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Recipient
Area 2 - West Central Technical Service Area
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Benton
Big Stone
Chippewa
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Recipient
Kandiyohi SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$106,000
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.

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Area 2 - Red River Valley Conservation Service
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Benton
Big Stone
Chippewa
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Morrison
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Recipient
DNR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,755,000
Fund Source

Funding provided through this appropriation enhanced 5,024 acres of wetland habitat. Eight wetland and shallow lake infrastructure projects were competed that enhanced 1,643 acres of wetland. Cattail spraying using a helicopter outfitted with an OHF-purchased spray unit and impacted impacted 1,762 acres. Work by the Region 3 Roving Habitat Crew enhanced 1,619 acres of wetland. Finally, survey and design work was initiated on four projects to prepare for future construction.

Aitkin
Anoka
Blue Earth
Cass
Chippewa
Grant
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Marshall
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Pennington
Pine
Pope
Renville
Roseau
Scott
Sibley
Stearns
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,500,000
Fund Source

The goal of this phase of the WPA acquisition program was to protect a total of 760 acres of grassland, wetland and other wildlife habitats as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting. Pheasants Forever purchased 11 parcels totaling 1,310 acres of wetlands and grasslands in Minnesota?s prairie region. In addition to exceeding our acre goals, $28,152.10 of grant funds will be returned.

Becker
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Carver
Clay
Kandiyohi
Otter Tail
Renville
Swift
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,603,000
Fund Source

This phase of WMA acquisition protected 1,182.25 acres of prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitat as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting. With these 9 acquisition we have exceeded our planned acres of 1012 by more than 170 acres. All of the acquired properties had wildlife habitat restored to the highest quality possible.

Chippewa
Cottonwood
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
McLeod
Nobles
Sibley
Stearns
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

ACHF Grant for Organizations

Chisago
Pine
Isanti
Mille Lacs
Sherburne
Olmsted
Olmsted
Kandiyohi
Kandiyohi
Goodhue
Dakota
Steele
Washington
Washington
Benton
Cass
Dakota
St. Louis
St. Louis
Anoka
Ramsey
Hennepin
Carver
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,879
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Hutchinson Center for the Arts
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Stevens
Meeker
McLeod
Faribault
Stearns
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA Worthington International Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

Nobles
Cottonwood
Murray
Cass
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Stearns
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Sibley
Hennepin
Wright
Recipient
Danube Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350

Art Project

Renville
Kandiyohi
Redwood
Recipient
Dassel Area Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,726

Art Project

Meeker
Hennepin
Washington
McLeod
Wright
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$292

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Friends of the Arts
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750

Art Project

Renville
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$491

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Minnesota Pottery Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Sibley
Renville
Kandiyohi
Wright
Carver
Hennepin
Scott
Nicollet
Recipient
New London Music Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

Anoka
Chippewa
Douglas
Hennepin
Hubbard
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Stevens
Wright
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$475

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,770

Art Project

Kandiyohi
Meeker
Stearns
Swift
Renville
Chippewa
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500

Art Study Opportunity for Youth

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

Kandiyohi
Meeker
Stearns
Swift
Renville
Chippewa
Hennepin
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company, Inc. AKA Northern Light Opera Company
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Arts Access Grant

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dakota
Faribault
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Mahnomen
Morrison
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Recipient
Minnesota Valley Chorale
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,800

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Blue Earth
Brown
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Ramsey
Sibley
Steele
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
MacPhail Center for Music
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$128,514

Arts Learning

Becker
Chippewa
Chisago
Fillmore
Freeborn
Hubbard
Isanti
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lake
Meeker
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Scott
Sibley
Swift
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Willmar Area Arts Council
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$477

Arts Organization Development

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Willmar Public Schools/ECFE
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,219

Arts in the Schools

Kandiyohi
Renville
Swift
Recipient
The Bach Society of Minnesota
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,125

Arts Tour Minnesota

Kandiyohi
Recipient
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,600

Arts Tour Minnesota

Beltrami
Clay
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Morrison
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Ramsey
St. Louis
Recipient
Ifrah Mansour
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Arts Tour Minnesota

Kandiyohi
Olmsted
Stearns
Recipient
Loretta Julia. Simonet
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,427

Arts Tour Minnesota

Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Steele
St. Louis
Watonwan
Recipient
DNR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,950,000
Fund Source

We restored and enhanced a total of 40,539 grassland acres with 446 activities on Wildlife Management Areas, Scientific and Natural Areas, Native Prairie Bank easements, Waterfowl Production Areas, and National Wildlife Refuges.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Carlton
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Willmar Community Theatre, Inc. AKA The Barn Theatre
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,251

Equipment/Facilities Improvement

Kandiyohi
Meeker
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Pope
Stearns
McLeod
Renville
Chippewa
Recipient
Crow River Players, Inc.
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Equipment/Facilities Improvement

Kandiyohi
Stearns
Swift
Ramsey
McLeod
Meeker
Pope
Renville
Big Stone
Wright
Hennepin
Benton
Todd
Carver
Sibley
Nicollet
Douglas
Lyon
Scott
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Fund Source

Funding supports an Irrigation Specialist to develop guidance and provide education on irrigation and nitrogenbest management practices (BMPs). In this position, Dr. Vasu Sharma provides direct support to irrigators onissues of irrigation scheduling and soil water monitoring. She is collaborating on the development of new irrigationscheduling tools that help irrigators manage water and nitrogen resources more precisely. These tools help reducenitrogen leaching losses in irrigated cropping systems.

Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Grant
Hubbard
Isanti
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Marshall
Meeker
Morrison
Mower
Norman
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Renville
Rice
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Kandiyohi County
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$921,000
Fund Source

Kandiyohi County with Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council’s grant was used to address the ecosystem and critical lake habitat on Lake Wakanda. This shallow lake is part of a prairie chain of lakes located south of Willmar at the headwaters of the South Fork of the Crow River, which flows into the Mississippi River.

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Southwest-West Central Service Cooperative
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Local Arts Initiative

Swift
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Lac qui Parle
Renville
Lincoln
Lyon
Redwood
Murray
Cottonwood
Nobles
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA Worthington International Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,518

Minnesota Festival Support

Cass
Cottonwood
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Stearns
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,281

Minnesota Festival Support

Carver
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Sibley
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Zoological Garden
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,838
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$92,085

 Legacy Farm Program

Legacy funds allow the Minnesota Zoo to extend the season of the Wells Fargo Family Farm beyond its historical May to September season to include full programming and exhibits from April through November. 

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,683,000
Fund Source

The acquisition work for this phase has been completed. The goal for this phase was the protection of 770 acres in fee and conservation easements. Over the life of the grant we protected 973 acres (126% of the goal): 913 acres in conservation easements and 60 acres in fee title. The goal for native prairie acres for this phase was 385 acres. We protected a total of 772 acres of native prairie acres (201% of the goal).

Brown
Clay
Kandiyohi
Pipestone
Pope
Rock
Yellow Medicine