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Council on Black Minnesotans
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

In May 2009, the Minnesota State Legislature asked the Minnesota Humanities Center and four state councils-the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Chicano Latino Affairs Council, and the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans-to collaboratively create new programs and events that celebrates and preserves the artistic, historical, and cultural heritages of the communities represented by each council.

Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$303,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$365,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$390,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$390,000
Fund Source

The County Well Index (CWI) contains well and boring records wells within Minnesota; over 400,000 records. It is the principal source of well construction information and geologic interpretations of well records and also contains soil boring records, mineral exploration test hole records, and scientific/research test hole records.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Geological Survey
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,130,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Isanti
Olmsted
Sherburne
Wright
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,574,731
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,909,980
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,753,907
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,429,331
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,696,395
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,599,600
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,973,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,045,774
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,009,907
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,650,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,027,047
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) offers grants to counties for Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) program administration and special projects to improve SSTS compliance rates, and assistance for low-income homeowners with needed SSTS upgrades. The MPCA will determine grant allocations based on applications review; funds will flow to counties through the Board of Water and Soil Resources' Natural Resources Block Grants.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Fund Source

The DNR works with the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) to convey valuable geologic and groundwater information and interpretations to government units at all levels, but particularly to local governments, private organizations and citizens. The MGS focuses on geology (Part A reports) and DNR focuses on groundwater (Part B reports). These provide useful information for projects completed by community planners, industry, agriculture, citizens and state agencies related to groundwater.

Statewide
Recipient
Ramsey County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,000
Fund Source

Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park build trail connection from Tamarack Nature Center to Otter Lake

Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$340,292

Research shows that traditional teaching tools, such as textbooks and lectures, don’t fully engage today’s students who have grown up surrounded by technology and who use it in their daily lives. In this ongoing project, an additional two Minnesota Historical Society historic sites will improve their service to “21st Century Learners” and their teachers and parents.

Statewide
Recipient
Domestic Violence Council of Anoka County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,550
Funding for a community initiative to raise awareness about relationship violence. Project partners include: Alexandra House; Spring Lake Park High School; Northwest Passage High School; Columbia Heights High School; Community Health Improvement, Mercy &
Anoka
Recipient
Special School District 1
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Funding for a summer hip-hop camp for students of Laney Middle School. Project partners include: Minneapolis Public Schools, Redeemer Center for Life, University of Minnesota Urban 4-H.
Hennepin
Recipient
City of Vadnais Heights
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,395
Funding for a community-created, public art piece for the City of Vadnais Heights. Project partners include: S&T Office Products, Merrick, Inc.
Ramsey
Recipient
Youth Farm and Market Project
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Funding for functional, public art creations in communities around Saint Paul’s West Side. Project partners include: Riverview Economic Development Association, City of St. Paul Department of Public Works.
Hennepin
Recipient
Corcoran Neighborhood Organization
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,767
Funding for Slow Down and Enjoy the Public Art. A project engaging youth and families in ten public art activities in the Corcoran Neighborhood. Project partners include: Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board - Corcoran Park.
Hennepin
Recipient
Kaleidoscope Place
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Funding to expand their Arts Learning Program, which provides artist residencies to 250 students each year.Project partners include: Lutheran Social Service, and COMPAS.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$816,000
Fund Source

The natural shoreline around Minnesota's celebrated lakes and rivers comprises one of the most biologically important systems in the state for fish, game and wildlife. It is also one of the most threatened. In order to preserve this important component of Minnesota's natural heritage, the Minnesota Land Trust proposes to implement the a Critical Shoreline Habitat Protection Program. This program will protect essential lakeshore and stream-side habitat and help fulfill the goals of the DNR's Aquatic Management Area program, the State Conservation and Preservation Plan and many others.

Cook
Cook
Recipient
MN Department of Natural Resources - Division of Parks & Trails
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,038
To replicate a missing 1935 historic interpretive marker at the St. Croix Boom Site National Historic Landmark
Washington
Recipient
Pine SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,400
Fund Source

This project will address impairments in the St. Croix, Kettle and Snake River Watersheds by reducing sediment and phosphorus delivery by encouraging private forest landowners within the St. Croix River Watershed in Pine County to re-establish riparian forest buffers, maintain existing riparian buffers and plant de-forested areas. It will develop a forest stewardship program and write forest stewardship plans in watersheds with the highest risk of impacts on water quality as listed by the Minnesota Forest Resources Council. This project will implement measures to achieve the St.

Pine
Recipient
Pine SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,800
Fund Source

This project will improve water quality, reducing phosphorus annually by 1,842 in the St. Croix, Kettle and Snake River Watersheds in Pine County by establishing cover crops to reduce erosion and phosphorus/fertilizer applications, increase soil fertility, permeability, and microbe activity. A no-till drill will be purchased for use by agricultural producers for installing cover crops as a means of decreasing soil erosion, reducing phosphorus and fertilizer applications and increasing soil health.

Pine
Recipient
Chisago SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,579
Fund Source

This project will inventory active gully erosion sites along the St. Croix River escarpment from the entrance to Wild River State Park near Almelund, MN, and south to the Chisago County line. The resulting inventory will be utilized to contact landowners with actively eroding gully sites on their property and will begin the process of developing a plan to implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) to correct the problems.

Chisago
Recipient
Randy S. Ferrin
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,997
Fund Source

The Contractor will assist in planning and executing the regular meetings of the St. Croix River Basin Team, including providing minutes of the meetings. Assist in the functioning of the priority issue subcommittees. Respond to public notices for re-issuances of NPDES permits, EAWs and other pertinent public notices, and participate in prioritized public meetings with local governmental units and water planning organizations.

Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Pine
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
St. Croix Scenic Coalition
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
To hire qualified professionals to produce a video series on the history of the St. Croix Scenic Byway.
Chisago
Pine
Washington
Recipient
City Of Duluth
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$288,000
Fund Source

to construct a 10 foot wide bituminous pedestrian trail, extending the Cross City Trail from 37th Avenue West to 24th Avenue West within the City of Duluth

St. Louis
Recipient
City Of Duluth
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
Fund Source

to construct 7.3 miles of the Cross City Trail to connect the Munger Trail in West Duluth to the Lakewalk Trail in Downtown Duluth

Recipient
Ramsey County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Fund Source

Battle Creek Regional Park establish wayfinding for cross-country ski trails at Battle Creek, Tamarack Nature Center and Grass-Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park.

Ramsey
Recipient
Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

This project will provide Stressor ID work and assistance for the development of a work plan for the Major Watershed Project. The Major Watershed Project will include a plan for civic engagement and outreach, with assistance from ten Local Government Units from the Crow Wing River Watershed.

Becker
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Crow Wing County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$282,339
Fund Source

Construct wastewater treatment improvements to meet more stingent discharge requirements

Crow Wing
Recipient
Wright SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$143,625
Fund Source

The Wright Soil and Water Conservation District has partnered with the Crow River Organization of Waters (CROW) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on phase two of this comprehensive sediment reduction project to focus on stabilizing five of the most active gully erosion sites in targeted subwatersheds on the North Fork Crow River, as well as use the installed best management practices to help promote future conservation practices.

Wright
Recipient
Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

This project will initiate project coordination among project partners. It will enhance civic engagement and outreach endeavors activities to support Phase 2 of TMDL project. It will also support field activities associated with stressor ID work.

Becker
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Wadena
Recipient
Crow Wing County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,050
To hire a qualified consultant to develop design guidelines that will help preserve the Crow Wing County Jail and Sheriff's Residence, now used as the Crow Wing County Historical Society's museum facility, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Crow Wing
Recipient
Hassan Area Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,914
To broaden public access to historic resources through a walking and horseback riding tour of Crow-Hassan Reserve Regional Park
Hennepin
Recipient
Three Rivers Park District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$370,000
Fund Source

The Crow-Hassan Prairie Complex Restoration and Enhancement restored 246 acres of prairie, 28 acres of forest and enhanced 500 acres of prairie within a larger prairie complex totalling 1200 acres.  This is the largest prairie complex in the metro area.  It will provide excellent breeding and nesting habitat for waterfowl, grassland birds, and other wildlife.

Hennepin
Recipient
Crystal, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$347,404
Fund Source

Construct stormwater retention basin

Hennepin
Recipient
Lower Sioux Indian Community
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified historian to research the history of cultural and medicinal plants specific to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota.
Redwood
Recipient
Eden Prairie Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to write an interpretive plan for the Cummins-Phipps-Grill House, Eden Prairie.
Hennepin
Fund Source

This project converted 2-way mountain biking trail in the Cuyuna Country SRA to one-way trail near the Portsmouth Mine and Manuel Mine Lakes. This represents a substantial safety enhancement at the SRA.

Crow Wing
Recipient
Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$249,968
Fund Source

The Buffalo River Watershed Pilot Project is one of two pilots in Minnesota designed to develop a watershed approach for managing Minnesota’s surface waters. The goal of this project is to develop a plan that will guide surface water quality management throughout the watershed.

Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,414
Fund Source

This project will identify and compile existing nitrate data from groundwaters and surface waters in the Lower Mississippi Basin (LMB) generally and focus on the Root River Watershed. The purpose is to investigate the quantity and quality of existing nitrate data, and to organize it for use in comprehensive watershed strategy development (including assessment, TMDL computation and identification and study of nitrate sources and delivery mechanisms).

Dodge
Fillmore
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Winona
Recipient
Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,235
Fund Source

This project will provide additional monitoring data to be utilized in the watershed assessment process for the Le Sueur River Watershed Project. Blue Earth County SWCD will provide a technician to complete the water sampling for the sampling years 2011 and 2012 on the Maple River.

Blue Earth
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,714
Fund Source

This project will support the collection and analysis of sediment core samples, from each of the five bays ( Little Traverse, Big Traverse, Muskeg, Sabaskong and 4-Mile Bays), to ensure adequate characterization of the P fluxes from deposited sediment and equilibrium P fluxes from re-suspended sediment.

Lake of the Woods
Roseau
Recipient
Mower County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$182,020
Fund Source

This project will build upon existing planning and implementation efforts already taken on in the project area. The collection of existing information will be used to complement water information in support of a more successful and sustainable water quality improvement and protection implementation program. This will be achieved by active civic engagement activities throughout Phase I of this project.

Dodge
Freeborn
Mower
Steele
Recipient
Red Lake Watershed District (RLWD)
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$109,900
Fund Source

This project Phase will collect data, background information, and watershed characteristics within the Red Lake River watershed. This information will be documented within the framework of early draft TMDL Reports (with background information, but no load calculations) for impaired reaches within this watershed and early draft protection plans for the areas in the watershed that are not currently impaired.

Beltrami
Clearwater
Marshall
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake