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Scott County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To expand arts, educational, and history programming at the Scott County Fair. Funds will be used to bring the county historical society to the fair to share their educational resources, host quilting demonstrations, feature a local polka band, and presentations about the role of animals in agricultural history.

Scott
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Faribault County SWCD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,430
Fund Source

The Faribault County Soil and Water Conservation District Drainage Engineer will inventory public drainage ditches to identify priority systems and areas where erosion, sediment, and nutrients contribute to water quality degradation. Sites identified for potential side inlet control, buffer strip need, or water storage will be prioritized for landowner contact and follow through by seeking external funding opportunities.

Faribault
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Faribault County
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,274
Fund Source

Working with a consultant, a current online database to manage public drainage systems will be enhanced and a corresponding mobile inspection app will be developed to facilitate drainage compliance and improve inspection planning. With these improvements, a long-term, comprehensive, GIS-compatible database will be in place to help plan, collect, document, summarize, and analyze system condition, repair needs, and violations with the overall goal of protecting and improving water quality.

Faribault
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Swift County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,321
To document current farming practices and gather resources suggested in the oral history conducted in Phase I.
Swift
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Farmer Labor Education Committee
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,760
To hire a qualified consultant to compile a resource guide on the history of the Farmer Labor Party.
Ramsey
Recipient
Northern Bedrock Conservation Corps
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire a qualified historical architect to assess reuse of the Halfway Ranger Station, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Lake
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City of Howard Lake
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,560
To hire a qualified consultant to write a feasibility study for Howard Lake City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Wright
Recipient
Rourke Art Gallery Museum
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
To hire an architect to write a Historic Structure Report to guide future restoration of the 1915 Federal Courthouse and Post Office, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, now the Rourke Art Museum.
Clay
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Lac qui Parle County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To highlight the importance of agriculture in rural and urban areas and to bring awareness of how farming culture is alive throughout Minnesota.

To bring the All American Lumberjack Show to Lac qui Parle County Fair. With two teams and ten lumberjack events, the show will offer viewers an opportunity to see demonstrations of old time skills, and can join the lumberjacks at camp to get a hands on experience.

Lac qui Parle
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White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To restore siding on the Charles P. Noyes Cottage (Fillebrown House), which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Ramsey
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Fillmore County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,650

To provide children an opportunity to see a puppet show with a theme to protect the planet and environment.

Fillmore
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Afton Historical Society and Museum
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,944
To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.
Washington
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Minnesota Zoo
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,608
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,010

Financial oversight of the Minnesota Zoo's legacy projects, including budget planning, monitoring and financial reporting.

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U of MN
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Elms were once a very widespread tree in Minnesota and amongst the most common and popular in urban landscapes due to their size, shading capability, and tolerance of pollution and other stresses. Over the past five decades, though, Dutch elm disease, an exotic and invasive pathogen, has killed millions of elms throughout the state. However, scientists at the University of Minnesota have observed that some elms have survived the disease and appear to have special characteristics that make them resistant to Dutch elm disease.

Statewide
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South St Louis County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To highlight local talent by enhancing the fine arts display area with finished display cabinets. Additionally, funds will be used to bring live bluegrass music to the fair.

St. Louis
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Isanti County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,570

To clean, catalog and file fire-damaged materials to enhance public access to Isanti County history.

Isanti
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City of Stillwater (Fire Department)
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to write an
Washington
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Division of Indian Work
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$102,785

-Increase knowledge for 69 American Indian youth ages 7-17 through practice of conversational Dakota
-Build the foundation for youth to grow to become fluent speakers
-Improve proficiency of Dakota language learners by the end of 12 months

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Cass County Fair--Pillager
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To organize a fiddler's contest of all ages at the 2012 fair. Contest will also include musical entertainment, two hours before the contest, by a bluegrass band.

Cass
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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
Southwest St Louis County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

The Floodwood Four Rivers Legacy Encampment Park will make its debut at the 2012 Southwest St Louis County Fair. Located on the banks of the Floodwood River, the encampment will consist of several live, interactive demonstrations and displays depicting early trades and activities that took place on the area rivers. Fair visitors will enjoy activities such as birch bark canoe building demonstrations, fur trading reenactments, Native American homestead displays, and early logging equipment displays and demonstrations.

St. Louis
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Florence Township
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
To hire a qualified professional to write an exterior building assessment of the Florence Town Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Goodhue
Recipient
Elizabeth M. Bucheit AKA Liz Bucheit
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Dodge
Fillmore
Hennepin
Olmsted
Winona
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Jennifer L. Carrere AKA Jennifer Licko
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,933

Folk and Traditional Arts

Beltrami
McLeod
Ramsey
Winona
Recipient
Dakota Wicohan
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$66,232

Folk and Traditional Arts

Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Hong G. Dice AKA Gao Hong
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,177

Folk and Traditional Arts

Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Winona
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The Ethnic Dance Theatre
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,029

Folk and Traditional Arts

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Hamline University
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,746

Folk and Traditional Arts

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Ann K. Heymann
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,800

Folk and Traditional Arts

Goodhue
Lyon
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Ramsey
Roseau
Stearns
Steele
St. Louis
Recipient
Hmong Cultural Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Ramsey
Recipient
Katha Dance Theatre
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Anoka
Carver
Cook
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Wright
Recipient
Debra L. Korluka
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Pan Asian Arts Alliance
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Clearwater
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Lyon
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Pooja G. Pavan AKA Pooja Pavan
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Project FINE
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Winona
Recipient
Ranee A. Ramaswamy
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Washington
Recipient
The Russian Soul AKA Russian Cultural Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Tango Teacher Co-op
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Folk and Traditional Arts

Anoka
Goodhue
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Washington