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4320 Results for
Recipient
Port Authority of Winona
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,324
Fund Source

The goal of this protect is to protect the water quality of the Mississippi River at Winona, MN through the installation of a downtown Winona parking lot rain garden.

Winona
Recipient
Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek WD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,000
Fund Source

The downtown Chanhassen stormwater best management practice (BMP) retrofit assessment project will reduce watershed phosphorus loads to Rice Marsh Lake and improve the water quality in downstream Lake Riley, impaired for excess nutrients. This project will identify innovative BMP retrofit opportunities that target soluble phosphorus and promote infiltration and groundwater recharge within this highly-developed area. The downtown Chanhassen BMP retrofit assessment project will be performed in partnership with the City of Chanhassen.

Carver
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$230,000

There are currently more than 21,000 miles of drainage ditches and many thousands of miles of subsurface tile located throughout Minnesota and overseen by over 100 different local drainage authorities. Historically public records of these drainage systems have been maintained primarily in hard copy following differing protocols depending on local requirements. However, this antiquated approach limits the usability and accessibility of public drainage records creating various challenges for drainage management efforts.

Statewide
Recipient
Mille Lacs SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,500
Fund Source

This project will identify and prioritize opportunities to implement a multipurpose drainage management plan that will provide adequate drainage capacity, reduce peak flows and flooding and reduce erosion and sediment loading, improving water quality to the West Branch Rum River.

Mille Lacs
Recipient
U of MN - Duluth NRRI
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

Mine stockpiles are unproductive due to soil deficiencies of organic matter, nutrients, and soil organisms, which are essential to supporting healthy plant growth, diversity, and succession. Waste products, including biosolids, composts, and dredged materials, have the potential to be used to address some of these deficiencies and make the lands productive again.

St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Health
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,200,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,200,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,700,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,100,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,100,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,100,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,100,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,150,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,150,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,020,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,020,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$744,717
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,291
Fund Source

The Drinking Water Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) program identifies environmental contaminants for which current health-based standards currently do not exist or need to be updated, investigate the potential for human exposure to these chemicals, and develop guidance values for drinking water. Contaminants evaluated by CEC staff include contaminants that have been released or detected in Minnesota waters (surface water and groundwater) or that have the potential to migrate to or be detected in Minnesota waters.

Statewide
Recipient
Western Hennepin County Pioneers Association
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified professional to construct appropriate housing for a significant collections piece.

Hennepin
Recipient
South Saint Louis County Soil and Water Conservation District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$51,875
Fund Source

The purpose of the project is to fill critical data gaps - this data will provide a foundation for future development of watershed models, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports and the creation of a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report.

St. Louis
Recipient
Duluth Bethel Society, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire qualified consultants to evaluate the Duluth Bethel Society building for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Louis
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$495,000

This funding is for arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

Statewide
Recipient
South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,025
Fund Source

This project will provide the data necessary to assess Eagle Lake. Assessment parameters will include chl-A, Total Phosphorous, secchi disk readings, temperature (2' interval), conductivity (2' interval), pH (2' interval), and dissolved oxygen (2' interval). These samples will be collected monthly from May through September.

Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Rice County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,055
To add 76 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to broaden public accessibility to primary records.
Rice
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$197,000

Support from the Minnesota Cultural Legacy funds will allow the Duluth Children’s Museum to address needs in three critical program initiatives. The museum will: 1. Strengthen the AIRSS (amateur radio on the international space station) club and provide critical materials, supplies, and staff leadership; 2. Engage 300 area students in a national program entitled Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP); and 3. Offer a new exhibit entitled Mysteries of the Mayan Medallion from mid-September to mid-December 2014.

St. Louis
Recipient
East Central Regional Library
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$259,301
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$174,951

Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries are beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding.

Aitkin
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Martin County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$97,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to create a contact strategy for community/landowner opportunities, obstacles, and opinions on land management and water quality that will result in the identification of restoration and protection strategies for the East Fork Des Moines River watershed.

Jackson
Martin
Recipient
East Central Regional Library
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,404
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,404

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Aitkin
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Saint Louis County Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500

To provide appropriate storage for the nationally significant ethnographic Eastman Johnson collection.

St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society Press
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,484

The Minnesota Historical Society Press(MHS Press) converted more than 125 MHS Press/Borealis Books titles to digital formats for multiple e-book readers, including the Kindle, the Nook, the Sony E-reader and the Apple iPad, allowing us to meet the needs of not only young, tech-savvy readers, but also users in the over-50 age bracket who have been among the first adopters of e-reader technologies.

Statewide
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,994

ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant

Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Ramsey
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,995

ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant

Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Ramsey
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,998

ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant

Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Ramsey
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,788

ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant

Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Ramsey
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,790

ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant

Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Ramsey
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Pine Center for the Arts, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,982

ECRAC Operating Support Grant

Chisago
Kanabec
Pine
Recipient
Fairview Elementary School
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,810

ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant

Kanabec
Recipient
Wyoming Area Creative Arts Community
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Chisago
Recipient
Chisago Lakes Community Education
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Chisago
Recipient
Chisago Lakes Community Education
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,800
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Chisago
Recipient
Mary Ann Cleary
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Individual Artist Grant
Isanti
Recipient
Hinckley-Finlayson Public Schools
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,200
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Pine
Kanabec
Recipient
Terri L. Huro-Torgerson AKA Terri Huro
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Individual Artist Grant
Pine
Isanti
Chisago
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Terri L. Huro-Torgerson AKA Terri Huro
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,448
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Individual Artist Grant
Pine
Isanti
Chisago
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Bron J. McCall
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Individual Artist Grant
Pine
Recipient
Milaca Fine Arts Council
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,535
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Pine
Isanti
Chisago
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Recipient
City of Mora
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Kanabec
Recipient
Onamia Public Schools AKA Mille Lacs Area Partners for Youth
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,266
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Mille Lacs
Kanabec
Crow Wing
Recipient
Paradise Community Theatre Association, Inc. AKA Paradise Community Theatre
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,206
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Kanabec
Pine
Mille Lacs
Isanti
Recipient
Paradise Community Theatre Association, Inc. AKA Paradise Community Theatre
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,500
ECRAC Operating Support Grant
Pine
Isanti
Chisago
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Natalia M. Peterson
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,498
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Individual Artist Grant
Pine
Isanti
Chisago
Kanabec
Recipient
Pine City Arts Council
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,620
ECRAC Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Organization Grant
Pine