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Brown County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,026
To hire qualified project staff to research the availability of Brown County depredation claims from 1863.
Brown
Recipient
Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$138,033
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to perform water quality monitoring and load calculation duties to accomplish MPCA's Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network monitoring efforts at seven sites for the Redwood and Cottonwood River watersheds as well as the Minnesota River site near Morton.

Brown
Lyon
Redwood
Recipient
Nicollet County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,357
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.
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Brown
Le Sueur
Sibley
Recipient
Benton SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$456,500
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to achieve a 10% reduction in overall sediment discharge to the Mississippi River from the Northeast St. Cloud Drainage Area by installing one regional underground stormwater detention and treatment facility in partnership with a Neighborhood Redevelopment Project. The project will have over 16,000 cubic feet of water storage capacity treating 35 acres of stormwater runoff and is modeled to reduce sediment by 4.5 tons, which is 10% of the sediment reduction goal for this drainage area.

Benton
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
McLeod SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
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.

McLeod
Recipient
Benton SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,800
Fund Source

This project is targeting unsealed wells in parts of the county that are highly vulnerable to drinking water contamination and are already at a high risk to
contamination from other sources.

Benton
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Lincoln SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
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.

Lincoln
Recipient
Rock SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
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.

Rock
Recipient
Benton SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Benton
Recipient
Brown SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Brown
Recipient
Rock SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source
Rock
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Benton SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$175,000
Fund Source

These funds will be utilized in cost-share for landowners to install Agricultural Best Management Practices following Little Rock Lake TMDL Implementation Plan. Example of projects include Feedlot Improvements, Waste Storage Facilities, Erosion Control BMPs, Filter Strips and Streambank Stabilizations. An estimated 830 pounds per year of phosphorus and 800 tons of sediment will be reduced annually.

Benton
Morrison
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,960,000
Fund Source

The proposal was to accelerate the protection of 1,220 acres of prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitat as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting. Over the course of the appropriation, we acquired 11 parcels for a total of 1,484.05 acres which exceeded our total acre goal of 1,220 acres by 264.05 acres.  Breaking down acres by ecological section we acquired 876 acres in the metro, 152 acres in the forest/prairie, and 456 acres in the prairie.  We have a balance of $52,798 that will be returned to the Fund despite exceeding our acre goals.

Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Murray
Pipestone
Renville
Stearns
Stevens
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DNR
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,790,000
Fund Source

Many of Minnesota's wetlands have been lost and the remainder degraded.  The original proposal planned for 15,000 acres of wetland/shallow lake enhancement to provide critical habitat for each life stage of waterfowl and wetland wildlife.  The six projects subsequently completed with this appropriation enhanced 13,800 acres of wetlands and shallow lakes in the Prarie and Forest/Prairie Ecosections of Minnestoa.

Aitkin
Becker
Benton
Big Stone
Freeborn
Jackson
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Mille Lacs
Nicollet
Polk
Roseau
Todd
Wilkin
Recipient
Minnesota Geological Survey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
Fund Source

This project will accelerate production of County Geologic Atlases (part A). An atlas is a set of geologic maps and associated databases for a county that facilitate informed management of natural resources, especially water and minerals.

Brown
Cass
Dodge
Hennepin
Isanti
Lake
Redwood
St. Louis
Wadena
Washington
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,061,000
Fund Source

The goal of this phase of the WPA acquisition program was to protect a total of 915 acres of grassland, wetland and other wildlife habitats as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting. Pheasants Forever purchased 10 parcels totaling 1,150.27 acres of wetlands and grasslands in Minnesota's prairie region. In addition to exceeding our acre goals, $ 37,512.95 of grant funds will be returned.

Big Stone
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Meeker
Otter Tail
Stearns
Recipient
Mille Lacs County Agricultural Society AKA Mille Lacs County Fair
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,475

ACHF Grant for Organizations

Mille Lacs
Sherburne
Kanabec
Isanti
Benton
Recipient
Princeton Public Schools
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,975

ACHF Grant for Organizations

Mille Lacs
Sherburne
Isanti
Benton
Recipient
Stearns History Museum
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Minnesota Humanities Center
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to use the We Are Water MN exhibit and their technical knowledge in relationship-building and storytelling to increase community capacity for sustainable watershed management in the Cannon River, Cedar River, Mississippi-Headwaters, Mississippi-Grand Rapids, Mississippi-Twin Cities, Red Lake River, Rum River and St. Louis River watersheds.

Benton
Carlton
Dakota
Hennepin
Itasca
Mille Lacs
Mower
Polk
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

South Central Technical Service Area (SCTSA) will use this Clean Water Fund grant to provide Soil and Water Conservation Districts and other local organizations in its eleven-county area with a Geographic Information System (GIS) Technician to assist in using available GIS information to target specific locations where Best Management Practices (BMPs) can be installed to help improve water quality.

Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Blue Mound Area Theatre AKA The Palace Theatre
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500

Art Project

Rock
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Blue Mound Area Theatre AKA The Palace Theatre
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Rock
Nobles
Pipestone
Recipient
Buffalo Ridge Chorale
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,972

Art Project

Lincoln
Lyon
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Art Project

Nobles
Cottonwood
Murray
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Pipestone
Dakota
Rock
Stearns
Hennepin
Blue Earth
Faribault
Recipient
FungusAmongus Players
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Meeker
McLeod
Wright
Recipient
Marshall Area Farmers Market
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,920

Art Project

Lyon
Yellow Medicine
Lincoln
Murray
Redwood
Recipient
Minnesota Pottery Festival
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,956

Art Project

McLeod
Carver
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Nicollet
Renville
Scott
Sibley
Wright
Recipient
Rhythm of the River
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Jackson
Cottonwood
Nobles
Rock
Murray
Lyon
Lincoln
Lake
Martin
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Brown
Stearns
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Sibley
Wright
Nicollet
Kandiyohi
Redwood
Stearns
Anoka
Ramsey
Hennepin
Washington
Scott
Dakota
Le Sueur
Renville
Cass
Cass
Todd
Douglas
Pope
Swift
Chippewa
Carver
Scott
Dakota
St. Louis
Wadena
Pine
Chisago
Recipient
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,519

Art Project Legacy

Lyon
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Nobles
Murray
Recipient
Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Art Project

Cottonwood
Jackson
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Rock
Recipient
The Calumet Players, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,996

Art Project

Pipestone
Mower
Lincoln
Lyon
Recipient
Crow River Youth Choir
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,120

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Wright
Recipient
Hutchinson Center for the Arts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000

Art Project

Hennepin
St. Louis
Ramsey
Carver
Meeker
McLeod
Recipient
Hutchinson Photography Club
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$912

Art Project

McLeod
Meeker
Wright
Carver
Hennepin
Recipient
Jackson Center for the Arts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500

Art Project

Martin
Jackson
Nobles
Cottonwood
Ramsey
Rock
Hennepin
Faribault
Redwood
Recipient
Pipestone Performing Arts Center
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,525

Art Project

Pipestone
Lyon
Lincoln
Rock
Murray
Douglas
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Rock County Fine Arts Association
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,695

Art Project

Rock