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MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

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BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

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Tower-Soudan Historical Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
St. Louis
Recipient
Carver County Historical Society
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,400
Carver
Statewide
Recipient
Tower-Soudan Historical Society
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,000

To hire qualified professionals to produce drawings for restoration of the Tower Fire Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

St. Louis
Statewide
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,190
Fund Source

Tetra Tech will gather information for eventual incorporation into the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. The Stormwater Manual is used by stormwater practitioners to make decisions related to stormwater management, such as selecting appropriate Best Management Practices, meeting stormwater regulatory requirements, and determining pollutant and stormwater volume reductions associated with implementation of different stormwater management practices. The goal is to update existing information and provide new information on active construction site erosion prevention and sediment control.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$155,000
Fund Source

This project will provide notification of the potential for coal tar contamination, establish a storm water pond inventory schedule, and develop best management practices for treating and cleaning up contaminated sediments. The sampling design includes 15 stormwater ponds, 5 each from residential, commercial, and industrial land use areas. Municipalities in the metro area with MS4 permits of stormwater ponds will be contacted to nominate candidate sites for this study. GPS coordinates will be taken at all sampling sites.

Statewide
Recipient
University of Minnesota Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$145,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$145,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to develop a core team of wastewater professionals and academics engaged in understanding and solving wastewater-related problems in Minnesota, with national relevance. The team will promote the use of new technology, designs and practices to address existing and emerging wastewater treatement challenges, including the treatement of wastewater for reuse and the emergence of new and unregulated contaminants.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified historian to research and write introductory paragraphs for the interviewees from the Modern Masters Oral History Project.

Statewide
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United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$146,602
Fund Source

USGS will complete the following activities in support of the SCSU project Assessing the Contribution of Microhabitat Differences on Biological Effects in Bluegill Sunfish in Sullivan Lake, MN-Continuation of MN Lakes Study 2010-2011. Geospatial analysis of maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery, GIS data, and field mapping (topography, bathymetry, vegetation, habitat); Bulk characterization of the physical and chemical features of the littoral zone, inflows, and outflows.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000

Provide continued contract management and customer service to ENRTF pass-through appropriation recipients. Ensure funds are expended in compliance with appropriation law, state statute, grants policies, and approved work plans.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000

Appropriations to non-state entities must be made through a formal contract with a state entity that manages all of the funds for the project on a reimbursement basis. This appropriation to Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) funds the expenses incurred by the DNR in contracting, contract management, and expense re-imbursement for most of the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund appropriations made to non-state entities, including both new projects funded during the biennium and existing projects funded in previous bienniums.

Statewide
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MN DNR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
Statewide
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MN DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
Statewide
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MN DNR
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000

Appropriations to non-state entities must be made through a formal contract with a state entity that manages all of the funds for the project on a reimbursement basis. This appropriation to Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) funds the expenses incurred by the DNR in contracting, contract management, and expense re-imbursement for most of the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund appropriations made to non-state entities, including both new projects funded during the biennium and existing projects funded in previous bienniums.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000

Provide continued contract management and customer service to ENRTF pass-through appropriation recipients. Ensure funds are expended in compliance with appropriation law, state statute, grants policies, and approved work plans.

Statewide
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MN DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$87,000


PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
Fund Source

The division has begun a new career-track training program that utilizes "individual placement" corpsmembers, currently stationed at DNR headquarters. With Legacy Funding, the Conservation Corps was able to hire two individual placement positions in 2010 and offered a total of five Legacy Funded positions in the 2011 program year that serve division Legacy program needs.

Statewide
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Cook County SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,570
Fund Source

In conjunction with the Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is developing a process for public participation that can be used across Minnesota Water Quality Framework programs such as 1 Watershed, 1 Plan, Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS), Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies, and others. This contract will provide support for a northern Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) to assist in shaping the statewide guidance.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$107,579

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Minnesota Historical Society is creating a broad range of opportunities to help students, teachers and the general public learn more about the war and the role Minnesota played.

Statewide
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$622,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$398,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$371,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$355,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$310,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
Fund Source

Coordinating with Partner's - A Parks and Trails Strategic Objective is a program area representing DNR's commitment to one of the four pillars identified in the 25 year Legacy plan. The Legacy plan identifies its purpose to enhance coordination across the large and complex network of public, private, and non-profit partners that support Minnesota's parks and trails to ensure seamless, enjoyable park and trail experiences for Minnesotans.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$117,800
Cornerstone Academy, the preservation education partnership of the Preservation Alliance and MNHS, launched in 2014. The statewide preservation education program has developed a training series for homeowners, community members, and professionals in fields that frequently interact with historic buildings and districts. Last year, hundreds of property owners across the state participated in more than 40 workshops. Courses included Understanding Historic Tax Credits, Handyman Special, Repairing Old Windows, and Why Old is Green: Sustainability in Older Homes.
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - MN Geological Survey
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240,000

This project continues accelerated production of County Geologic Atlases to support informed management of water and mineral resources. This work is essential to sustainable management of water.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - MN Geological Survey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,200,000

The Minnesota County Geologic Atlas program is an ongoing effort begun in 1979 that is being conducted jointly by the University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This portion, called Part A and conducted by the Minnesota Geological Survey, collects geologic information to produce maps and databases that define aquifer boundaries and the connection of aquifers to the land surface and surface water resources.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$303,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$365,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$390,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$390,000
Fund Source

The County Well Index (CWI) contains well and boring records wells within Minnesota; over 400,000 records. It is the principal source of well construction information and geologic interpretations of well records and also contains soil boring records, mineral exploration test hole records, and scientific/research test hole records.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - MN Geological Survey
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000

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 10 complete atlases.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,400,000

County geologic atlases provide information that is essential to sustainable management of Minnesotas groundwater resources by identifying key areas to protect our drinking water and ensure future availability for all.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - MN Geological Survey
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,040,000
Statewide
Recipient
University of Minnesota - MN Geological Survey
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,574,731
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,909,980
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,753,907
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,429,331
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,696,395
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,599,600
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,973,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,045,774
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,009,907
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,650,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,027,047
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) offers grants to counties for Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) program administration and special projects to improve SSTS compliance rates, and assistance for low-income homeowners with needed SSTS upgrades. The MPCA will determine grant allocations based on applications review; funds will flow to counties through the Board of Water and Soil Resources' Natural Resources Block Grants.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - MN Geological Survey
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Fund Source

The DNR works with the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) to convey valuable geologic and groundwater information and interpretations to government units at all levels, but particularly to local governments, private organizations and citizens. The MGS focuses on geology (Part A reports) and DNR focuses on groundwater (Part B reports). These provide useful information for projects completed by community planners, industry, agriculture, citizens and state agencies related to groundwater.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,175

To document in 8 oral history interviews the history of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Statewide
Recipient
Portal Research
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,650
Statewide
Recipient
Voyageur Country ATV
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000

This project consists of designating and improving a 5.6 mile wooded trail from Crane Lake to the Vermilion Falls to accommodate ATV and Snowmobile users.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,736

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

Statewide
Recipient
Foundation of the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,975

To create a finding aid for a historically significant collection of sermons, which will allow greater public access to this resource.

Statewide
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To create metadata for a collection of digital photographs.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$340,292

Research shows that traditional teaching tools, such as textbooks and lectures, don’t fully engage today’s students who have grown up surrounded by technology and who use it in their daily lives. In this ongoing project, an additional two Minnesota Historical Society historic sites will improve their service to “21st Century Learners” and their teachers and parents.

Statewide