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Barbara J. Wood AKA Jo Wood
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Attend Surface Design International Conference in the Twin Cities, obtain supplies, and work with textile designer Lou Ann Forbes.

St. Louis
Recipient
Teague Alexy
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900
Write, rehearse and record a CD.
Carlton
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Ian Andrus
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,611
Apprentice under two birch bark canoe builders; Ferdy Goode and Jarrod Stone-Dahl, summer 2011.
Cook
Recipient
Aryn Bergsven
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,605
Exhibition at The Cabin in Bemidji, Minnesota. In January 2011, and support to create a website.
St. Louis
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Beryl L. Bissell AKA Beryl Singleton Bissell
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$805
Editorial critique and final line editing by Alison McGhee for her manuscript "Looking for Francesca."
Cook
Recipient
Gary Boelhower
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Self publish a book of poetry entitled "Marrow, Muscle, Flight."

St. Louis
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David Bowen
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Expand on a piece titled "Telepresent Wind" for a one person exhibition in March 2011.

St. Louis
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Thomas M. Christiansen
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,611
Exhibitions at Grand Hand Gallery in Saint Paul and Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery in Grand Marais.
Cook
Recipient
Virginia M. Danfelt
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Exhibition at Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais, March 2012.

Cook
Recipient
Paul L. Deaner
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Attend workshop and research Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman," to aid in local theater production.

Lake
Recipient
Sean Elmquist
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Solo exhibition at Ochre Ghose Gallery in Duluth.

St. Louis
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Kristina Estell
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,800
Produce work for solo exhibit at Augsburg College in Minneapolis 2012.
St. Louis
Recipient
Andrew Floberg
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Solo exhibition at Washington Studios Gallery in Duluth, October 2012.

St. Louis
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Sarah Hannigan
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Create "Reclamation, an Art Book" documenting the human impact of foreclosure in Duluth.

St. Louis
Recipient
Marva J. Harms
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Attend oil painting workshop in September 2011.

Itasca
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Robert Jones
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,610

Professionally produce and record a self-titled album featuring 15 original songs.

St. Louis
Recipient
Tim R. Kaiser
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,800
Travel to 3 different experimental music events/symposia to meet and collaborate with experimental musicians.
St. Louis
Recipient
Tim R. Kaiser
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$590

Create a master recording of his music from which a vinyl album will be pressed, duplicated and distributed.

St. Louis
Recipient
Ann Klefstad
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,503
Exhibition of "Walk on Water" at Gallery 13 in Minneapolis.
St. Louis
Recipient
Cecilia A. Lieder
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,800
Finish works in progress, organize and update professional portfolio and optimize financial future, research museums and galleries for exhibitions.
St. Louis
Recipient
McLeod County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,960

To develop a lasting partnership among historical organizations in McLeod County to strengthen their community impact.

Statewide
McLeod
Recipient
McLeod County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,200
Fund Source

McLeod County will create an inspection database for 103E ditches under their drainage authority. The County will acquire a database software solution to conduct field inspections and to track ditch maintenance projects. This software will be used to facilitate statutory compliance including developing a process for completing the annual inspection and reporting requirements. The project will lead to improving the County's data management capabilities and better identification of drainage system needs that could lead to helping improve water courses that are impaired for turbidity.

McLeod
Recipient
Red Lake Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$168,000

Since 2000, a diverse group of partners has been collectively working in northwestern Minnesota on one of the largest prairie-wetland restorations in the world. Spanning 22,000 acres and adjacent to an additional 16,000 acres of public and private conservation land, the goal of the Glacial Ridge Project has been to demonstrate whether large-scale habitat restoration is a viable way to reduce flooding and improve water quality. Prior to beginning restoration efforts on the project, a comprehensive baseline hydrologic study of the area was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Polk
Red Lake
Recipient
Friends of the Minnesota Valley
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

Project Outcome and Results
Friends of the Minnesota Valley (FMV) undertook restoration of habitat for the Lower Minnesota River Watershed portion of the Metropolitan Conservation Corridors Project (MeCC) as a continuation of our wildlife habitat restoration within the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District (Refuge) and within the Lower Minnesota River Watershed.

Recipient
The Trust for Public Land
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$890,000

Project Outcome and Results
In its Critical Lands Protection Program, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) used $890,000 from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) to secure fee title on portions totaling 50.2 acres of 407 total acquired acres. TPL conveyed these lands to public agencies for permanent protection. Individual project successes include the following:

Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$485,000

Project Outcome and Results

Recipient
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$325,000

Project Outcome and Results
The Minnesota Valley Trust acquired 103 acres of priority lands in Scott County to expand the St. Lawrence Unit of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Of the 103 acres acquired, 70 acres were acquired with Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund and 33 acres were acquired with other private, non-state funds.

Recipient
St. Louis & Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000

Running through the Iron Range of northeastern Minnesota, the Mesabi Trail provides a recreational and alternate transportation corridor for hikers, bikers, skiers, and horseback riders, as well as some designated snow snowmobile use areas. When completed the trail will include 145 paved miles extending from the Mississippi River in Grand Rapids to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Ely – 115 miles have been finished to date. The St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority are using this appropriation to develop 11 miles of trail segments near Vermilion State Park.

St. Louis
Recipient
U of MN
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$279,000

Many types of bacteria perform critical ecological functions, such as cycling carbon and other nutrients, which enable life to exist. In fact, humans harness these types of bacteria in certain engineered systems, such as wastewater treatment plants and landfills, to provide various benefits such as protecting surface waters from excess nitrogen, decomposing solid waste, and treating wastewater.

Statewide
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000,000
Fund Source

This project will establish a groundwater monitoring network in the 11 county metropolitan area. The network will provide information about aquifer characteristics and natural water trends by monitoring healthy aquifers (non-stressed systems). The project will also develop an automated system that captures groundwater level and water use data. This system will enhance evaluation of changes in aquifers that are stressed by pumping from existing wells.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Wright
Sherburne
Recipient
MN National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc., Trust for Public Land, Friends of the Mississippi River, Great River Greening
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,397,000
Fund Source

The Metro Big Rivers Habitat partnership will work within the Minnesota, Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers and key tributaries of the Metro Urbanizing Area to expand and improve critical habitat for game and non-game wildlife and increase public access to outdoor recreation opportunities. The partnership will use the OHF grant to protect 249 acres (175 acres by fee title acquisition and 74 acres by conservation easement) and restore / enhance 158 acres with OHF and leveraged funds.

Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Ramsey
Scott
Scott
Recipient
MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust Inc; Friends of the Mississippi River, Great River Greening, MN Land Trust, Trust for Public Land
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,210,700
Fund Source

In Phase 5, Friends of the Mississippi River and Great River Greening enhanced 277 acres at six sites, exceeding their goals by 48 acres (21%). The Minnesota Valley Trust acquired fee title to 32.4 acres for two high-priority additions to the Rapids Lake Unit, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The Minnesota Land Trust and the Trust for Public Land were unable to finalize their easement and fee title acquisitions when landowners changed their minds. OHF grant funds spent were leveraged more than 110% with $1,343,128 in other funds.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Sherburne
Recipient
Metropolitan Council
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000

The Twin Cities area is host to a nationally renowned system of regional parks and trails that provides numerous outdoor recreational opportunities for the public while preserving green space for wildlife habitat and other natural resource benefits. Currently the regional parks and trails system consists of 51 parks and park reserves containing more than 54,000 acres, more than 300 miles of interconnected trails, and has more than 46 million visits each year.

Hennepin
Recipient
Metropolitan Library Service Agency
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,383,133
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,362,900

Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries are beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Metropolitan Library Service Agency
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,141,083
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,141,083

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, 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 public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Genealogical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

MGS purchased 100 rolls of microfilm of City directories for small and medium-sized Minnesota communities. The acquisition represents 35% of the total collection of microfilmed directories.

Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Genealogical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,912
To hire a qualified consultant to help Minnesota Genealogical Society develop a five-year strategic plan.
Statewide
Recipient
Friends of the History Museum of East Otter Tail County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,900

A Microfilm Scanner System and associated computer and software were purchased for the Museum. Staff and volunteers were trained in their uses. Improved image quality was immediately noticeable. The purchase enhances the overall plan to preserve local history in Otter Tail County.

Otter Tail
Recipient
Minnesota Genealogical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,583

The Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS) purchased three microfilm cabinets and two cases of microfilm storage boxes. The existing microfilm collection has been made more efficient, accessible and secure. There is also increased storage capacity for the future growth of the collection. The new cabinets have been placed on the MGS library floor.

Ramsey
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,105

A two year backlog of weekly Scott county newspapers, including the Shakopee Valley News, Jordan Independent, Belle Plain Herald, New Prague Times, Prior Lake American and the Savage Pacer were microfilmed by the Scott County Historical Society. A volunteer organized the newspapers by city and date, bundled them by year and created the microfilm targeting sheets. The newspapers were then boxed and sent to an outside vendor for microfilming. Negative and positive 35 mm master prints were made of the microfilmed newspapers.

Scott