty to integrate preservation curriculum into existing educational programs.

Blue Earth
Hennepin
Ramsey
Becker
Brown
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Renville
Rock
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Yellow Medicine
Anoka
Big Stone
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Martin
Murray
Pipestone
Redwood
Rice
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Wright
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,920

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

Winona
Recipient
Polish American Medical Society of Minnesota
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,720

To document in 7 oral history interviews the history of Polish World War II survivors living in Minnesota.

Dakota
Hennepin
Anoka
Ramsey
Washington
Winona
Recipient
MN DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$329,000
Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Roseau
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Zoological Garden
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$421,000
Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Roseau
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,794,000
Fund Source

The project will advance the protection, restoration and enhancement goals for prairie and grassland habitat as described in the 2018 update of the MN Prairie Conservation Plan. It builds upon the highly successful model established in prior Prairie Recovery Phases and seeks to protect approximately 600 acres in fee without PILT obligations to be held by The Nature Conservancy, enhance approximately 10,000 acres of permanently protected grasslands, and restore roughly 200 acres of prairie and wetland habitat.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Swift
Traverse
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
PF with Prairie Chicken Society
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,264,000
Fund Source

This proposal protects and restores 400 acres of land in the Minnesota prairie-chicken range, that will be transferred to the MNDNR as a WMA or to the USFWS as a WPA. All land will be open to public hunting. MN Prairie Chicken Society and Pheasants Forever will be protecting parcels that focus specifically on prairie chicken benefits, which makes this proposal unique and highly focused. All acquisitions will occur within the prairie and prairie/forest planning regions with a focus in Clay, Norman, Mahnomen and Wilkin counties which is the primary range of prairie chickens in Minnesota.

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Norman
Wilkin
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,365,000
Fund Source

The project will advance the protection, restoration and enhancement goals for prairie and grassland habitat that are articulated in the 2018 update of the MN Prairie Conservation Plan. It builds upon the highly successful model established in Phases 1 - 9 and seeks to protect 300 acres in fee without PILT obligations to be held by The Nature Conservancy, enhance 14,000 acres of permanently protected grasslands, and restore 50 acres of prairie and wetland habitat.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Swift
Traverse
Traverse
Recipient
Pheasants Forever / MN Prairie Chicken Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,736,000
Fund Source

The Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership VI accelerates the protection and restoration of 408 acres of strategic prairie chicken-focused habitats that will be transferred to the MNDNR as a WMA or to the USFWS as a WPA and are open to public hunting. MN Prairie Chicken Society and Pheasants Forever will protect parcels that focus specifically on prairie chicken benefits, which makes this proposal unique and highly focused.

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Norman
Norman
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,940,000
Fund Source

This project contributed to the goals of the MN Prairie Conservation Plan by protecting 698 acres of native prairie/wetland/savanna; restoring 698 acres prairie/wetland; and enhancing 18,839 acres grassland/savanna. When combined with Phases 1-4 of the Prairie Recovery Program we have cumulatively protected 6,475 acres, enhanced 114,595 acres and restored 1,452 acres using Outdoor Heritage Fund dollars. We will continue to implement subsequent Phases toward meeting the conservation goals described in the MN Prairie Conservation Plan.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
Stearns
Swift
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,856,000
Fund Source

The project will advance the protection, restoration and enhancement goals for prairie, grassland and wetland habitats as described in the 2018 MN Prairie Conservation Plan. It builds upon the highly successful model established via prior Prairie Recovery Phases and seeks to protect 400 acres in Fee without PILT obligations to be held by The Nature Conservancy, enhance 18,000 acres of permanently protected grasslands, and restore 100 acres of prairie and wetland habitat.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
PF with MN Prairie Chicken Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,400,000
Fund Source

This proposal protects and restores 651 acres of land in the Minnesota prairie-chicken range, that will be transferred to the MNDNR as a WMA or to the USFWS as a WPA. All land will be open to public hunting. MN Prairie Chicken Society and Pheasants Forever will be protecting parcels that focus specifically on prairie chicken benefits, which makes this proposal unique and highly focused. All acquisitions will occur within the prairie and prairie/forest planning regions with a focus in Clay, Norman, Mahnomen and Wilkin counties which is the primary range of prairie chickens in Minnesota.

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Otter Tail
Pennington
Wilkin
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,058,000
Fund Source

This project contributed to the goals of the MN Prairie Conservation Plan by protecting 207 acres of native prairie/wetland/savanna; restoring 353 acres of prairie/wetland; and enhancing 16,377 acres of grassland/savanna. When combined with Phases 1-8 of the Prairie Recovery Program we have cumulatively protected 7,941 acres, enhanced 171,191 acres and restored 2,389 acres using Outdoor Heritage Fund dollars. We will continue to implement subsequent Phases toward meeting the conservation goals described in the MN Prairie Conservation Plan.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
Stearns
Swift
Recipient
PF w/Prairie Chx
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,794,000
Fund Source

The Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society in partnership with Pheasants Forever seek to protect and restore parcels within the Minnesota prairie chicken range. Focus will be on parcels that will specifically benefit prairie chickens, a species of special concern. Acquisitions will be located in the prairie or prairie/forest planning regions with an emphasis in the primary prairie chicken range. Parcels will be transferred to either the MN DNR as WMA's or the USFWS as WPA's and will be open to the public.

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,901,000
Fund Source

This project will advance the prairie protection, restoration and enhancement goals established in the 2011 MN Prairie Conservation Plan. It builds upon the successful model established in Phases 1 - 6 and seeks to protect 200 acres in fee without PILT obligations to be held by The Nature Conservancy, protect an additional 100 acres with PILT for inclusion in the State's Wildlife Management or Scientific Natural Area systems, enhance 7,500 acres of permanently protected grasslands, and restore 100 acres of prairie habitat.

Becker
Big Stone
Clay
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Marshall
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Stearns
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,032,000
Fund Source

This project contributed to the goals of the MN Prairie Conservation Plan by protecting 539 acres of prairie/wetland/savanna habitat; restoring 151 acres prairie/grassland; and enhancing 24,604 acres grassland/savanna. We will continue to implement subsequent Phases toward meeting the conservation goals described in the MN Prairie Conservation Plan.

Becker
Big Stone
Chippewa
Clay
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
Stearns
Swift