The Minnesota Historical Society strives to attract high school interns from underrepresented communities to encourage engagement and to diversify the institution. Legacy funds supported five gallery assistants in spring 2015. High school students placed in this program get professional on-the-job experience interacting with visitors in the History Center galleries and at public events. These students contributed more than 400 hours to MNHS. Eighty percent of these students were from communities of color.
The Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District (RWMWD) is responsible for the protection and restoration of the water quality of 20 lakes and 5 creeks within its boundary. Permit and voluntary cost share programs serve to slowly redevelop the watershed to the benefit of these water bodies. However, additional projects are needed- not only to implement green infrastructure in areas that need extra restoration and protection, but also to foster new relationships between citizens and the RWMWD to rally together in a common goal to the benefit of their water resources.
To create an area that will improve the visual impact of heritage hand-crafted arts, art (drawing/painting) and culinary departments and to create a demonstration area. Demonstration area will have a stage constructed for programs and presentations that allows an audience to learn and be inspired to preserve the heritage of various arts.
This project will utilize a combination of wetland restoration, invasive tree removal, seeding, and prescribed fire, to improve habitat quality, diversity, and productivity on Wildlife Management Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas within the prairie and metro regions of Minnesota.
Partners: Carleton College and Macalester College. This grant supported a conference in June 2012 to generate new scholarship on Minnesota's environmental history. The conference and a resulting book have the potential to significantly help Minnesotans understand their relationships with the environment and how economic, social, political and natural forces have shaped the state's environmental history. With this knowledge, citizens can better appreciate their surroundings and be better prepared to influence policy that enhances environmental sustainability.
To restore and stabilize the glacial stone fireplace and chimney on the Oberholtzer House in the Ernest C. Oberholtzer Rainy Lake Islands Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
