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Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota - Duluth
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,565

The specific purpose of the project was to conduct an evaluation of the University of Minnesota Duluth Museums' Mechanical Systems (also called the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system or HVAC system) to determine what changes and improvements are feasible and necessary to improve the environmental conditions in each of three buildings: Glensheen, Tweed Museum of Art along with a proposed Tweed museum storage and work space on the second floor of the Chester Building.

St. Louis
Recipient
Friends of the History Museum of East Otter Tail County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,800
To hire a historian to evaluate the Church of St. Stanislaus in Perham for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
Otter Tail
Recipient
City of Waseca
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,907
To have the Trowbridge Park Bandshell and Park evalauted for possibile inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
Waseca
Recipient
Central Minnesota Initiative Fund
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,873,000
Fund Source

Innovative AIS control and education programs have been widely acknowledged as far removed from the traditional stable of conservation easement and high priority land acquisition programs that the LSOHC generally espouses.  However, these projects, though not permanent in nature, address the significant impacts to land and water resources that AIS pose.   Left untreated, AIS severely impacts the habitat and outdoor recreational opportunities that LSOHC is committed to preserving.

Recipient
Kandiyohi County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,000
Fund Source

to install a 8kw PV array, monitoring equipment, both roof and pole mounted tracker, 3 solar tubes, insulated shades, energy efficient displays, and related educational displays at the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center as the final step to achie

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Beltrami County Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,896

To produce a new exhibit on early county healthcare, the Beltrami County Historical Society (BCHS) drew from primary records in local and state repositories and used the funds for the research and development phase of the exhibit. The exhibit follows the path of early healthcare in Beltrami County including traditional healing, the history of North Country Hospital and Lake Julia Sanatorium to dentistry.

Beltrami
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,375
To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.
Clearwater
Recipient
Maplewood Area Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for an exhibit exploring the relationship between 3M and Maplewood.
Ramsey
Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,431
To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.
Lyon
Recipient
Bois Forte Heritage Museum
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,700

An engineering professional conducted a review of the Bois Forte Heritage Center HVAC systems, their operation, capacity and capability to maintain tight temperature and humidity conditions. In addition, they presented recommendations for addressing current concerns and improving systems performance and efficiency.

St. Louis
Recipient
MN Wildflowers Information
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000

The average Minnesotan and even most natural resource managers are not skilled in plant identification, yet the ability to positively identify plants is crucial to a number of conservation activities, including identifying areas that need protection, recognizing new or existing invasive species, monitoring restoration projects, and delineating wetlands. The Minnesota Wildflowers project attempts to fill this need with a free web-based field guide ultimately aimed at providing profiles for each of the over 2,100 vascular plant species in Minnesota.

Statewide
Recipient
City of Silver Bay
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$176,000

New and innovatively designed greenhouse facilities have the potential to provide sustainable food, fuel, and other products year round by utilizing ecological processes and other practices to integrate production of fish, plants, and algae in a low input, self-sustainable system. The City of Silver Bay and researchers at the University of Minnesota – Duluth are using this appropriation to expand and enhance a demonstration greenhouse facility. Refined techniques developed at the facility have the potential to be transferred and replicated at similar facilities throughout the state.

Lake
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$198,000

Building on the exhibit development community engagement process carried out through four successive Legacy grants, the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota will use the 2014-15 direct appropriation to complete fabrication and installation of several exhibit components for its permanent facility. Local resources, volunteers, and community involvement will be combined with museum expertise to complete this process.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Dunwoody College of Technology
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,000
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of Dunwoody College.
Statewide
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Pope County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,250
To hire qualified technicians to implement a pilot program for a new collections database.
Statewide
Recipient
City of Minneapolis
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$262,208
To hire qualified professionals to rehabilitate the exterior of the Hollywood Theater, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
Afton Historical Society and Museum
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,900
To improve management of archival materials through proper storage.
Washington
Recipient
Faribault, City of
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fund Source

Construct wastewater treatment improvements to meet phosphorus discharge requirements

Rice
Recipient
Farmer Labor Education Committee
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire qualified consultants to write a treatment plan for a documentary on the history of the Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota.
Hennepin
Recipient
Farmer Labor Education Committee
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,465
To create 11 farmer-labor themed entries for the MNopedia project for online research.
Statewide
Recipient
Multiple Local Government Units
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,234,350
Fund Source

Currently, there are approximately 5,050 feedlots with fewer than 300 animal units that need to come into compliance with State feedlot rules. Clean Water Feedlot Water Quality Management Grant funds are being used to provide financial assistance to landowners with feedlot operations less than 300 animal units in size and located in a riparian area or impaired watershed.

Aitkin
Benton
Dodge
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Morrison
Renville
Stearns
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Joshua Aerie
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
St. Louis
Recipient
Louis B. Jenkins
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
St. Louis
Recipient
Elizabeth A. Jaakola
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
Carlton
Recipient
Peter K. Pestalozzi
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
St. Louis
Recipient
Gordon E. Manary
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
St. Louis
Recipient
Kathleen A. McTavish AKA Kathy McTavish
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
St. Louis
Recipient
Rebecca J. Nosbisch AKA Beckie Prange
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
St. Louis
Recipient
Thomas A. Page
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To provide financial support to developing and established regional artists wishing to take advantage of an artist generated or impending concrete opportunity or to provide support for expenses to complete work that will advance the artist’s work or caree
Itasca
Recipient
Otter Tail County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of the Fergus Falls State Hospital (Kirkbride).
Otter Tail
Recipient
Fillmore County - Greenleafton
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$678,970
Fund Source

Construct sewer collection and treatment system for unsewered area

Fillmore
Recipient
Fillmore County - Greenleafton
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$678,970
Fund Source

Construct sewer collection and treatment system for unsewered area

Fillmore
Recipient
City of Stillwater (Fire Department)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire consultants to develop and install an exhibit on the history of the Stillwater Fire Department.
Washington
Recipient
First Congregational Church of Minnesota - United Church of Christ
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,500
To hire a qualified consultant to develop planning documents that will help preserve the First Congregational Church of Minnesota, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
University of Minnesota: James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,493
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,307
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,572
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,900
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900
Fund Source

The Bell Museum will sort and identify all fish samples collected by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) North and South Biological Monitoring Units. The Bell Museum of Natural History (Bell Museum) will provide professional fish Identification expertise to the MPCA fish voucher program, while also helping the Bell Museum annually update their fish distribution map for the State of Minnesota. As the MPCA samples and vouchers species of significance, the Bell Museum shall catalog these species into their official fish collection.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$545,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$455,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,000
Fund Source

The DNR works with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers and to track the success of efforts to reduce mercury pollution. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for mercury contamination on an annual basis. Fish are collected during DNR fishery surveys, processed for laboratory testing, and analyzed for contaminants.

Statewide
Recipient
Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation, MN Land Trust
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,130,000
Fund Source

Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation and the Minnesota Land Trust collectively protected 765 acres and 8.9 miles of critical shoreland and forest habitat in the watersheds of strategic North Central Minnesota lakes through the completion of 5 conservation easements and 1 fee title acquisition. Acreage protection outcomes exceeded that proposed by 151%; shoreland protected exceeded that proposed by 297%. The grant leveraged $1,119,000 through landowner donation of easement and fee value and other sources, exceeding goals by 134%.

Aitkin
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Recipient
Wanda Gag House Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,757

Three original mid-20th-century works of art by Flavia Gag were restored and properly exhibited. 

Flavia Gag (1907-1978) was the sister of Wanda Gag, the well-known children’s literature author (Millions of Cats) and artist.
Flavia's books and her paintings were eclipsed by her more famous sister, Wanda, but Flavia developed her own style and medium,
which was unlike either her father (Anton Gag) or her sister.

Brown
Recipient
National Audubon Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
Fund Source

Floodplain forest enhancement projects were implemented at 10 sites covering 292 acres along the Mississippi River from Red Wing to the Iowa border.  We completed site preparation; controlled invasive species; planted trees and shrubs using a combination of direct seeding, bare root seedlings and large, potted trees; protected trees from deer and voles; completed post tree planting weed control; and installed willow and cottonwood cuttings.  Outcomes varied by site, ranging from poor to excellent tree seedling survival.    

Goodhue
Recipient
Native American Community Development Inst
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,200
All My Relations Arts Plaza at the first annual American Indian Cultural Corridor Festival along Franklin Avenue will present and honor traditional arts of indigenous Minnesota communities in the Twin Cities through a two-day, multidisciplinary arts event that uplifts an entire neighborhood.
Hennepin