This project will equip out-of-school youth organizations across Minnesota with knowledge, skills and resources to incorporate outdoor nature activities into after-school programs and engage under-privileged children with the outdoors.
The project proposes a .48 mile trail along the Otter Tail River in downtown Fergus Falls as well as a 125 ft. long bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing the river.
1.) Coordinate language instruction for Grand Portage students from Head Start to Cook County High School in order to produce fluent speakers. 2.) Establish language programming for families: language table, radio program, and language camps. 3.) Develop new Ojibwe language projects based on community input.
This project will construct approximately 750 linear feet of combined pedestrian and bicycle trail that will be part of the Grand Round Missing Link in Northeast Minneapolis. This trail segment will extend along Industrial Boulevard, beginning at the 1-35W underpass and terminating at Broadway Street NE. The trail connects on its northern end to the recently constructed extension of Ridgway Parkway Regional Trail. The project is a collaborative effort with the City of Minneapolis, which will reconstruct Industrial Boulevard to provide additional space for the trail.
Prepare master plan for Grand Round North Regional Trail. Project may include assessing feasibility and existing trail designations, meeting with partners, Met Council review, and public comment on draft report
Prepare master plan for Grand Round North Regional Trail. Project may include assessing feasibility and existing trail designations, meeting with partners, Met Council review, and public comment on draft report
This project will acquire land and implement trail improvements along the route of the Minneapolis Grand Rounds Missing Link, specifically between Broadway Street and Kasota Avenue in northeast Minneapolis and between Malcolm Street and East River Parkway in southeast Minneapolis. Project activities will include land acquisition, design, engineering, and community engagement for all aspects of implementation, including grading, pavement, curbs and curb ramps, lighting, landscaping, stormwater management, signs, visitor comfort facilities, play features, and underground utilities.
Provide approximately 25 matching grants for local parks, acquisition of locally significant natural areas and trails to connect people safety to desirable community locations and regional or state facilities.
Provide approximately 25 matching grants for local parks, acquisition of locally significant natural areas and trails to connect people safety to desirable community locations and regional or state facilities.
The Conservation Fund and Minnesota Land Trust will protect 380 acres of high-priority grassland, prairie, and wetland wildlife habitat with working lands conservation easements in western, central, and southeastern Minnesota. Grasslands represent one of Minnesota’s most threatened habitat types. Privately-held and well-managed grasslands in strategic habitat complexes have provided lasting benefits for Minnesota’s wildlife. This project will permanently prevent the conversion of grasslands to row crops.
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. Great River Regional Library (GRRL) is a consolidated regional public library system in central Minnesota.
In 2018 the Great River Children's Museum, (GRCM) received a building worth $1,500,000 from Liberty Bank. Since receiving this gift, the Board of Directors has completed a Museum Strategic Master Plan with Vergeront Museum Planning, a predesign plan and building condition assessment with JLG Architects, a hazardous building materials assessment with Braun Intertec, and a marketing plan with Gearbox Marketing.
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. Great River Regional Library (GRRL) is a consolidated regional public library system in central Minnesota.
Continued implementation of the division created in 2016. Division gaining inertia and requires further momentum to provide continuing leadership and guidance in prioritization of projects and implementation of short term strategies to become increasingly sustainable. Develop a framework for increasing the number of annual visits by underserved demographic groups to St. Paul's riverfront regional parks by providing more opportunities and increasing accessibility.
The goal of this project is to develop a tool to generate meteorological time-series input data for Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) models based on publicly available gridded meteorological products.
To acquire fee title to 16 parcels to allow for the extension of the state trail from Harmony south to the Iowa state boarder with a spur to Niagara Cave.
This project will monitor seven lakes and 15 stream sites within the Hawk Creek Watershed to collect surface water quality data to determine the health of the watershed's streams and lakes and if they are in need of restoration or protection strategies. The sites will be monitored according to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Water Monitoring Standard Operating Procedures. The goal of this project will be to accurately gather water quality samples and data as part of an organized effort to determine surface water quality conditions within the Hawk Creek Watershed.
This project will monitor six sites within the Minnesota River Basin: Hawk Creek near Maynard, Hawk Creek near Granite Falls, Beaver Creek near Beaver Falls, Yellow Medicine River near Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine River near Hanley Falls, and Spring Creek near Hanley Falls. The sites will be monitored according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) Standard Operating Procedure, which is the procedure being followed for sites currently monitored by the Hawk Creek Watershed Project.
