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Remer Elementary
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,450
A seven week artist in residence for students in K-6th grade to create an all-student collaborative installation piece.
Cass
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Staples Elementary School
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
For an after school art adventures program to provide an opportunity for 15 students in grades 3-5 to explore various mediums in art.
Todd
Recipient
Staples Motley High School
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,110
Field trip for 50 students to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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Ramsey-Washington Metro WD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,083
Fund Source

The Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District (District) has determined that large impervious sites (like churches, commercial sites, and schools) are more economical for stormwater management retrofit projects than distributed small projects along roadways. Analysis of the watershed land use indicates that large impervious sites are typically commercial properties (primarily retail), churches, and schools. The District began assessing church sites for retrofit opportunities in 2013 and will continue this effort in 2014.

Ramsey
Washington
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Harrison Elementary School
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,645
School Arts Project
Crow Wing
Recipient
Lowell Elementary School
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,050
School Arts Project
Crow Wing
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Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

School Arts Project

Cass
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Nisswa Elementary School
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,476
School Arts Project
Crow Wing
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Pierz Public Schools
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
School Arts Project
Morrison
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Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary School
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
School Arts Project
Wadena
Recipient
Brainerd High School
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
School Arts Project
Crow Wing
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Crosby-Ironton Public Schools
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
School Arts Project
Crow Wing
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Freshwater Education District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,075
School Arts Project
Todd
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Audubon Center of the North Woods
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

An entrance ramp was constructed and five doorways were widened to improve the accessibility of the historic Scwyzer Lodge. The ramp was consructed with green treated lumber and measures 36 feet long by 4 feet wide. Crushed limestone was put down on the trail leading from the parking lot to the foot of the ramp.

One exterior and four interior doors were widened to 36 inches. All trim and jams were stained to match the original woodwork as closely as possible.

Pine
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U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$545,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Ramsey
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Science Museum of Minnesota
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$891,000

This funding will improve our collection of artifacts representing Minnesota's cultural heritage and create new forms of statewide cultural heritage educational opportunities for audiences of all ages.

To learn more about the Science Museum of Minnesota, click here.

Statewide
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MN DNR
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000

Minnesota’s Scientific and Natural Areas (SNA) Program is an effort to preserve and perpetuate the state’s ecological diversity and ensure that no single rare feature is lost from any region of the state. This includes landforms, fossil remains, plant and animal communities, rare and endangered species, and other unique biotic or geological features. These sites play an important role in scientific study, public education, and outdoor recreation.

Statewide
Recipient
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,033

Scott Novotny is a successful comedy writer (Saturday Night Live) and stand-up comedian. He presented workshops on writing comedy, and he performed “family friendly” stand up comedy.

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Scott Soil and Water Conservation District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,338
Fund Source

This project will provide lake and stream monitoring assistance to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), identifying impaired waters within the Lower Minnesota RIver Watershed (Watershed ID: 07020012) according to the Intensive Watershed Monitoring (IWM) Approach.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Scott
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Northfield Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,642

To provide full ADA-compliant access to the Scriver Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with an elevator and grade access entrance.

Rice
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Multiple Local Government Units
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$290,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota’s invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health with the assistance of the Board of Water and Soil Resources protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.” Clean Water funds are being provided to home owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused private drinking water wells.

Benton
Big Stone
Carver
Crow Wing
Douglas
Hennepin
Mahnomen
Martin
Mille Lacs
Norman
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
Wright
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Koochiching County Soil & Water Conservation District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,915
Fund Source
Stream Monitoring in Second Creek for the open water season of 2014 (ice out through freeze up; May through November)
Koochiching
Recipient
Wayzata Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

A preliminary National Register assessment of Wayzata's Section Foreman House was prepared for the Wayzata Historical Society by a qualified historic preservation consultant. The final report included a description of the house, the context of its relationship to the Great Northern Railway and the city of Wayzata, the role of a section foreman and standard designs for section houses. The report was submitted to the MN State Historic Preservation Office for review. It was recommended that restoration commence before a National Register Nomination is completed.

Hennepin
Recipient
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,095
To install a security system in order to protect the collections from theft or fire.
Yellow Medicine
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Carlton SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$119,522
Fund Source

The Red Clay Project was a 1970's era project that encompassed watersheds in Northeast Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin draining to Lake Superior. In Minnesota, efforts focused on sediment retention structures in two subwatersheds of the Nemadji River Basin in Carlton County. Sixteen structures were constructed in the Skunk Creek Watershed and four structures were constructed in the Deer Creek Watershed. The design life of these structures was 10-25 years depending on the specific project and the design life has now been exceeded.

Carlton
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LimnoTech
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,932
Fund Source
The goal of this project is the continued development of an overall strategy for reduction of turbidity/TSS, with sets of sediment reduction initiatives and actions for various sources, to address the Minnesota River Turbidity TMDL and the South Metro Mississippi River TSS TMDL. The overall strategy will be used to help establish a path towards achieving the required reductions of turbidity/TSS.
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
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Trissential, LLC
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to use the Watershed Data Integration Program (WDIP) Project to apply previous experience with business analysis to the MPCA’s efforts. Develop and document implications for the strategic approach of the business to Watershed projects, their communication and implementation plans to shift to the new strategy, and the daily processes of the business that will be required to change.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,903
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,846
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to provide drilling services for the Sentinel Lakes Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction Network. The three new wells will be used for monitoring the interaction between groundwater and surface water in Lakes Shaokatan and Bear Head. Groundwater/lake water interactions are not well understood, and in order to produce accurate and useful Total Maximum Daily Load watershed investigations and impairment remediations, the MPCA must understand how groundwater affects lake water quality.

Lincoln
St. Louis
Recipient
Carver County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,000
Fund Source

Lake Minnewashta Regional Park, build grade separated trail crossing at TH 41 and build 2.6 miles of trail linking a city trail system to the regional park.

Carver
Recipient
Minnesota State University- Mankato
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,345
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The Seven Mile Creek Condition Monitoring project will maintain and build on the continuous flow and water quality data base at three stream sites and one county tile in the Seven Mile Creek watershed through the collection of approximately eighty five water samples per monitoring season in preparation for the Middle Minnesota Intensive Watershed Monitoring scheduled to begin in 2013.

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Sibley
Watonwan
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Children's Discovery Museum
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,000

The Children’s Discovery Museum (CDM) continued aggressive School Service Program (SSP) enrollment strategies to reach the seven new counties of Becker, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena. A new Wizard of Oz exhibit was mounted in time for the 75th Anniversary Celebration, June 10-14, 2014.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Mille Lacs
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
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Ducks Unlimited
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,530,000
Fund Source

Ducks Unlimited purchased a total of 567 acres in 11 separate parcels in the Prairie Section for the state of Minnesota, including 135 acres of wetlands and 432 acres of uplands.  All 11 parcels have been restored and transferred to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for inclusion in state Wildlife Management Areas, are open to public access, and managed for wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation.  This prairie conservation work contributes to the goals of the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan, the Governor's Pheasant Action Plan, Minnesota's Long-range Duck Recovery

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Freeborn
Le Sueur
Martin
Meeker
Nicollet
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Sacred Heart Area Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,474

SHAHS acquired shelving and conservation materials to re-organize, consolidate and store collections, especially artifacts documenting the Sacred Heart High School, using proper historical conservation methods. Improved care and management will extend the life of the resources stored in the archival library. Better organization makes the collections more useable to patrons and staff.

Renville
Fund Source

Replacement of a shared use, trail and vehicular traffic, bridge over the Little Iowa River within the boundaries of Lake Louise State Park.

Mower
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Rockford Area Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
To hire qualified professionals to produce a
Hennepin
Pipestone
Ramsey
Wright
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Sibley County
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,566
Fund Source

The proposed project area covers roughly one hundred square miles within Sibley County, but also includes a small portion of Nicollet County where Judicial Ditch 1A runs into the south branch of the Rush River. One lake and seven streams are part of the proposed project monitoring sites. Of the seven stream locations, two are part of the High Island Creek Watershed, while the remaining five are part of the Rush River Watershed. The lone lake, Lake Washington, falls within the Bevens Creek Watershed.

Sibley
Fund Source

This project replaced the waterlines at the Sibley State Park that service the toilet/shower buildings and the drinking water supply in the Oak Ridge camground.

Kandiyohi
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Wright SWCD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source

The Wright Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will expand its partnership with its USDA partners; this will be the first time that SWCD staff will conduct compliance spot checks for USDA Highly Erodible Land plans. This activity will add a level of certainty that these plans are in compliance.

Wright
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Roseau River WD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,225
Fund Source

The Roseau River Watershed District in partnership with the Roseau County SWCD will complete a study to target and prioritize sites contributing impairments within legal drainage systems. Project partners will utilize data developed by the International Water Institute (IWI) Water Quality Decision Support Application that establishes multivariate scoring of each site based on all relevant features contributing to surface water degradation.

Kittson
Roseau