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Ramsey County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,104
Partner Organizations: Anoka County Historical Society, Carver County Historical Society, Dakota County Historical Society, Minnesota Association of Museums, North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, Ramsey County Historical Society, Scott County Historical Society, and White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. The partnership of nine organizations is conducting a study to determine if it is feasible and beneficial for organizations to share resources to meet essential, but not mission-related functions-so-called "back of office" needs.
Statewide
Recipient
Polk, West SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,000
Fund Source

Phase II of the Burnham Creek Watershed Restoration Project will conduct inventory on 2,050 acres, 85.4 miles of ditch channel within the Burnham Creek Watershed of West Polk County. This inventory includes surveying, assembling all available GIS data, ArcMap, LiDAR, review aerial photography, location of tile intakes, determine size of the erosion sites, and prioritization of severity. The district will partner with the Area DNR Hydrologist and the Polk County Highway Department-Drainage & Ag Inspector to verify data and identify any additional ditch segments.

Polk
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,988
To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct an inventory of archaeological plant remains from an Oneota village near Red Wing.
Goodhue
Ramsey
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,357

Two buses, each holding 52 people, were rented to take people to the Minnesota State Capitol and the Minnesota History Center.  The plan is to include people from Mahnomen, Frazee, Ulen, Lake Park, Cormorant and Detroit Lakes on this trip.  Buses leave at approximately 6:00 am from Detroit Lakes with arrival at the Capitol/History Center scheduled for approximately 10:30 am.  One busload will tour the capitol while the other bus tours the History Center.  After tour the groups would switch venues - First Capitol group would go to tour the History

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Recipient
Butterfield, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$389,896
Fund Source

Construct treatment plant improvements

Watonwan
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato (Department of Anthropology)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,770
To provide better organization of archaeological collections, allowing for greater public access to historic resources.
Blue Earth
Brown
Recipient
Lyon County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$274,680
Fund Source

To expand the Camden Regional Trail from Southwest MN State University (SMSU) in Marshall to Camden State Park

Recipient
Lyon County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$910,880
Fund Source

Construction of 2.4 miles of multi use trail to complete the Camden Regional Trail and installing of signage.

Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,265
To document and inventory archaeological resources at the Phylliss Wheatley Community Center in Carver County
Carver
Recipient
BWSR with Morrison County SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,200,000
Fund Source

This phase protected, under easement, 946 acres (130% of the goal of 720 acres)  of high quality habitat a for fish, game, and wildlife.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Morrison
St. Louis
Wadena
Recipient
Becker SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$57,653
Fund Source

The Floyd chain of lakes is of economic significance to the Detroit Lakes region providing great game fishing, boating and other summer and winter recreational opportunities. Decades of nutrient loading into North Floyd from the surrounding Campbell Creek area has led to a decrease in water quality. The same is true for the Buffalo River portion of this project area.

Becker
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Fund Source

The I Can Camp! program provides people new to the outdoors with a safe and comfortable way to learn the basics of tent camping, through first-hand experience, providing all equipment and instruction, combined with conservation education and hands-on outdoor recreational skills activities. The DNR offered and conducted two, overnight workshops each week from June 4 through the September 4, 2011.

Statewide
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source

This program is designed to attract new audiences to Minnesota State Parks. Primarily young families and young adults that often look beyond state parks for their means of recreation, along with youth looking for an “extreme” or “adventure” experience. Programs will offer participants the opportunity to experience rock climbing, outdoors on real rock. This program targets the state’s climbing parks (Blue Mounds, Interstate and Tettegouche State Parks) by offering one “I Can Climb!” - rock climbing experience - every month from June to August at each of the climbing parks.

Statewide
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source

Many people are interested in paddling but don’t have the equipment or expertise to head out on their own. The “I Can Paddle!” program is designed to provide participants with first-hand opportunities to learn basic skills necessary for planning and taking a safe, fun and efficient canoe trip on both Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.

Statewide
Recipient
Depot Preservation Alliance
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$107,280
To repair and restore the interior and exterior of the Canadian National Depot (Baudette Depot), listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
City of Warroad
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,681
To repair and repaint exterior wood surfaces, replace windows and restore front door for the Canadian National Depot in Warroad, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Roseau
Recipient
City of Canby
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
To hire a qualified consultant to develop a Historic Structure Report that will help preserve the Canby Theatre, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Yellow Medicine
Big Stone
Chippewa
Lyon
Pipestone
Recipient
LimnoTech
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$154,020
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,915
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to apply the Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) model to evaluate scenarios to support potential management actions and implementation in the watershed, construct Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies, and to develop a conceptual site model of the lakes for understanding phosphorus release.

Dakota
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Steele
Recipient
Trust for Public Land
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,430,000
Fund Source

Protect approximately 270 acres and restore approximately 50 acres near the Cannon River headwaters, including wetlands, prairies, Big Woods forest, and river & shallow lake shoreline to reverse habitat loss, improve watershed function and provide access.

Rice
Recipient
Zumbro Watershed Partnership, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$106,580
Fund Source

Complete section 3 of Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) document for the Cannon and Zumbro Watersheds and provide input to sections 1 and 2.

Dakota
Dodge
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,990

Caponi Art Park contracted with the Dakota County Historical society to survey and assess the general condition of the many materials in their collection documenting the history of the organization and it's founder, Anthony Caponi. As a result the Caponi Art Park organization now knows the size of the collection, the staff are properly trained and professional systems and policies have been implemented that document and present an informative, usable collection.

Dakota
Recipient
Walker West Music Academy
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,384
Funding to purchase three computer workstations and the related equipment necessary for students to transcribe, compose, and record music.
Ramsey
Recipient
Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Funding to replace musical instruments and uniforms in response to the organization’s growth.
Ramsey
Recipient
Les Jolies Petites School of Dance
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Funding to purchase and install a facility sprung floor and to add a dressing room.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Brass, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Funding to purchase two vibraphones, one marimba and one drum set to replace and/or supplement the existing inventory of percussion instruments.
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Sunshine Dance
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Funding to purchase dance costumes and a dance carpet to enhance artist development and performances.
Ramsey
Recipient
Rain Taxi, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Funding for a small-scale remodel of a space needed to expand off-site storage capacity.
Hennepin
Recipient
Sounds of Hope, Ltd.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,650
Funding to purchase a vehicle with sufficient towing capacity to support the organization’s ongoing and expanded programming.
Ramsey
Recipient
Studio 206
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,623
Funding to purchase lighting, sound, computer equipment, and light masking to provide a higher degree of technical support for the artists using the space.
Hennepin
Recipient
Teatro del Pueblo
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,134
Funding to replace and upgrade the organization’s technology system including the purchase of a desktop and laptop computer, and to work with a consultant on a server upgrade.
Ramsey
Recipient
Dawn M. LaPointe
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$861
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Recipient
Troy Rogers
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Teague Alexy
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Erin C. Altemus
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$690
Career Development Grant
Cook
Recipient
Wes Bailey
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,059
Career Development Grant
Cass
Itasca
St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Cook
Aitkin
Recipient
Vernal M. Bogren Swift AKA Vernal Bogren Swift
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,047
Career Development Grant
Itasca
St. Louis
Aitkin
Recipient
Joan Farnam
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$430
Career Development Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Koochiching
Itasca
Aitkin
Carlton
Recipient
Kim N. Garrett
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Recipient
Nate Johnson
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Career Development Grant
Lake
Recipient
Tyler W. Kaiser
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,232
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Koochiching