All Projects

311 Results for
Recipient
LimnoTech
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,696
Fund Source

The goal of the project is the development of an overall strategy for reduction of turbidity/TSS, with sets of sediment reduction initiatives and actions for various sources, to address the Minnesota River Turbidity TMDL and the South Metro Mississippi River TSS TMDL.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area Joint Powers Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,714
Fund Source

The overall goal of this project is to perform water quality monitoring duties to accomplish MPCA’s SWAG monitoring efforts at the four sites listed in Section IV of this application for the Middle Minnesota River stream sites selected in Renville, Redwood and Brown counties and allow for the assessment of aquatic life and aquatic recreation use for those reaches of the minor streams.

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Le Sueur
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Recipient
Hawk Creek Watershed Project
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,217
Fund Source

This project will monitor six sites within the Minnesota River Basin: Hawk Creek near Maynard, Hawk Creek near Granite Falls, Beaver Creek near Beaver Falls, Yellow Medicine River near Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine River near Hanley Falls, and Spring Creek near Hanley Falls. The sites will be monitored according to MPCA’s Major Watershed Load Monitoring (WPLMN) Standard Operating Procedure, which is the procedure being followed for sites currently monitored by the Hawk Creek Watershed Project (HCWP).

Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,300,000
Fund Source

The program accelerated the protection of 550 acres of prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitat as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting.

Cottonwood
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
McLeod
Renville
Stearns
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,300,000
Fund Source

The table below provides a short summary of the acres and sites accomplished. We enhanced or restored 59,495 acres in 458 separate habitat projects.Project Type # Sites # AcresFencing for conserv grazing 6 721grassland conversion 33 1,124Invasive Species Control 43 1,599mowing 3 104Prescribed burn 214 48,368Restoration 13 123Woody Removal 146 7,457

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Clay
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
Meeker
Morrison
Norman
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Redwood
Roseau
Statewide
Stearns
Stevens
Traverse
Washington
Winona
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,870,000
Fund Source

This proposal impacts shallow lakes and wetlands in Minnesota through the design and construction of projects, enhancement work done by DNR roving habitat crews, and shallow lakes work identified and initiated through the DNR Shallow Lakes program.  Ten thousand acres of wetlands were enhanced by these activities.

Aitkin
Benton
Carver
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Itasca
Jackson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Roseau
Todd
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Kanabec County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,265
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Fund Source

This project will be a complete TMDL report for the Biota and Bacteria (E. coli) impairments for the Ann River Watershed. The water bodies associated with these impairments will then be removed from the MPCA’s impaired waters list, and implementation activities to restore the water bodies will begin.

Aitkin
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Great River Greening, Anoka Conservation District and National Wild Turkey Federation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050,000
Fund Source

With funding from the Outdoor Heritage Fund and other leveraged sources, the Anoka Sand Plain Partnership restored/enhanced 1,866 acres of priority wildlife habitat within the Anoka Sand Plain and in the Rum River watershed in east-central Minnesota. 

Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Isanti
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
McLeod County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To identify archaeological collections for enhanced public access to pre-historic McLeod County.
McLeod
Recipient
Metropolitan Council-Environmental Services
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$405,500
Fund Source

This project will provide condition monitoring and problem investigation monitoring at the following sites.
Mississippi River: Tributaries include Bassett Creek, Cannon River, Crow River, and Minnehaha Creek.
Minnesota River: Tributaries include Eagle Creek,Riley Creek, and Valley Creek tributary to the St. Croix River

Anoka
Benton
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Pine
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Crow River Area Youth Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,595
Varsity Strings: New Pilot Program
Meeker
McLeod
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Blue Mound Area Theatre
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,930
Holiday Jam - A Christmas Concert
Rock
Pipestone
Nobles
Murray
Recipient
Buffalo Ridge Chorale
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,990
Concert Series plus Youth Workshop and Concert
Lincoln
Lyon
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Crow River Area Youth Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,320
Varsity and Introduction to Strings
Meeker
McLeod
Wright
Renville
Recipient
Crow River Area Youth Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,955
Symphony Fall 2013
Meeker
McLeod
Wright
Renville
Stearns
Recipient
Friends of the Auditorium, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Art Project Grant
Nobles
Rock
Murray
Jackson
Cottonwood
Marshall
Pipestone
Lyon
Recipient
Friends of the Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Instrumental Showcase and Piano Concerto Competition
Lac qui Parle
Yellow Medicine
Redwood
Lyon
Lincoln
Murray
Hennepin
Nobles
Pipestone
Chippewa
Recipient
Hutchinson Center for the Arts
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,860
After School Art Lessons
McLeod
Meeker
Sibley
Recipient
Hutchinson Center for the Arts
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,113
It's a Classic!
McLeod
Recipient
Hutchinson Concert Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,355
Hutchinson Concert Association Concert Series
McLeod
Recipient
Hutchinson Photography Club
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$786
2012 Hutchinson Photography Club Exhibit
Meeker
McLeod
Recipient
Litchfield Community Theatre
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Art Project Legacy
Meeker
McLeod
Kandiyohi
Wright
Dakota
Stearns
Benton
Hennepin
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Redwood
Renville
Recipient
Minnesota Pottery Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,900
Art Project Grant
McLeod
Ramsey
Hennepin
Recipient
New London Music Group
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500
Art Project Grant
Washington
Rice
Ramsey
Anoka
Dakota
Mille Lacs
Hennepin
Chisago
Benton
Brown
Renville
McLeod
Douglas
Lac qui Parle
Stearns
Lincoln
Lyon
Chippewa
Recipient
Rock County Fine Arts Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,900
7th Annual ART ROCKS
Rock
Recipient
Winsted Arts Council
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Winsted Arts Council 2013-14 Programs

McLeod
Recipient
Hutchinson Theatre Company
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,690
Art Project Grant
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Sibley
Recipient
Crow River Area Youth Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,939
Folk From Distant Lands
Meeker
McLeod
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Fiber and Fabric Guild
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,750
Peacemaking with Fiber and Fabric
McLeod
Recipient
Friends of the Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Art Project Grant
Lyon
Yellow Medicine
Lincoln
Lac qui Parle
Pipestone
Recipient
Historic Hutchinson
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Sander Family Christmas
McLeod
Meeker
Wright
Sibley
Carver
Renville
Kandiyohi
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
RiverSong Music Festival 2013
Meeker
McLeod
Renville
Recipient
Barbara J. Claussen
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Rice
Goodhue
Ramsey
Hennepin
Chisago
Pine
Benton
Stearns
Chippewa
Otter Tail
Carlton
Crow Wing
Itasca
St. Louis
Winona
Waseca
Recipient
Eric J. Dregni
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,400
Artist Initiative
Hennepin
Pennington
Chisago
Steele
Dakota
St. Louis
Washington
Cook
Isanti
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Sherburne
Rice
Recipient
Peter D. Driessen AKA Pete Driessen
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Hennepin
Ramsey
McLeod
Recipient
Kay H. Helms
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,525
Artist Initiative
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Brown
Recipient
Cindy L. Brant
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$625
Artist Assistance
Anoka
Dodge
Le Sueur
McLeod
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Recipient
Foley High School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,970
H. Jeub Abstraction Residency
Benton
Recipient
Foley High School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Robert McCoy Residency
Benton
Stearns
Recipient
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,090
Music and Performing Arts
Wright
McLeod