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Clearwater County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500

The concrete floor in the exhibit and storage area of a former garage structure, located on the Clearwater Historical Society museum grounds, was removed and replaced. The severely deteriorated floor with an insafe step down had been barred to public access. With the floor replaced storage capacity has been increased, artifacts are more accessible, space is more usable and the building is now in compliance with ADA requirements.

Clearwater
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The Rose Ensemble
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,250

A professional historian was hired and research was conducted as preparation for a concert production of "Temperance and Temptation". Historical information, music and lyrics for temperance and anti-temperance songs and compelling images were incorporated into the performances. The result was an artistic performance grounded in Minnesota history.

 

Ramsey
Recipient
Friends of the Willmar Public Library
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,687
To broaden public access to primary historic records through a digital reader/printer and additional microfilm rolls to augment the current collection.
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Carleton College
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,870
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of the Carleton College Chapel and Chaplaincy.
Rice
Statewide
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Arcata Press
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript for the biography of Kofi Bobby Hickman, a Civil Rights activist.
Ramsey
Recipient
Carleton College
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,902
To hire a qualified historian to complete primary source research on the history of John Nason's presidency at Carleton College.
Rice
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Minnesota Special Education Leaders Foundation (MNSELF)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,800
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of special education in Minnesota, 1960-2000.
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Recipient
U of MN
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

Long-term forest plot datasets are helpful for understanding the changing conditions and ecology of forestland over time. The USDA Forest Service produced statewide forest inventories in 1935, 1953, 1962, 1977, 1990, 2003, 2008, and 2013. Unfortunately, only the data from 1977 to the present is currently easily accessible and available in full.

Statewide
Recipient
Dakota County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$145,000
Fund Source

Spring Lake Park Reserve, restore prairie at Schaar's Bluff Gathering Center campus including ecological improvement of 1,500 feet of Mississippi River bluff.

Dakota
Recipient
Ramsey County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$343,000
Fund Source

At Battle Creek Regional Park, restore 200 acres of prairie and oak savanna providing additional quality habitat for a variety of wildlife species, including those of greatest conservation need (e.g. Meadow Larks, Bobolinks and other grassland birds).

Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,957

The portraits of Minnesota's governors grace the halls of the Minnesota State Capitol and provide an important legacy of the state's past and present leaders.

With funding from the ACHF, 20 portraits were cleaned and are now more secure with the addition of high-quality non-glare/UV filtering plexiglass. Using the original framing, each portrait was retrofitted to accommodate the new plexiglass.

Statewide
Recipient
Mahnomen County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To create an exhibit showing the history of two high schools in Mahnomen County
Mahnomen
Recipient
Benton SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,211
Fund Source

Little Rock Creek is the only trout stream in the Benton and Morrison County area. The creek has supported a wild brown trout population since they were introduced into Little Rock Lake in 1908. A population assessment done in 1992, however, failed to document the presence of brown trout suggesting that population may have become critically low during the drought years of the late 1980's and early 1990's. The stream has since been listed as impaired due to the low abundance of trout and other cold water fish.

Benton
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DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

This program annually evaluates a sample of up to ten Outdoor Heritage Fund habitat restoration projects and provides a report on the evaluations in accordance with state law (M.S. 97A.056, Subd. 10).

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Washington County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$425,000
Fund Source

This project restored and enhanced rare and unique plant and animal communities identified by the DNR's County Biological Survey. Over 293 acres of prairie, forest, wetland were restored and enhanced. Ultimately, the county was able to approach or exceed the goal of 20% increase in diversity across all three habitats based on plant surveys conducted.

Washington
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Ramsey County Law Library
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,207
To hire a qualified conservator to restore significant collections pieces.
Ramsey
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Capitol Region WD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
Fund Source

Capitol Region Watershed District is partnering with St. Paul Public Schools to implement a variety of highly visible Best Management Practices at Central High School that will improve the quality of stormwater discharged to the Mississippi River. A tremendous amount of sediment is discharged from the school annually due to the large impervious areas and lack of vegetation. Implementing the projects will reduce sediment by 86% and phosphorus by 90% over the target area annually.

Ramsey
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City of Excelsior
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to revise a historic preservation ordinance and establish design guidelines for the City of Excelsior.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500,000
Fund Source

This program is a part of a comprehensive clean water strategy to prevent sediment and nutrients from entering our lakes, rivers, and streams; enhance fish and wildlife habitat; protect groundwater and wetlands. Specifically the Riparian Buffer Easement Program targets creating buffers on riparian lands adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams and tributaries. Through the Reinvest in Minnesota Program (RIM) and in partnership with Soil and Water Conservation Districts and private landowners, permanent conservation easements are purchased and buffers established.

Recipient
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,940,000
Fund Source

This program is a part of a comprehensive clean water strategy to prevent sediment and nutrients from entering our lakes, rivers, and streams; enhance fish and wildlife habitat; protect groundwater and wetlands. Specifically the Riparian Buffer Easement Program targets creating buffers on riparian lands adjacent to public waters, except wetlands. Through the Reinvest in Minnesota Program (RIM) and in partnership with Soil and Water Conservation Districts and private landowners, permanent conservation easements are purchased and buffers established.

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Faribault
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Steele
Stevens
Wilkin
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St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,237,000
Fund Source

Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park. Continued phased implementation of approved Lilydale Regional Park Master Plan elements that may include such amenities as construction of approx. 3,000 lineal feet of roadway, trail, and related facilities. Lilydale

Ramsey
Recipient
City of Robbinsdale
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,000
To hire qualified professionals to repair the flooring in the Hennepin County Library, Robbinsdale Branch, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
City Of Rochester
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
Fund Source

Construction of a 2.1 mile trail connecting the Chester Woods State Trail System to the Rochester Regional Trail System.

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Rock Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,129
Fund Source

The Rock River is classified as impaired for bacteria and turbidity by the EPA. Local citizens and farmers assisted in writing an Implementation plan that lists stream bank stabilization and city storm water management as priority implementation strategies to address these impairments of the Rock River.The Clean Water Fund grant provides $46,598 for these projects but also leverage over $19,000 of US Fish and Wildlife dollars along with over $13,000 of local match from the landowners.

Rock
Recipient
Rockford, City of
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$216,803
Fund Source

Construct wastewater treatment improvements to meet more stingent discharge requirements

Wright
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Root River SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,044
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to perform water quality monitoring in order to accomplish MPCA’s Intensive Watershed Monitoring (IWM) plan in preparation for development of Watershed Restoration and Protection (WRAP) monitoring efforts. The monitoring sites are located in Houston, Fillmore and Mower counties in southeast Minnesota. This project will provide intensive stream monitoring for Pine Creek in the La Crescent watershed, Winnebago and Crooked Creek in the Reno watershed, Bear, Pine and the Upper Iowa in the Upper Iowa watershed.

Houston
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Rehabilitation of State Trail Bridges along the Root River State Trail between the communities of Lanesboro and Rushford.

Fillmore
Fund Source

Rehabilitation of State Trail Bridges along the Root River State Trail between the communities of Lanesboro and Rushford.

Fillmore
Fund Source

Rehabilitation of State Trail Bridges along the Root River State Trail between the communities of Lanesboro and Rushford.

Fillmore
Recipient
Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$319,700
Fund Source

TMDL project in the Root River Watershed that will support surface water assessment, analysis of data, interpretation of southeast Minnesota's karst landscape, stressor identification, TMDL computation, source assessment, and implementation planning.

Dodge
Fillmore
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Winona
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Roseau River Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$83,485
Fund Source

Phase 1 of the Roseau River Watershed Restaration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) project will focus on planning and coordination among project partners, creating a civic engagement strategic plan, holding a watershed kick-off meeting, gathering and summarizing available watershed information and data, and developing a data gap monitoring plan.

Roseau
Recipient
Roseau Soil and Water Conservation District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,872
Fund Source

The Roseau River Watershed Assessment will include the waters of the Roseau River, Sprague Creek, Hay Creek and Hayes Lake. All of the monitoring sites, except one, are located in Roseau County, with the exception being located in Kittson County. This assessment focuses on collection of water chemistry and field parameters at one site on Hayes Lake and seven key sites on the Roseau River, which have been identified by MPCA. These sites are located in the lower reaches of each surface water system.

Roseau
Recipient
RESPEC
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,999
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate and validate a watershed model using Hydologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) for the Roseau River Watershed.

Beltrami
Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Roseau
Recipient
Anoka County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,900,000
Fund Source

This program will acquire the remaining 328 acres of prairie, wetland, forest and shoreline habitat for fish, game and wildlife along the Rum River and Cedar Creek in the cities of Oak Grove and Andover and will provide additional opportunities for public fishing, hunting and wildlife conservation.

Anoka
Recipient
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400

Attend Rural Arts and Cultural Summit.

Lac qui Parle
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Friends of the Auditorium, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$499
Attend Rural Arts and Cultural Summit.
Nobles
Recipient
Rock County Fine Arts Association
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
Attend Rural Arts and Culture Summit.
Rock
Recipient
Aitkin Community Education
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,356
Rural and Community Art Project Grants
Aitkin
Recipient
Biwabik Area Civic Association
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,823
Rural and Community Art Project Grants
St. Louis
Recipient
Chalk.a.Lot
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,460
Rural and Community Art Project Grants
Lake
St. Louis
Cook