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Recipient
Carleton College
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,800
To research and write a history of Carleton College from a student point of view, 1960-2010.
Rice
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,435
MNHS awarded seven research fellowships for the third year of the Legacy Research Fellowships program in FY16. Four scholars received $5,000 awards and three received $1,000 awards. The fellows used resources from the Gale Family Library to explore a wide range of Minnesota history topics including: * A review of Minnesota's development and Indian lands * Visual arts in Minnesota * Forts in Minnesota after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 * Minnesota reflections on World War I The fourth class of scholars was selected in November 2016 and begin work in January 2017.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,986

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

Hennepin
Recipient
MN DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
Carlton
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Preserve Appleton's Heritage Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,758
To complete interior restoration of the Gethsemane Episcopal Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Swift
Recipient
First Baptist Church of St. Paul
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,200
To reverse inappropriate alterations by restoring the historic voice and register of the 1875 pipe organ in First Baptist Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Ramsey
Recipient
Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to implement 10-15 medium sized projects that will infiltrate and reduce pollutant loads to the waters in the Riley-Purgatory-Creek Watershed District. The District intends to achieve this by using their Citizen Advisors who are well involved with local associations, City staff who are familiar with associations in their jurisdiction and also seek less-known association through various advertising methods. We intend to use staff knowledge to insure that the projects are suitable for the site and implemented correctly to maximize efficiency.

Carver
Hennepin
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,000
Fund Source

State law (M.L. 2011, First Special Session, Ch. 6) directs restoration evaluations to be conducted on habitat restoration projects completed with funds from the Parks and Trails Fund (M.S. 85.53). The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is responsible for convening a Restoration Evaluation Panel containing at least five technical experts who will evaluate a sample of up to 10 habitat restoration projects annually. The Panel will evaluate the restorations relative to the law, current science, stated goals and standards in the restoration plans, and applicable guidelines.

Statewide
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,000
Fund Source

State law (M.L. 2011, First Special Session, Ch. 6) directs restoration evaluations to be conducted on habitat restoration projects completed with funds from the Clean Water Fund (M.S. 114.D.50 Subd. 6). The Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) is responsible for convening a Restoration Evaluation Panel containing at least five technical experts who will evaluate a sample of up to 10 habitat restoration projects annually. The Panel will evaluate the restorations relative to the law, current science, stated goals and standards in the restoration plans, and applicable guidelines.

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Lake of the Woods
Recipient
DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
Fund Source

This program annually evaluates a sample of up to fifteen Outdoor Heritage Fund restoration and enhancement projects, provides a report on the evaluations in accordance with state law and delivers communications on project outcomes and lessons learned in restoration practice.

Recipient
Iron Range Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,623

To design, produce, and install a historical marker at Resurrection Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

St. Louis
Recipient
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park. Revise park master plan.

Hennepin
Recipient
Historic Union Depot Corporation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,700
To revitalize the immigration exhibit in the Duluth Union Depot, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
St. Louis
Recipient
Rice County Ag Society, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

To construct the Arts and Cultural Celebration Center at the Rice County fairgrounds. This heated, year round and handicap accessible building with ADA bathrooms and presentation stage will be home to arts presentations by regional individuals and performances by county arts and theater organizations.

Rice
Recipient
Rice County Ag Society, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To build several large World War II displays in order to educate youth on military history.

Rice
Recipient
BWSR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,808,000
Fund Source

Under the CREP partnership with USDA, 71 easements were recorded on a total of 4,365 acres to restore previously drained wetlands and adjacent uplands. The easements were accomplished with local implementation done by SWCD, NRCS and FSA staff within the 54 county CREP area and leveraged federal funds for both landowner payments and cost share for conservation practice installation.

Becker
Blue Earth
Carver
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stearns
Wilkin
Recipient
BWSR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,708,000
Fund Source

The Clean Water Fund (CWF) and Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF) were used together to secure easements on buffer areas. 84 easements have been recorded for a total of 1,441 acres and are reported in the output tables for the final report (acre total does not include Clean Water Fund acres). The total acreage from both CWF and OHF sources for recorded easements is 2,793.2 acres. Only the OHF acres are being reported in this final report to be consistent with the approved accomplishment plan.

Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000,000
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.

Recipient
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,700

To document in 10-15 oral history interviews the history of the Minnesota Ombudsman for Corrections.

Hennepin
Recipient
City Of St. Cloud
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$580,000
Fund Source

Acquisition of 34.75-acre addition to existing 140-acre River Bluffs Regional Park.

Stearns
Recipient
Center for International Education
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,925
To complete research for a planned documentary on Robert Bly, Minnesota Poet Laureate
Ramsey
Recipient
Rock County Free Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,000

To restore Rock County Fair's Floral Hall. Built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Rock County Fair will restore its interior. Funding will not only preserve this historic building, but also create an enhanced space to showcase regional artwork.

Rock
Recipient
Rock County Free Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To provide an outdoor performance and demonstration space in the highest traffic area of the fairgrounds, which is located between the 4-H Exhibit, Open Class Exhibit, and the Rock County Historical Society Exhibits buildings. The fair plans to hold Dutch Oven cooking demonstrations, Buffalo Days celebrations, and dance performances in this area.

Rock
Recipient
Rock County SWCD
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$69,510
Fund Source

The Rock River Watershed encompasses runoff from the four counties of Rock, Pipestone, Murray and Nobles. The Rock River Watershed, along with the adjacent Elm Creek are listed as impaired by turbidity and fecal coliform. With limited funds available for restoration projects, targeting tools to pinpoint locations where projects stand to have the highest effectiveness are increasingly important.

Rock
Recipient
Rock County SWCD
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,775
Fund Source

This project is a partnership with farmers, livestock, commodity and conservation organizations and agencies to install, demonstrate and expand water drainage conservation within the Rock River Watershed. Up to four sites will be chosen based upon local selection criteria, installed and demonstrated to the public in 2013 and 2014.

Rock
Recipient
Hassan Area Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,355
To document in 12 interviews the commercial history of Rogers and Hassan Township.
Hennepin
Recipient
Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,920

To hire qualified professionals to produce a documentary on the history of Romanian immigration to Minnesota, 1945-1989.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in 10 interviews the history of Romanian immigration to the Twin Cities
Dakota
Fund Source

This project entailed reconstruction and renewal of 5.7 miles of the segment of the Root River State Trail that runs from Lanesboro to Whalan.

Fillmore
Recipient
Tetra Tech Inc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$86,582
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to complete the construction, calibration, and validation of an Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model for the Minnesota portions of three watersheds: Root River, Upper Iowa, and Mississippi River-Reno.

Fillmore
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Winona
Recipient
MN DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$65,000
Roseau
Recipient
Roseau County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To increase diversity of demonstrations in Roseau County Fair’s Cultural Heritage Building by adding a portable sound system and bleachers.

Roseau
Recipient
Roseau River Watershed District
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,999
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,000
Fund Source

This is the second phase of the Roseau River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) project, which includes: developing the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study, pollutant load allocations, watershed restoration and protection strategies, and conducting civic engagement.

Kittson
Roseau
Recipient
DNR with Roseau River Watershed District
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,763,000
Fund Source

255 acres were acquired in 2021 using OHF funding. These are acres allowed the dike to be aligned with the beach ridge of the lake.
Construction of Phase 1 (see map) was initiated in September 2023. The northwest embankment was built and a weir steering the main flow of the Roseau River into a natural oxbow was installed. A water control structure (on Pine Creek) and finishing work on the dike will be completed this year.

Roseau
Recipient
Roseland Twp
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,283,584
Fund Source

Construct sewer collection and treatment system for unsewered area

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Mille Lacs Soil & Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,111
Fund Source

The purpose of the project is to collect data to represent the ambient condition of the lakes and streams of the Rum River Watershed within Mille Lacs, Isanti and Sherburne Counties that is needed to determine if thresholds set to protect designeated uses, such as aquatic recreation and aquatic life, are being met .

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Anoka Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000
Fund Source

This project will gather watershed data necessary for the development of a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy with parameter-specific targets that will maintain or improve water quality in the Rum River Watershed. Local Partners will lead various portions of this project and a hired onsultant will be subcontracted to write selected TMDL protection plans.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Aitkin Community Education
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,080

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Aitkin