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Children's Discovery Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,500

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota aims to strengthen its highly successful School Service Program by retaining a Program development coordinator, changing core interactive exhibits and creating new curriculum for pre-school and K - 5 students in ten northern Minnesota counties.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified architect to conduct a conditions assessment of the Charles P. Noyes Cottage, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Chippewa River Watershed Project
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,429
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,197
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,066
Fund Source

The Chippewa River Watershed Project (CRWP) will work with the Minnesot Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to conduct watershed pollutant load monitoring at four sites in the Chippewa River watershed and one site in the neighboring Pomme de Terre River watershed to aid the MPCA in measuring and comparing regional differences and long-term trends in water quality. Our goal is to collect quality data and complete load calculations for five sites using the MPCA's Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) established protocols.

Chippewa
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Friends of St. Rose, Inc.
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,800
To hire a qualified architect to conduct a conditions assessment of the Church of St. Rose of Lima (Kenyon), listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Goodhue
Recipient
Minnetonka, City of
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$129,200
Fund Source

The City of Minnetonka and its residents highly value the water resources within the community, which include approximately ten lakes, four streams, and hundreds of wetlands. The City has been progressive in protecting these resources through policies and management strategies, and now wants to increase their on-the-ground efforts in protecting and improving water quality. The City hopes to conduct targeted watershed assessments for fourteen selected priority water bodies to identify and optimize the type and locations of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to be installed.

Hennepin
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
Fund Source

Duluth area streams received over 10 inches of rainfall on June 19 and June 20, 2012. This "500 year event" provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to further understand sediment movement and stream channel alterations due to an event of this magnitude.

St. Louis
Recipient
City of Cambridge
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

Develop a fishing pier, picnic shelters, restrooms and parking in 154-acre park.

Recipient
Pennington SWCD
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$212,000
Fund Source

Sediment and water quality issues are local priorities within the Thief River and Red Lake River watersheds, which have their confluence in the city of Thief River Falls. The 1W1P effort underway in the Red Lake River Watershed will identify opportunities for projects and practices that are targeted and result in measurable water quality benefits throughout the watershed using PTMApp.

Pennington
Recipient
Northfield Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,976
To digitize documents from 36 Northfield _area civic organizations and make them publicly accessible via the Northfield History Collaborative.
Rice
Recipient
Learning Law and Democracy Foundation
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
The Minnesota Historical Society is administering grants to organizations to support civics education programs for Minnesota's youth. Civics education provides students with an understanding of the democratic foundation of our national, state, and local government and constitutional principles. Programs run by Kids Voting St. Paul, the Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and the YMCA has been funded with this money.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
The mission of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force is to promote and share the rich history of the American Civil War and Minnesota's connection to it. With support from the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, the task force oversees the development of statewide, balanced activities commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and Minnesota's involvement in it and the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$90,000
The Historic Recognition Grant program will preserve, recognize, and promote the historic legacy of Minnesota, with a focus on commemoration of Minnesota's role in the American Civil War via a grave registration database to identify all known Minnesota Civil War soldiers buried in Minnesota and those Minnesotans buried outside the state is the first of three projects being administered by MNHS in cooperation with the state's Civil War Commemoration Task Force are in development
Statewide
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (U of M Libraries)
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$120,920
To organize and describe 1,600 linear feet of archival materials documenting the history of the GLBT community in Minnesota.
Statewide
Recipient
Emmons & Oliver Resources (EOR)
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
The goal of this project is to develop a phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for St. Clair Lake.
Becker
Recipient
Funding is awarded to projects selected by the evaluation committee. This is a competitive process.
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$205,436
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$259,586
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$609,694
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$622,885
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$894,991
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$993,255
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,135,603
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$959,552
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$691,070
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050,000
Fund Source

The  goals of the program are to evaluate the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices, identify underlying processes that affect water quality, and develop technologies to target critical areas of the landscape. Funded projects provide current and accurate scientific data on the environmental impacts of agricultural practices and help to develop or revise agricultural practices that reduce environmental impacts while maintaining farm profitability.

Statewide
Recipient
Forest Lake, City of
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$382,000
Fund Source

The City of Forest Lake will install four biofiltration basins and a wet sedimentation pond to treat stormwater prior to discharge into Clear Lake. Clear Lake is identified as a priority lake within the Rice Creek Watershed District's (RCWD) Watershed Management Plan and does not meet the nutrient goals established by the RCWD. Mid-summer algae blooms are common and occasionally severe enough to impact recreation.

Washington
Recipient
Red Lake Watershed District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$185,473
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

The overall goal is to develop a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) Report and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Study that will address water quality impairments and maintain or improve water quality throughout the Clearwater River watershed. The study will identify sources of pollutants to the streams and lakes, allocate pollution reduction goals, and prioritize and identify implementation strategies to maintain or improve water quality in key lakes and streams in the watershed.

Beltrami
Clearwater
Mahnomen
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Recipient
Clearwater Soil and Water Conservation District
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,982
Fund Source

This project will provide the assessment of the chemical, physical, biological, and bacteriological integrity of surface waters.

Clearwater
Recipient
Stearns SWCD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$196,586
Fund Source

The Q-Lot at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is an 8 acre (1,000 spaces) gravel and asphalt parking lot. The parking lot's surface is impervious, which means it doesn't allow for rainfall or snow melt to soak into the ground. Instead, the water runs off directly into storm sewers, taking with it sediment, bacteria, automotive fluids and other pollutants which flow straight into the Mississippi River. SCSU staff has frequently witnessed plumes of sediment the color of chocolate milk where the storm sewer discharges into the river.

Stearns
Recipient
Saint Cloud, City of
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,507
Fund Source

The St. Cloud Waste Water Treatment Facility (SCWWTF) is currently conducting long term planning for future biosolids management. The most likely path forward includes dewatering of the digested biosolids, which will produce a supernatant stream with significant phosphorus and ammonia loads that would be returned to the liquids treatment portion of the WWTF. Returning these nutrient loads to the liquids train would result in increases to effluent concentrations, increases in power consumption, or both.

Stearns
Recipient
City of Cokato
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To improve public accessibility at the Cokato Historical Society and better comply with the Americans with Disability Act.
Wright
Recipient
Golden Valley Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,155
To hire a qualified consultant to prepare a collections management policies and procedures document.
Hennepin
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,990
To provide better organization of the museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community
Winona
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,200

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.

Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
AirSpace Minnesota
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,501
To hire a qualified professional to assess historically significant collections and write a collections management policy.
Hennepin
Recipient
Proctor Area Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire a qualified professional to assess historically significant collections and write a collections management policy.
St. Louis
Recipient
Steele County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,772
To improve care and management of collections through proper storage.
Steele
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,997
To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust using PastPerfect Museum Software.
Winona
Recipient
Stearns History Museum and Research Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,946
To improve care and management of archival and small three-dimensional collections through proper storage.
Stearns
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,985
To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.
Winona
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Bell Museum of Natural History)
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,802
To improve collections care and management through proper storage.
Hennepin
Recipient
NWA History Centre
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,527
To hire a qualified consultant to prepare a collections management policies and procedures document.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Aviation History and Education Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,642
To hire a qualified consultant to prepare a collections management policies and procedures document.
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,642
To hire a qualified consultant to prepare a collections management policies and procedures document.
Hennepin
Hubbard
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$301,109
College students from underrepresented communities are placed across the Minnesota Historical Society's various departments and sites as interns. During their semester-long internships, the students have the opportunity to work alongside museum professionals to enhance their skills and apply their knowledge in a professional environment. They also participate in learning activities to enrich the internship experience and network with other interns in their cohort.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,384
College student interns representing Minnesota's diverse communities are placed across MNHS in various departments and sites. During their semester-long internships, students have the opportunity to work alongside museum and public history professionals to enhance their skills and apply their knowledge in a professional environment. The activities focus on engaging with MNHS on a deeper level by discussing current issues and trends with staff, sharing intern experiences, and building professional networks.
Statewide
Recipient
Ramsey-Washington Metro WD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$58,515
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. The District began assessing church sites for retrofit opportunities in 2013 and will continue this effort in 2014. Church congregations have been receptive to partnering with the watershed district.

Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
The Center for Irish Music
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,627

Community Arts Schools and Conservatories

Anoka
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Meeker
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Wabasha
Washington
Recipient
Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,385

Community Arts Schools and Conservatories

Itasca
Recipient
MacRostie Art Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,909

Community Arts Schools and Conservatories

Itasca