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Recipient
Heron Lake WD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$61,500
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to reduce phosphorus entering South Heron Lake (SHL), which currently does not meet state standards for this water pollutant. Efforts will be focused on Jackson County Judicial Ditch 3 (JD3), which has been petitioned to the HLWD for improvement. JD3 drains 52 percent of the SHL watershed, highlighting its importance in making meaningful progress towards water pollution reduction. The practices include eleven water and sediment control basins and a 10-acre storage and treatment wetland restoration.

Jackson
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy; The Trust for Public Land; Minnesota Land Trust
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,142,000
Fund Source

This project will permanently protect critical habitat using conservation easements and fee land acquisition on approximately 590 acres and restore and enhance approximately 116 acres of declining habitat for species of greatest conservation need in strategically targeted public land assets of biodiversity significance in the Blufflands resulting in increased public access and improved habitat.

Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source

The purpose of this effort is to create an educational video that will “bring to life” geo-scientific information related to groundwater movement in southeast Minnesota. This video will be used by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and other regional partners to help explain the local geology and related groundwater movement. It is anticipated that the video will be used at meetings and other events related to water resource management and natural resource issues. In addition, three stand alone high resolution graphics will be created.

Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Rice
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$236,971
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$236,971

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can 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 library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) is a federated regional public library system with central services located in southeastern Minnesota.

Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Rushford Area Historical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fillmore
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$647,425
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$978,917
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$877,482
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$859,405
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$919,593
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$510,022
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$459,042
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$587,699
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$230,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$336,090
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$382,800
Fund Source

This program aims to meet emerging and unique project needs in the Minnesota State Parks and Trails system. The program has initiated activities around Buffalo herd management and has plans for other activities to be determined.

Statewide
Recipient
Hallie Q. Brown Community Center
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,550
Ramsey
Recipient
Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,840

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Douglas
Pope
Stevens
Otter Tail
Stearns
Clay
Grant
Becker
Wilkin
Todd
Wadena
Swift
Big Stone
Traverse
Recipient
DanceBARN Collective
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,516

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Otter Tail
Douglas
Recipient
DLCCC, Inc. AKA Historic Holmes Theatre
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,120

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Becker
Otter Tail
Mahnomen
Clay
Recipient
City of Elbow Lake AKA Elbow Lake Arts Advisory Council
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Spring Legacy Local Government Grant

Grant
Douglas
Wilkin
Stearns
Wadena
Ramsey
Recipient
Fergus Falls Center for the Arts, Inc. AKA A Center for the Arts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,200

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Douglas
Ramsey
Becker
Otter Tail
Blue Earth
Wadena
Wilkin
Clay
Washington
Kandiyohi
Grant
Hennepin
Anoka
Sherburne
Douglas
Itasca
Stevens
Traverse
Crow Wing
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Beltrami
Dakota
Stearns
Washington
Pope
Recipient
Paulette Friday
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,729

Spring Legacy Local Government Grant

Douglas
Grant
Pope
Stearns
Otter Tail
Stevens
Todd
Traverse
Wilkin
Clay
Becker
Recipient
Henning Landmark Center, Inc. AKA Henning Landmark Center
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,280

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Otter Tail
Douglas
Grant
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$552

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Clay
Recipient
Kaddatz Galleries AKA Kaddatz Gallery
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,072

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Otter Tail
Recipient
City of Pelican Rapids
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,880

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Otter Tail
Cass
Becker
Recipient
Pelican Rapids Multicultural Committee
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,320

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Otter Tail
Becker
Clay
Recipient
Kathleen L. Ray
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Spring Legacy Local Government Grant

Grant
Douglas
Recipient
Theatre L'Homme Dieu
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,173

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Douglas
Stearns
Pope
Stevens
Grant
Todd
Otter Tail
Recipient
West Central Area Schools
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,720

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Grant
Douglas
Recipient
Kenyon C. Williams
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500

Spring Legacy Local Government Grant

Clay
Recipient
Dakota County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,702
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2
Fund Source

Design, engineering, construction, and construction administration of recreational, interpretation, natural resource, and cultural resource improvements, improve access to the Mississippi River Greenway, Mississippi River, park trails, and other park resources.

Recipient
Anoka County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,000
Fund Source

Staff a communication and outreach specialist to engage underserved populations throughout Anoka County's regional park and trail units (Year 2 of 2)

Anoka
Recipient
Carver County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,500
Fund Source

Continue full time position of Recreation and Volunteer Specialist. The position entails focused work in recreation programming, special events, volunteer recruitment and programming. Specifically, the position develops, implements, instructs, markets recreation and volunteer programs. Additionally, the position contributes to the overall planning, evaluation, and promotion of recreation and volunteer services for the Parks Department.

Carver
Recipient
Ramsey County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Fund Source

Continue to support a volunteer corps for the Tamarack Nature Center and Discovery Hollow and Garden Area. Volunteers assist with programs, assist with animal care, assist with natural resource preservation and restoration, and assist with special events and projects. Recruit, train, recognize, and manage volunteers.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$245,000
Fund Source

Staff volunteer and education coordinators throughout the city's regional park and trail units (year 1 of 2)

Ramsey
Recipient
Canby Area Arts Council
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,560

Start-up

Yellow Medicine
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,255,000
Fund Source

Phase 5 of the Sate Forest Acquisition project protected 43 acres of critical forest habitat in the southeastern ecological section of the state. These lands have been incorporated into the State Forest program of the Outdoor Recreation System, and will be sustainably managed for quality wildlife habitat, timber production, and public recreation in perpetuity. Additionally, over 300 acres of sensitive floodplain forest habitat were enhanced using a variety of methods.

Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Winona
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$61,300
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$61,300
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$61,300
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,800
Fund Source

This agreement is for Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) to provide statewide conservation reporting system support services in order to support Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) programs. Support services will be aimed at both MPCA staff and local government recipients of grants.

Statewide
Recipient
LCCMR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,297

n/a

Statewide
Recipient
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$108,547
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,999
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,999
Fund Source

The Statewide Sediment Network was established to measure the levels of suspended sediment concentrations and particle size distributions at eight sites across Minnesota to evaluate the amount of sediment carried by rivers. USGS sample collection and laboratory analysis techniques provide a more rigorous, robust, and technically accurate measure of sediment in water than the current use of total suspended solids as the measure of sediment in water.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,585,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,585,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,585,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,585,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,086,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,085,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,585,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,586,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$850,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$850,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$375,000
Fund Source

Nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate) is one of the contaminants of greatest concern for groundwater in Minnesota. This funding is being used for activities that help identify the severity and magnitude of nitrate contamination and implement practices at the local level to reduce nitrate in groundwater. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is working with many local partners and passing funding through to local government units (counties, cities, soil and water conservation districts) to address this concern.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,125,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$775,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$775,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$695,000
Fund Source

The MDA's technical assistance helps ensure that current and accurate scientific information is made available and used to address water quality concerns in agricultural areas of Minnesota. This funding has been used to evaluate the effectiveness of conservation practices, share information from research and demonstration sites and enhance outreach and education to the agricultural community and local government partners.

Statewide
Recipient
Stearns History Museum
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,359

Image of traveling exhibitionStearns History Museum wrote the biographies of 25 identified women from Stearns County who have made a direct contribution to the history of sports and the passage and implementation of Title IX Education Amendments on June 23, 1972. The project addresses how the women's experiences influenced their lives and careers beyond athletics.

Stearns
Recipient
Stearns SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,500
Fund Source

Source Water Protection is one of the three priority concerns identified in the Stearns Comprehensive Local Water Managment Plan. Currently, Stearns County has 23 public water supplies with approved Wellhead Protection Plans. This encompasses approximately 65,000 acres of land in Drinking Water Supply Management Areas (DWSMA). This proposal will fund at least 10 unused well sealing projects within these sensitive areas.

Stearns
Recipient
City of Stillwater
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,950
Washington
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Clay
Recipient
Middle Fork Crow River WD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$160,250
Fund Source

This grant seeks to build the top 5 prioritized projects (2 iron-enhanced sand filters, 1 rain garden, 1 infiltration trench, and 1 tree trench) within the City of New London. Installation of these project will result in a cost-effective pollutant reduction from city runoff to various nearby water resources. The project is estimated to reduce sediment by 2 tons and phosphorus by 8 pounds annually.

Kandiyohi
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,550,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,550,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,950,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,950,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,825,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,825,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$865,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$645,000
Fund Source

Stream flow information is essential for understanding the state of Minnesota's waters. Clean water funding has allowed the DNR to expand a network of stream gages that support planning and implementation for clean water protection and restoration. These gages are also used as part of the interagency Flood Forecasting/Warning System. This expanded stream gaging network has also significantly increased the real time data available to recreational water enthusiasts via the internet.

Statewide