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Cokato Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To make primary records accessible through a new microfilm reader/printer

Wright
Recipient
Itasca County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer

Itasca
Recipient
Kanabec County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,836

Kanabec County Historical Society purchased a ST ViewScan Digital Microfilm system which included a Apple laptop computer, Windows 7 for Macs and Stylus Photo software and a printer to broaden public access to primary historical records.

Kanabec
Recipient
Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,905

The Lake of the Woods County Historical Society purchased a Canon  MS 300 Microfilm Scanner/Reader to broaden public access to primary historic records for research use.

Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Lac qui Parle County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,166
To broaden public access to primary historic records through a microfilm reader/printer.
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Redwood Falls Public Library (Plum Creek Library System)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,399
To microfilm Redwood Gazette newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.
Redwood
Renville
Recipient
Chippewa County (Montevideo Public Library)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,775
To microfilm Chippewa County newspapers to broaden public accessibility.
Chippewa
Swift
Recipient
Minnesota State Fair Foundation
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,085
To microfilm historic Minnesota State Fair scrapbooks to make these primary records more accessible to the public.
Statewide
Recipient
Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source

This project aims to improve water quality in the Middle Fork Crow River, as outlined in Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District 10 year Comprehensive Plan. This will be done by evaluating current water quality impacts, implementing best management practices already in the planning stages, and by promoting BMP’s to landowners with the support of a low interest loan program.

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Brown Soil and water Conservation District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$87,030
Fund Source

This project is to create a contact strategy for community/landowner opportunities, obstacles, and opinions on land management and water quality that will result in the identification of restoration and protection strategies for the Minnesota River Mankato watershed in Redwood, Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood and LeSueur Counties.

Blue Earth
Brown
Le Sueur
Redwood
Recipient
Nicollet County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$51,000
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is using a watershed approach to protect and restore waters of the state. This approach encompasses all of the 80 major watersheds over a ten year period. The process includes intensive biological and chemical monitoring followed by an assessment report. The assessment results determine which lakes and stream reaches are in need of restoration and which are in need of protection.

Nicollet
Recipient
Rice County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$103,875
Fund Source

The Cannon River Watershed includes approximately 941,000 acres of primarily agricultural landscape. Because of its large size, four subwatershed lobes are often referenced: Straight River Watershed, Upper Cannon River Watershed, Middle Cannon River Watershed, and the Lower Cannon River Watershed. Rice County is proposing utilizing LiDAR topographic data to determine areas of highest importance for Best Management Practice (BMP) Implementation for sediment within the Middle and Lower Cannon subwatersheds.

Dakota
Goodhue
Rice
Recipient
Aitkin County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,520
Fund Source

This project will implement five stormwater control BMPs and educate watershed landowners regarding proper management of stormwater control. These projects will serve to change behavior and perceptions of how stormwater may be managed, and demonstrate how easy changes may have a positive impact on land stewardship and water quality protection. 100 rain barrels will be distributed at a reduced cost to critical landowners.

Aitkin
Crow Wing
Mille Lacs
Recipient
South St. Louis SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$154,893
Fund Source

This grant will restore a section of Miller Creek, an urban trout stream located in Duluth, that was straightened many years ago back to its natural channel. The original channel had a lot more sinuosity, or, curviness, than it does now and the straightened creek suffers from erosion and warm temperatures illsuited for trout.

St. Louis
Recipient
Miltona Township
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,447
Fund Source

Evaluate alternatives to fix failing subsurface sewage treatment systems

Douglas
Recipient
Preston Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
To prepare a Preservation Plan to guide the Preston Historical Society in reconstructing the Milwaukee Elevator and its outbuildings.
Fillmore
Recipient
Seward Neighborhood Group
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,253
To design, produce, and install a historical marker in the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District of Minneapolis.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
Install drain tile and regrade window wells slopes to stabilize the Grain Belt Office building, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
City of Minneapolis
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
To develop a Warehouse District Heritage Street Plan to provide guidance on adapative reuse of the district's historic industrial infrastructure.
Hennepin
Recipient
The Minneapolis American Indian Center
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

To expand on the weekly language classes already offered at the Indian center by providing an immersion language class where only the targeted language is spoken. This will provide participants with the opportunity to, not only become proficient in the targeted language, but also to gain a deep understanding of its culture, values, spirituality.

Recipient
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$499,099
Fund Source

Construct stormwater BMPs to meet TMDL wasteload allocation

Hennepin
Recipient
City of St. Louis Park
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
Fund Source

The City of St. Louis Park, in partnership with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, is proposing to re-meander a portion of the creek using funding provided through the Clean Water Fund. The affected section of Minnehaha Creek was straightened when development first came to St. Louis Park in the early 1900s. At that time, wetlands were filled and the stream channel was
altered to allow for industrial development around the creek.

Hennepin
Recipient
Minneota, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$572,000
Fund Source

Construct collection system improvements to meet TMDL wasteload requirement

Lyon
Recipient
Audubon Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

A state Breeding Bird Atlas is a comprehensive systematic field survey of the occurrence, distribution, diversity, and breeding status of bird species within every region of a state. Atlases are mainly used to set conservation priorities, develop conservation plans, and guide habitat protection, restoration, and management efforts – in addition to being useful for recreational bird watching. Minnesota is one of only seven states in the country that has yet to complete a Breeding Bird Atlas.

Statewide
Recipient
City of Morton
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$198,000

Morton, Minnesota is home to many unique natural, cultural, and historic sites, including sites from the US-Dakota War and some of the oldest exposed rock, called Morton Gneiss, on the planet. The City of Morton is using this appropriation to develop a municipal site along the Minnesota River in Morton to be converted into a public canoe landing and campground and a trail connection between the Minnesota River State Water Tail and natural and cultural sites in the area including the Morton Outcrop Scientific and Natural Area.

Redwood
Renville
Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$392,000

Many of the most experienced conservation practitioners at local soil and water conservation districts throughout the state are nearing retirement, and with their departure will go much of their practical, on-the-ground knowledge, experience, and skills. Meanwhile, college students seeking to be the next generation of conservation practitioners have knowledge of emerging technologies and other innovations that can improve and contribute to current conservation efforts.

Statewide
Recipient
Pheasants Forever Inc
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

Pollinators play a key role in ecosystem function and in agriculture, including thousands of native plants and more than one hundred U.S. crops that either need or benefit from pollinators. However, pollinators are in dramatic decline in Minnesota and throughout the country. The causes of the decline are not completely understood, but identified factors include loss of nesting sites, fewer flowers, increased disease, and increased pesticide use.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,460,000

Terrestrial invasive species are species that are not native to a location and that pose critical ecological and economic challenges once they become established in that location. They come in the form of plants, animals, insects, pathogens, and microbes that can cause harm to natural habitat, urban landscapes, and agricultural systems. The problems posed by terrestrial invasive species continue to grow as existing infestations expand and new exotic species arrive, many of which are poorly understood.

Statewide
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$425,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$425,000

Funds are appropriated for programs and purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. The humanities remind us of where we have been, bring knowledge and insights to current life, and help us envision where we are going. We work to articulate and strengthen what connects us, rather than what divides us.

Recipient
Minnesota Zoo
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,977
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$87,050
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,000

Farming is at the heart of Minnesota’s history and development, yet today more than half of all Minnesotans live in urban or suburban settings with little or no exposure to Minnesota’s agricultural history or culture. The Wells Fargo Family Farm provides an opportunity for the Zoo’s 1.3 million guests to experience a working farm, directly interact with farm staff and animals, and learn to appreciate agricultural food production.

 Legacy Farm Program

Recipient
Minnesota Humanities Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

Legacy-funded programs at the Minnesota Humanities Center demonstrate our determination to collaboratively create humanities programs for the broader public by forging strong partnerships with local, state, and national cultural organizations. These programs show the broader community how the humanities can be used to address issues important to their everyday lives. Each activity, event, and program shares an Absent Narrative with participants, which help residents across the state engage in a more sophisticated understanding of their community. 

Anoka
Becker
Chisago
Dakota
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Nicollet
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$723,080
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$545,181
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$738,011
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$543,436
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$533,891
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$533,063
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,111,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$838,045
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$700,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$737,500
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,600,000
Fund Source

Acquire land from willing sellers within the statutory boundaries of State Parks and within statutory designated State Trail corridors.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

In May 2009, the Minnesota State Legislature asked the Minnesota Humanities Center and four state councils - the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Chicano Latino Affairs Council, and the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans - to collaboratively create new programs and events that celebrates and preserves the artistic, historical, and cultural heritages of the communities represented by each council.

Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$51,063

The Minnesota History Center hosted a number of diverse programs to engage, entertain and educate the general public about Minnesota history:

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$192,465

Partner Organizations: Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, Department of Employment and Economic Development, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality.

The Minnesota Main Street Program is a comprehensive strategy that helps Minnesota communities preserve historic buildings, while providing training, tools and support for commercial revitalization. ACHF funding has enabled the re-launch of this program.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,639

Partner Organization: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Through a partnership with the Minnesota DNR, the Minnesota Historical Society has digitized the full run of the DNR's Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine. All issues of the publication dating back to 1940—or 28,000 pages—are available to the public online.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,867

Partner Organization: Minnesota State Fair Foundation.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Digital Library
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000

The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is a statewide, multi-institutional initiative to make the rich historical resources of the state’s public and academic libraries, archives, museums and historical societies available to the public via the web and to preserve the resources for future generations.

Statewide
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$270,000
Fund Source

The new Minnesota Naturalist Corps, year-round naturalists and seasonal naturalists will be added at the busiest seasonal parks and trails to expand conservation education programming and increase overall attendance at interpretive programs. The Minnesota Naturalist Corps will offer more interpretive programs as directed by new legislative guidelines.

Statewide
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,461,549
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,042,697
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,740,793
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,347,609
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,630,006
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,695,102
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,151,874
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,762,912
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,313,796
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,798,525
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,369,007
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,273,100
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,190,000
Fund Source

There are 67 Minnesota State Parks and 7 Minnesota State Recreation areas that each have facilities to serve outdoor recreation users. Funds in this category are used for developing new facilities and include visitor centers, trail centers, roads, parking lots, bridges, campgrounds, and so on.

Statewide