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Gunflint Trail Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,733
To make publicly accessible three films documenting the Gunflint Trail through copy to modern media formats.
Cook
Recipient
Children's Dental Services
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Statewide
Recipient
Steele County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000

To increase the Steele County Fair's capacity to showcase children's art by purchasing new display materials. Portable wall panels will allow work to be hung in a gallery type fashion, and offer more surface area to display children's art.

Steele
Recipient
Chippewa River Watershed
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,912
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to create a shared plan for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) process with roles, responsibilities, commitments and deliverables clearly understood by all (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Chippewa River Watershed, and local partners). The MPCA and the Chippewa River Watershed Project (CRWP) will be working together to ascertain the level of involvement that local units of government and other partners want to engage in for the second round of the WRAPS process.

Chippewa
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Swift
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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
Chisago Soil and Water Conservation District
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,328
Fund Source

This project is for Cycle 2 of the Intensive Watershed Monitoring (IWM) process for the Lower St. Croix Watershed. Seven stream sites will be monitored by the Isanti Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Anoka Conservation District, and Chisago SWCD. Sampling will be conducted in 2019 and 2020 and Chemistry and field observation data will be taken.

Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Recipient
Chisago County - Rolling Shores
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
Fund Source

Evaluate alternatives to fix failing septic systems in unsewered area

Chisago
Recipient
Barr Engineering Company
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$94,999
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,785
Fund Source

This project will create a new chloride source assessment model and generate the best management practice (BMP) information and needed water softening data for the Smart Salting Assessment tool, which will allow Minnesota communities to fully evaluate their specific sources and magnitude of chloride and develop a community specific chloride reduction plan.

Statewide
Recipient
Friends of Christ Church Lutheran
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,000
To hire a qualified and experienced historian to prepare a Historic Structure Report that will guide future preservation projects
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

The purpose of the DNR Wildlife Health Program is to monitor wildlife populations for diseases, to provide information to support management decisions based on accurate information, and to minimize negative ecological, recreational, and economic impacts.

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Mille Lacs SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,333
Fund Source

This project aims to reduce pollutant loading to Mille Lacs Lake by working with the City of Wahkon to develop a comprehensive stormwater management plan for the City of Wahkon, located on the south side of the lake. Wahkon has no stormwater facilities and pollutant laden runoff flows into Mille Lacs Lake, untreated. This project will delineate and model stormwater flow in the City of Wahkon watershed, prioritize and target BMPs in the city watershed and conduct outreach to keep all stakeholders informed and build buy-in for future project implementation.

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Pennington County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,443
Pennington
Recipient
Heritage Group North, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To enhance an existing walking tour with 14 kiosks broadening public access to Pine River's history.
Cass
Recipient
Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,978
Fund Source

Improving stormwater management in Grand Marais is a priority for the community. The Cook County Comprehensive Water Plan identifies water quality and quantity concerns related to residential development include increased runoff from roads, parking areas, roofs, etc. into Lake Superior.

Cook
Recipient
City of Aitkin
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$82,000
Fund Source

Acquire approximately 50.4 acre expansion to existing 8.9-acre park along the Ripple River to be operated as a regional park.

Aitkin
Recipient
Afton Historical Society and Museum
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,937
Washington
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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
Clearwater River Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$738,750
Fund Source

The Clearwater Lake Chain has elevated nutrient levels which lead to poor water quality. The City of Kimball and surrounding agricultural area drains, mostly untreated, into a trout stream which empties into the Clearwater River Chain of Lakes.

Stearns
Recipient
Red Lake Watershed District
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,500
Fund Source

This project will produce a final Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study and Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report that will be utilized by local government units for water planning purposes during the Board of Water and Soil Resources One Water One Plan process for the Clearwater River Watershed.

Beltrami
Clearwater
Pennington
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$95,000
Fund Source

This project is to develop a watershed restoration and protection strategies report that provides quantitative pollutant source estimates and a set of pollutant reduction and watershed management strategies to protect and achieve water quality standards for all aquatic life and aquatic recreation impairments in the watershed. The strategies will be understood and adoptable by local units of government and other stakeholders. New understandings and new relationships will inform and lead to eventual environmental improvements.

Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
MN Trout Unlimited
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,533,000
Fund Source

Minnesota Trout Unlimited enhanced in-stream and riparian fish and wildlife habitat in and along coldwater streams located on public lands and Aquatic Management Areas. We completed all 9 projects originally proposed and three additional. Contracting efficiencies and leveraging of other funding allowed us to add two habitat enhancement projects in southeast Minnesota and another segment on the Sucker River in northeast Minnesota. We enhanced 10 more acres of habitat than originally proposed and increased leverage by $121,700 (67%).

Goodhue
Lake
Nicollet
Olmsted
St. Louis
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Polish Cultural Institute
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Winona
Recipient
Plymouth Historical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,961
Hennepin
Recipient
Prospect House Museum
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,733
Otter Tail
Recipient
Northfield Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To survey and assess the collections of five new members of the Northfield Collaborative.
Rice
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,660

To gain physical and intellectual control through a professional inventory of remaining uninventoried museum collections.

Ramsey
Recipient
Afton Historical Society and Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,992

Entering inventory level information, photographing, marking & cataloging 823 items into PastPerfect.

Washington
Recipient
Meeker County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

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

Meeker
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,996

To gain physical and intellectual control through a professional inventory of approximately 3,800 objects documenting Ramsey County history.

Ramsey
Recipient
Dorothy Molter Foundation and Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,384

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

St. Louis
Recipient
Beltrami County History Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,978

To rehouse a collection of historic photographs in order to better preserve them.

Beltrami
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Meeker County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,811
To fully catalog 2,892 objects documenting Meeker County history for better public access under the direction of a qualified museum registrar.
Meeker
Recipient
Afton Historical Society and Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,941
To complete a full catalog of artifacts in the Afton History Museum under the direction of a qualified museum registrar in order to provide full access to the public.
Washington
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Minnesota Military Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,403
To begin the inventory of the only statewide collection documenting Minnesota military history under the direction of a qualified museum objects curator.
Morrison
Recipient
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,880

To develop application, training, and support programs for new CollectiveAccess museum users in Minnesota.

Statewide
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Mower
Pope
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato - Library Services
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To digitize and make accessible the Minnesota State University, Mankato school newspaper, 1926-1975.

Watonwan
Recipient
City of Faribault
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,600
Rice
Recipient
Columbia Heights, City of
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$318,521
Fund Source

Construct stormwater management basin to meet TMDL wasteload allocation

Anoka
Recipient
Nicollet County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000

To document a public series of native and non-native lecturers discussing Dakota culture, relationship with the US government, and the 1862 Dakota War.

Sibley