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Recipient
Wabasha Public Library
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,556

In a collaborative effort between the Wabasha Public Library and the Wabasha County Museum the history of the Wabasha area was interpreted in a weekend event focusing on the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and its impact on the "Half-Breed Tract", a reservation of children of mixed Indian and European ancestry. The 1851 signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and the resulting settlement and tourism were analyzed through the perspectives of the native Dakota, the Euro-American tourist and the newly arrived settlers from 1851 to 1861.

Wabasha
Recipient
City of Coleraine
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,630
Itasca
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Headwaters Science Center (HSC)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,890
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to complete a two-year data set for physical, bacterial, and water chemistry sampling for the Intensive Watershed Monitoring Plan to aid MPCA’s assessment of the aquatic health of the Mississippi Headwaters(HUC 07010101) Watershed.

Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Itasca
Recipient
Zumbro Watershed Partnership Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,122
Fund Source

The MPCA has identified 13 stream sites in the watershed to characterize watershed water quality. This project will supplement and complement the identification of the top 50 sites in the watershed that are contributing to water impairment and also help in identification of priority watersheds in the re-write of the watershed comprehensive plan. Water samples and field measurements will be collected at each monitoring location ranging from baseline events to high flow events.

Dodge
Goodhue
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,489
Fund Source

Wabasha Soil and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with Wabasha Natural Resources Conservation Service field office and Farm Service Agency field office, will complete 75 compliance checks and writing or rewriting Highly Erodable Lands plans throughout Wabasha county. Technical staff, upon completion, will partner with landowners to coordinate potential future funding to increase conservation on the land and increase water quality in streams and groundwater through Best Management Practices placement.

Wabasha
Recipient
Murray County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,202
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Murray
Recipient
Murray County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,487
To provide professional development for one staff member at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Murray
Recipient
City of Lake City
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$465
To provide professional development for one staff member at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Goodhue
Wabasha
Recipient
City of Wabasha
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,525
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Wabasha
Recipient
Itasca County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,497
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Itasca
Recipient
Mississippi Headwaters Board
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,000
Fund Source

The grant will use local data to develop stormwater planning options that prioritize, target, and measure the effectiveness of Best Management Practices and allow local city officials to make decisions on stormwater Best management Practices that reduce pollutants in the stormwatershed.

Aitkin
Cass
Crow Wing
Itasca
Recipient
Zumbro Watershed Partnership
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$57,975
Fund Source

The Zumbro River Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) project will continue existing efforts to calculate seasonal pollutant loads for the Root River. The Zumbro Watershed Partnership (ZWP) along with Olmsted County Environmental Services will assist the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) with water quality monitoring and pollutant load calculations of four sub-watershed sites. Approximately 50 grab samples per site (total of 200) between ice-out and October 31 of 2016 and 2017 will be collected along with field measurements and observations.

Olmsted
Wabasha
Recipient
Itasca SWCD
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$141,000
Fund Source

This project is the first step toward a regional based implementation approach to reduce phosphorus and total suspended solids in the 12 cities on the Mississippi River. By the time this project is approved, a stormwater retrofit analysis will be completed for the cities, and the MHB will be discussing with them a strategic way to implement the study on a regional scale. By funding this project, you are encouraging the future implementation in a strategic and organized process.

Itasca
Recipient
Area 5 - Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$118,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Murray
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Area 7 - Southeast SWCD Technical Support
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Murray
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Wabasha
Recipient
Area 7 - Southeast SWCD Technical Support
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Murray
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,652
Fund Source
Murray
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Wabasha
Recipient
Itasca SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Itasca
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,348
Fund Source
Wabasha
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,800
Fund Source
Murray
Recipient
Area 7 - Southeast SWCD Technical Support
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Itasca SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$129,111
Fund Source
Itasca
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,652
Fund Source
Murray
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,348
Fund Source
Wabasha
Recipient
Itasca SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,300
Fund Source
Itasca
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,200
Fund Source
Wabasha
Recipient
Itasca SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Fund Source
Itasca
Recipient
Area 8 - North Central MN SWCDs JPB
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Wadena
Recipient
Area 7 - Southeast SWCD Technical Support
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Wabasha SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$119,699
Fund Source
Wabasha
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$132,691
Fund Source
Murray
Recipient
Area 5 - Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Murray SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,500
Fund Source
Murray