All Projects

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

Internships and apprenticeships on the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District will introduce 40 diverse young people over two years to careers in the conservation field.

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

To hire a qualified professional to assess the collections held by the Gunflint Trail Historical Society.

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

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

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

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

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

Conduct GHG emissions inventory of City and County operations within the operational boundary of the Morris Model partnership, implement policy to achieve regional targeted reductions, and document and disseminate findings

To hire qualified professionals to begin an inventory of a photograph collection held by Scott County Historical Society.

Accurate inventories are needed to facilitate carbon market entry for forestland owners. An estimated 800 plot-based inventories will be collected from private forestland to expand all-lands lidar forest inventory

100 Rural Women will increase the number of Indigenous women, women of color, and underrepresented women in civic engagement through a mentorship program in collaboration with a tribal college by offering a 6-month community internship during the summer and fall of 2024, recruiting 4 to 5 Indigenous women interested in pursuing civic leadership positions.

We will evaluate state-of-the-art lidar technology?s ability to provide stand-level summary statistics of forest resource measurements and how these data can be used to estimate ecosystem services

Natural springs occur throughout Minnesota and provide critical services for the state, such as creating trout streams and cool water fisheries, sustaining base flows in streams, creating unique ecological habitats, and maintaining the integrity of aquatic ecosystems against invasive species. In order to protect springs and the groundwater-dependent resources that depend on them, though, it is important to understand spring locations and status – information that is currently lacking in many areas of the state.

State resource agencies are implementing a delisting strategy for the St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC) by completing the Remedial Action Plan (RAP). A suite of 80 management actions in the RAP were developed to address specific Beneficial Use Impairments (BUI) identified throughout the estuary. Removing these legacy impacts often involves restoring historically altered habits by manipulating sediment characteristics, restoring shoreline function, and constructing under water features.

To provide better organization of the college's archival collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript on the history of Carleton College's Chapel and Chaplaincy.

To hire qualified professionals to edit a manuscript on the history of Minnetonka by Dana Frear.

Construct new water treatment plant to reduce discharge of chlorides

Over the next six years, the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District (BRRWD), in partnership with landowners, federal, state, and local agencies, intends to implement a long-term comprehensive plan to restore the Wolverton Creek and its riparian corridor. This comprehensive project will turn 20 channelized stream miles to 26.2 miles of restored natural prairie stream channel. It will also protect, enhance, and restore over 740 acres (357 acres in Phase 1) of floodplain wetland and grassland habitat along the Wolverton Creek.

Governor Mark Dayton's landmark buffer initiative was signed into law in 2015. The law establishes new perennial vegetation buffers of up to 50 feet along rivers, streams, and ditches that will help filter out phosphorus, nitrogen, and sediment. The new law provides flexibility and financial support for landowners to install and maintain buffers. For grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts to ensure compliance with riparian buffer or alternate practice requirements for state required buffers and soil erosion law.