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Recipient
Ryuta Nakajima
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Michael Nordin AKA Mike Nordin
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325

McKnight Individual Artist Grant

St. Louis
Recipient
Sheila J. Packa
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Recipient
Cole B. Perry
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Itasca
Recipient
Emma Rustan
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Katherine E. Sandnas AKA Mutti
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750

Tiled mural

St. Louis
Recipient
Wendy L. Savage
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Carlton
Recipient
Karen E. Savage-Blue
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750

McKnight Fellowship

Carlton
Recipient
Eun-Kyung Suh
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Recipient
Deborah J. Sussex
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Keiko Williams
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
Chamber Music workshop
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Recipient
Danielle Sosin
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
Book tour
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Recipient
Peter K. Pestalozzi
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,060

McKnight Individual Artist Grant

St. Louis
Recipient
Margaret L. Holmes
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,228
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Richard C. Johnson
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$996

McKnight Individual Artist Grant

St. Louis
Recipient
Kathleen A. McTavish AKA Kathy McTavish
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
Duluth Art Institute exhibition
St. Louis
Recipient
Rachel A. Nelson
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
Finge festival show
Lake
Recipient
Kyle M. Sitter
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Steven Read
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
Duluth Art Institute exhibition
St. Louis
Recipient
Richard H. Thomas, Jr.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Andrew A. Turpening
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,325

Baroque Breakbeat

St. Louis
Recipient
Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,925
Fund Source

MuKusick Lake's water quality is declining because of excess nutrients and restoring it is a priority for the Stillwater community.
This project will work to implement priority stormwater treatment projects that were identified in the 2010 McKusick Lake Stormwater Retrofit Assessment. This project will be the first phase of stormwater treatment implementation projects within the McKusick Lake watershed and will provide approximately 10% of the needed phosphorus reduction.

Washington
Recipient
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$170,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$170,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Statewide
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000

Project Overview

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is using this appropriation to purchase 35 acres, with 0.6 miles of shoreline, along the Vermillion River in Dakota County to be managed as Aquatic Management Areas. Priority will be given to lands that have a high risk of development, provide protection to shoreline and riparian zones, and allow access for anglers and habitat improvement projects.

Dakota
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

The Minnesota Land Trust provides coordination, mapping, and data management for the Metropolitan Conservation Corridors partnership. Funds are being used to coordinate the partnership, guide strategic outreach and implementation efforts, manage project data, and provide reporting and mapping of accomplishments.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Friends of the Mississippi River
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

Friends of the Mississippi is using this appropriation to restore and enhance approximately 163 acres of permanently protected prairie and forest lands in Dakota, Washington, Ramsey, and Hennepin counties in order increase the amount of high quality habitat within designated conservation corridors. Specific activities will include updating management plans, soil preparation, prescribed burning, native vegetation installation, woody encroachment removal, and invasive species control.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Great River Greening
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

These funds will enable Great River Greening to restore approximately 121 acres of permanently protected forests, savanna, prairie, and wetland habitat and 0.18 miles of shoreland habitat while engaging hundreds of volunteers in the stewardship of the Metropolitan area's remaining natural areas. Specific activities include invasive species control, seeding/planting, prescribed burning, and other associated activities.

Anoka
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust is using this appropriation to purchase a total of approximately 125 acres of land to expand the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and to restore and enhance approximately 405 acres of oak savanna and remnant native prairie communities within the refuge. Many benefits are anticipated from this project, including improved habitat connectivity, protection of native species, improved water quality in the Minnesota River, and increased public access to natural lands for activities such as hiking, hunting, and fishing.

Scott
Recipient
Dakota County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$517,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$518,000

Through this appropriation Dakota County plans to permanently protect approximately 287 acres along rivers, including the Vermillion and Cannon Rivers, by securing conservation easements from willing landowners. For all acres protected, natural resource management plans will be prepared to ensure their long term stewardship. Additionally, restoration and enhancement activities are expected to occur on approximately 75 acres.

Dakota
Recipient
The Trust for Public Land
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000

The Trust for Public Land is using this appropriation to purchase approximately 30 acres of land and 0.3 miles of shoreline with high ecological value and then convey the land to state or local governments for long-term stewardship and protection. Lands being considered for permanent protection in this round of funding include areas around the Rum River and Rice Creek in Anoka County, Lindstrom Natural Area in Chisago County, Savage Fen Scientific and Natural Area and Pike Lake in Scott County, and St. Croix/Fraconia-Scandia Scientific and Natural Area in Washington County.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

With this appropriation, the Minnesota Land Trust plans to protect 150 acres of high quality forest, prairie, or wetland habitat by securing permanent conservation easements and dedicating funds for their perpetual monitoring, management, and enforcement. Lands being considered for permanent protection in this round of funding are located in Anoka, Carver, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Washington, and Wright counties.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Washington
Wright
Recipient
North Star Foundation of the Mesaba Range Incorporated
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,700

To document in 10 interviews the history of Mesaba Co-op Park and related cooperative movement history.

St. Louis
Recipient
North Star Foundation of the Mesaba Incorporated
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,200
To hire a qualified historian to write a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for Mesaba Co-op Park.
St. Louis
Recipient
St. Louis & Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
St. Louis
Recipient
Metro Conservation Districts
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$216,181
Fund Source

Through a long standing partnership, this project will continue to implement a process formalized with a 2010 Clean Water Fund Grant to conduct stormwater sub-watershed assessments. The goal of the sub-watershed assessments is to accelerate water quality improvements by focusing efforts in high priority areas. Specifically, subwatershed assessments are a tool used to identify the most effective urban stormwater conservation practice by location.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Carver
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Scott
Sibley
Recipient
The Trust for Public Land
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000
Chisago
Washington