All Projects

1206 Results for
Recipient
MN DNR, Grants Unit
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000

Provide contract management to ENRTF pass-through appropriation recipients for approximately 60 open grants. Ensure funds are expended in compliance with appropriation law, state statute, grants policies, and approved work plans.

Recipient
MN DNR, Grants Unit
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$210,000

Provide contract management to ENRTF pass-through appropriation recipients for approximately 70 open grants. Ensure funds are expended in compliance with appropriation law, state statute, grants policies, and approved work plans.

Recipient
MN DNR
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$275,000

Provide contract management to ENRTF pass-through appropriation recipients for approximately 115 open grants. Ensure funds are expended in compliance with appropriation law, state statute, grants policies, and approved work plans.

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
YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$375,000

Increase opportunity for 375 underserved, diverse teens, from urban and first-ring suburbs, to experience and connect to environmental sciences in the natural world through YMCA canoeing/learning expeditions with experienced

Recipient
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$950,000

This project would acquire 3.25 acres of industrial land along the Mississippi River within the Above the Falls Regional Park.

Recipient
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,376,000

This project would acquire land from willing sellers along the Mississippi River for parkland within the Above the Falls Regional Park and prepare restoration plans.

Recipient
MN DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$700,000

To map the aggregate resource potential of 6 counties. Each county has passed a county board resolution requesting this work to be completed.

Statewide
Recipient
Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$440,000

Reducing nitrate leaching on sandy soils of central Minnesota by developing water-efficient production methods, supply chains, and end-use markets for thee profitable perennial crops: Kernza, prairie, and alfalfa.

Statewide
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250,000

Overall Project Outcome and Results (includes Use and Dissemination)
Minnesota's native prairie covered about 18 million acres at the time of the public land surveys (1847-1908); currently less than one percent remains. This multi-faceted prairie project was designed to increase conservation of native prairie and provide tools for long-term management and assessment of this rare resource. Project results addressed:

Recipient
University of Minnesota
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$550,000

Overall Project Outcome and Results

Recipient
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$313,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$312,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$320,000

Provide 7-8 accessible fishing piers in locations that have a high potential to serve new angling communities, undeserved populations and anglers with physical disabilities.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$340,000

Provide 4-8 accessible fishing piers and 1-2 developed shore fishing sites in locations that have a high potential to serve new angling communities, under-served populations and anglers with disabilities.

Recipient
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,886,000

Complete efficient, time-sensitive acquisition of high priority State Park inholdings, conduct needed site cleanup, and convey the properties to the state to enhance Minnesota's environment and public recreation opportunities.

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
MN DNR, State Parks and Trails Division
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,425,000

Acquire top priority in-holdings within legislatively established boundaries of Minnesota?s 75 State Parks and State Recreation Areas and 26 State Trails from willing sellers.

Recipient
U of MN
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$301,000
Statewide
Recipient
Superior Hiking Trail Association
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$368,000

Rehabilitate and renew popular river loops of the Trail for a more resilient future to withstand high visitor use and serve Minnesotans for years to come.

Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$325,000

This project will develop innovative and low-cost biofilters to decrease the concentration of nitrous oxide (N2O), a strong greenhouse gas and ozone layer destructor.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
MN DNR, Lands and Minerals Division
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000

DNR aggregate resources maps/datasets provide vital information to local governments to support informed land-use decisions and natural resource management. This proposal will complete and start projects for 2-3 counties.

Recipient
U of MN - WCROC
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000

A robot, powered by solar energy, will be developed to control weeds on agricultural lands. We envision significant reductions in fossil-fuel and herbicide use while increasing local energy production.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - WCROC
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900,000

n/a

Statewide
Recipient
Blue Earth County Drainage Authority
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Blue Earth
Recipient
Blue Earth County Drainage Authority
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$485,000

This project is a model for future drainage projects across the state and represents a fundamental shift in the way rural drainage systems interact with the landscape. This is a community-based water quality and treatment demonstration project in which landowners, local government, and state agencies have developed a watershed approach to improving water quality and replacing outdated drainage systems. The project will improve water quality, improve wildlife habitat, and develop a process for future projects by constructing water quality features within the 6,000 acre watershed.

Blue Earth
Recipient
U of MN, WCROC
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$646,000

The project team at the WCROC will model and evaluate alternative solar system designs that will maximize energy production as well as provide maximal benefits to cattle and farmers .

Recipient
Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District (ALASD)
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$764,000

The project reduces salt pollution in three impaired lakes in the Alexandria area via an innovative source reduction strategy that protects water quality and could serve as a replicable model.

Recipient
U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$180,000
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

Through various means, human produced chemicals can make their way into surface waters where they can have adverse effects on the function of ecological communities. Of particular concern are antibiotics and other antimicrobial substances because they have the potential to create increased antibiotic resistance. While there is a background level of naturally occurring antibiotic resistance in the natural world, elevated or persistent levels caused by human activities have the potential to harm human, animal, and overall ecosystem health.

Statewide
Recipient
University of St. Thomas
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$203,000

The occurrences of contaminants including antibiotics, other pharmaceuticals, and personal care products in the environment have gained increasing attention in recent years because of their potential health and ecological impacts. However, serious gaps remain in our understanding of these contaminants and the significance of the threats they may pose, such as to drinking water. Through this appropriation scientists at the University of St.

Anoka
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Wabasha
Wright
Recipient
University of St. Thomas
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$432,000

This project will quantify the ability of full-scale wastewater treatment plants to eliminate antibiotic resistance genes and the extent to which these genes are exchanged during the wastewater treatment process.

Recipient
MN DNR, Fish and Wildlife Division
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$478,000

This project will enhance the current MN DNR Invasive Carp program by integrating new control and detection methods to manage invasive carp expansion in Minnesota waterways.

Recipient
U of MN - MAISRC
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,700,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,350,000

Aquatic invasive species pose critical ecological and economic challenges for the entire state and beyond. They can cause irreparable harm to fisheries and aquatic habitat as well as damage to infrastructure. The problems posed by aquatic invasive species continue to grow as existing infestations expand and new exotic species arrive, most of which are poorly understood. New ideas and approaches are needed to develop real solutions.

Statewide
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000

The legislature granted the University of Minnesota $2,000,000 from the LCCMR to start an Aquatic Invasive Species Cooperative Research Center to address and solve aquatic invasive species (AIS) problems in the state. The University will use this initial funding to establish the administrative structure for this center, establish and renovate its facilities, start studies of Asian carp biology designed to control this species, and develop work plans for the LCCMR to ensure continuing funding for the center.

Recipient
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological and Water Resources
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,177,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,513,000

To address the problems caused by invasive species, the 1991 Minnesota Legislature directed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to establish the Invasive Species Program. The program is designed to implement actions to prevent the spread of invasive species and manage invasive aquatic plants and wild animals (Minnesota Statutes 84D).
The three primary goals of the DNR Invasive Species Program are to:
1. Prevent the introduction of new invasive species into Minnesota.
2. Prevent the spread of invasive species within Minnesota.

Recipient
Saint Mary's University
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Assessing stream habitat improvement projects to improve trout populations and stream health in the Driftless Area.

Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
U of MN
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000

There is a critical need to understand how our natural resources are already responding to climate change in order to develop tools for projecting natural resource responses into the future and to devise plans for actions that can be taken in reaction to observed and predicted changes. Phenology – the timing of seasonal biological events such as budburst, flowering, bird migration, and leaf coloring – provides a tested indicator of climate change response by plants and animals.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$260,000

Over a three-month period in 2010, approximately five million barrels of oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico causing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats and resulting in significant losses in fish and wildlife populations. A number of Minnesota's migratory bird species spend parts of their lives in the areas impacted by the spill and impacts on their populations in the state could become evident over time.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$213,000

The proposed project aims to better understand the impacts that moss and lichens may have on water and pollution.

Statewide