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DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,555,000
Fund Source

This proposal seeks to enhance and restore 35 acres of fish and wildlife habitat on the lower Mississippi River in Houston County benefiting bluegill, crappie, bass, deer and Blue-winged and Prothonotary warblers. Sedimentation in Upper Mississippi River (UMR) backwaters and declining UMR floodplain forests are a concern to resource managers, anglers, hunters and recreational users.

Houston
Recipient
Rice Creek WD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$568,104
Fund Source

The Rice Creek Watershed District is proposing to improve water quality and habitat in Locke Lake and Lower Rice Creek by stabilizing stream banks and bluffs on Lower Rice Creek, reducing in-stream erosion and sediment delivery to Locke Lake, and improving in-stream habitat complexity for fish and invertebrates. Eleven bank stabilization practices would be installed over a continuous 5,400-foot reach in Lower Rice Creek. The anticipated outcome of this project is the prevention of 2,874 tons per year of sediment, which is 58% of the sediment reduction goals for Lower Rice Creek.

Anoka
Ramsey
Recipient
Two Rivers Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$179,348
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,933
Fund Source

This project will include analysis of existing and newly collected water quality data to verify the impairments on the currently listed reaches and to determine the status of the remaining river reaches as being either impaired or currently meeting standards. Stakeholder involvement and public participation will be a focus throughout the Watershed Approach Project. The project provides an opportunity to assess and leverage the capacity for the local community to engage in the process of watershed management and to adopt protection and restoration practices.

Kittson
Marshall
Roseau
Recipient
Barr Engineering Co
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,498
Fund Source

This project will revise a recently completed draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report for the Lower Minnesota River Watershed Project. The revision is to correct wasteload allocations for regulated stormwater entities.

Carver
Hennepin
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,670,000
Fund Source

Radio Tower Bay: 115,000 cubic yards of wood material was removed to increase water depth, provide greater habitat diversity, promote native aquatic vegetation and increase recreational access.Knowlton Creek: 6,500 linear feet of degraded stream was restored by reshaping and creating new stream channels; constructing instream structures; and native planting and seeding to stabilize the stream and minimize sediment into the Estuary.21st Ave W/Interstate Island: Restored 2 acres of critical nesting habitat for the Common Tern and Piping Plover.Wild Rice: Restored 133 acres of wild rice in the

St. Louis
Recipient
Legislative Coordinating Commission
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$471,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$471,000
Fund Source

This appropriation is for the administration of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.

Ramsey
Recipient
City of Luverne
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,600
To acquire professional services that will comprehensively evaluate Luverne's commercial district for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
Rock
Recipient
Crow Wing County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire conservators to restore an oil painting of Lyman P. White, an important historical figure in Brainerd, MN.
Crow Wing
Recipient
Lyon County Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,300

To enhance access to artistic, cultural and educational programming by building a shelter for shows and demonstrations. Programming will include cultural music, presentation on the Sioux Uprising, the Tracy Tornado, and a Lyon County Centennial Farm recognition program.

Lyon
Recipient
Lyon County Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To offer a Minnesota history experience through exhibitions by the Timberworks Lumberjacks. Fairgoers will have an opportunity to learn more about logging history in Minnesota and watch demonstrations of crosscutting, log rolling, chopping, tree climbing, etc.

Lyon
Recipient
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,670
To fabricate and install an outdoor exhibit of a hull section of the Madeira, a shipwreck listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Lake
Recipient
Minneapolis American Indian Center
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$86,159

The Minneapolis American Indian Center has developed a long-term plan to increase accessibility to and interest in Native languge instruction by increasing access to learning Dakota and Ojibwe languages and increase interest among Native youth and adult community memebers to learn their Native language.

Hennepin
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,523,464
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,211,340
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,035,420
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,255,197
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,146,426
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,417,177
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,406,456
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,456,863
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,438,933
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$803,121
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$823,500
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$570,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$595,000
Fund Source

Maintaining Existing Holdings - A Parks and Trails Strategic Objective is a program area representing DNR's commitment to one of the four pillars identified in the 25 year Legacy plan. The Legacy plan calls this Take Care of What We Have, and identifies its purpose to provide safe, high-quality park and trail experiences by regular re-investment in park and trail infrastructure, and natural resource management.

Statewide
Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$265,585
Lyon
Recipient
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,988
Statewide
Recipient
Mankato, City of
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,118,925
Fund Source

Construct collection system for unsewered area and connect to Mankato treatment facility

Blue Earth
Recipient
Jefferson Township
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To publish the book "History of the Winnebago Valley"
Houston
Recipient
U of MN - Duluth NRRI
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Establish network of automated radiotelemetry stations to monitor bird migration and local movements of a threatened species, and develop strategic plans for long-term use of infrastructure to monitor animal movement.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000

We will quantify and map antibiotic and antibiotic resistance gene contamination in Minnesota waters and soils and identify locations in need of mitigation to protect environmental, human, and animal health.

Statewide
Recipient
Northern Itasca Joint Powers Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,520
To rehabilitate plumbing, electrical, and weather-tightness, and restore interior finishes on the log residence of the Marcell Ranger Station, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Itasca
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,630,000
Fund Source

The primary goal of the Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Project is, “To return the Marsh Lake area ecosystem to a less degraded and more natural condition by restoring ecosystem structure and functions.”  Work was completed on this project in March 2020 and consisted of a new water control structure to allow for water level management, restoration of the Pomme de Terre River to its original channel, and establishment of a fishway to allow for movement of native fish.

Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Marshall County Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To bring a new cultural performance to the Marshall County Fair. Programming included a performance by Williams and Ree, a duo that singes traditional Americana and Native American songs and recounts early local folklore.

Marshall
Recipient
Fox Lake Conservation League; Ducks Unlimited; The Conservation Fund
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,447,000
Fund Source

This project is a partnership between several organizations to restore diverse prairie and wetland habitat in areas adjacent to existing DNR Wildlife Management Areas. Parcels are identified by working with the representatives of local government, Windom Area DNR, Ducks Unlimited (DU), The Conservation Fund (TCF), and the Fox Lake Conservation League. Wetland restoration and additional grasslands are needed to make our WMA's sustainable.

Martin
Recipient
Martin County Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To provide an environmentally educational performance to fairgoers. The Martin County Fair will welcome the band “Vocal Trash” to their stage. Vocal Trash is a band that performs using instruments constructed of recycled materials and plays songs emphasizing the importance of recycling, reusing, and upcycling through song and dance.

Martin
Recipient
Martin County Drainage Authority
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,100
Fund Source

Minnesota statutes and pre-design costs can prevent conservation practices from being explored earlier during the analysis of public improvements to watersheds. With a large increase in the requests for drainage improvements, the Martin County Drainage Authority feels that planning assistance for conservation practices earlier in the process will give these practices a better opportunity for implementation as part of repair and improvement projects.

Martin
Recipient
Ramsey County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$86,158
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,964
Fund Source

Prepare a master plan amendment for Battle Creek Regional Park, Rice Creek North Regional Trail, and develop a master plan for Lexington Avenue Regional Trail including design/engineering, community engagement to identify improvements for existing elements such as buildings, roads, parking, creeks, ponds, lakes, wetlands, trails, animal exercise, amenities, turf games, landscaping, utilities, stormwater management, restoration, signage, gathering nodes, fitness/play elements, land acquisition.

Ramsey
Recipient
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$321,945
Fund Source

The Master Water Stewards (MWS) program will install pollution prevention projects on both residential and commercial properties and educate citizens in their neighborhoods to reduce urban runoff and nutrient loads. Community leaders who have been identified, educated and certified as Stewards, will lead projects.

Hennepin
Recipient
Benton SWCD
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$79,276
Fund Source

The Benton County Local Water Management Plan's first priority concern is feedlot and nutrient management. Our objective is to reduce or minimize the negative impact of animal manure and fertilizer on surface and ground water by increasing the adoption of feedlot, manure, fertilizer and pasture best management practices.

Benton
Recipient
City of Maynard
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Chippewa
Recipient
Martin County Historical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,414
Martin
Recipient
Martin County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,022
To hire a qualified professional to develop a comprehensive disaster plan.
Martin
Recipient
Matt Kania
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Vernal M. Bogren Swift AKA Vernal Bogren Swift
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,080
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Itasca
St. Louis
Recipient
Frank T. Byrns AKA Tim Byrns
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Recipient
Meredith Cornett
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,304
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Itasca
Recipient
Jeanette M. Cox
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Aitkin
St. Louis
Cook
Lake
Recipient
Jeanette M. Cox
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,350
McKnight Fellowship
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Carlton
Koochiching
Itasca
Recipient
Christopher Dunn
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Kristina Estell
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis
Recipient
Philip Fitzpatrick
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
McKnight Individual Artist Grant
St. Louis