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Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500,000
Fund Source

We protected 22.3 miles of trout streams and 1.3 miles of lakeshore via easements (585 acres in total), and 7.4 miles (504 acres) of lakeshore through fee-title purchase. We enhanced shoreline habitat on 524 acres of riparian land, and instream habitat on 3.1 miles of trout streams and 0.5 miles of warmwater rivers.

Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Houston
Hubbard
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Lake
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Redwood
Rice
Scott
St. Louis
Swift
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,652,000
Fund Source

This appropriation funded 283 projects totaling 21,953 acres. The two largest types of enhancement were 112 woody removal projects totaling 10,160 acres and 134 prescribed burns totaling 10,082 acres. Additionally, we seeded 30 sites totaling 1386 acres, put in infrastructure for conservation grazing of 236 acres on 3 sites, conducted 3 oak savanna enhancements totaling 42 acres, and treated 47 acres of invasive species on 2 sites.

Anoka
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,815,000
Fund Source

This program accelerated the permanent protection of 2,267 acres of wetlands (465 acres) and grasslands (1,802 acres) as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting in Minnesota. Over the course of the appropriation, PF acquired 18 parcels for a total of 2,267 acres which exceeded our total acre goal of 2,250 acres by 17 acres. Breaking down acres by ecological section we exceeded our acre goal for both the metropolitan area by 61 acres and in the prairie area by 346 acres. We have exceeded anticipated match of $5,125,000 by $771,500.

Blue Earth
Clay
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Meeker
Murray
Otter Tail
Pope
Rice
Sibley
Wright
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$826,000
Fund Source

This program of on-the-ground conservation projects increased the wildlife and ecological values of forest communities on Minnesota's public forestlands. Restoration and enhancement projects in this program enhanced more than 10,000 acres of forest.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Roseau
St. Louis
Stearns
Wadena
Winona
Recipient
City of Milaca AKA Milaca Parks Commission
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,920
Rec Fest 2012
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
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
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,616

2012 3-D Concert Series

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
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
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Phase 2 Michael Richards Memorial Bronze Sculpture

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
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
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,990

2012 Community Collaboration Hot Metal Pour

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
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
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$850
Harp mentorship
Cass
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$850
Violin mentorship
Cass
Recipient
Arts Midwest
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,256
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Recipient
Hong G. Dice AKA Gao Hong
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,220
Arts Tour Minnesota
Stearns
Clay
Recipient
Rolf C. Erdahl AKA Pages of Music with Rolf and Carrie
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,719
Arts Tour Minnesota
Todd
Morrison
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Beltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Wadena
Stevens
Goodhue
Recipient
Illusion Theater and School, Inc. AKA Illusion Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,650
Arts Tour Minnesota
Otter Tail
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Watonwan
Faribault
Ramsey
Hennepin
Mower
Crow Wing
Clay
Recipient
Minnesota State University-Moorhead
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Arts Tour Minnesota
Clay
Recipient
Michael B. Nelson
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,880
Arts Tour Minnesota
Clay
Todd
Rice
Winona
Recipient
Bemidji Community Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,796
Production of ôOliverö by the Bemidji Community Theater
Beltrami
Clearwater
Cass
Recipient
Saint James Home of Duluth, Inc. AKA Woodland Hills
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,025
Arts Learning
Aitkin
Benton
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Crow Wing
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Roseau
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Wabasha
Recipient
Beltrami County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,400
John Berquist performances in Bemidji and Baudette
Beltrami
Hubbard
Cass
Clearwater
Recipient
Bemidji Community Arts Council AKA Bemidji Community Arts Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,322
2012 Spoken Word Workshop Series
Beltrami
Hubbard
Clearwater
Cass
Recipient
Bemidji Community Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,526
Theater presentation of ôThe Magical Pied Piperö in Bemidji
Beltrami
Hubbard
Clearwater
Cass
Recipient
Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,160
The Legend of Paul Bunyan - the Musical
Beltrami
Cass
Hubbard
Clearwater
Recipient
Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,531
Art Leap 2012 in downtown Park Rapids
Hubbard
Clearwater
Becker
Wadena
Cass
Recipient
Bemidji Woodcarving Club
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,705
Scandanavian flat-plane style wood carving workshops
Beltrami
Hubbard
Clearwater
Cass
Recipient
Minnesota Folklore Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,090
Theater Presentation of ôNarnia, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobeö
Hubbard
Beltrami
Cass
Recipient
Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts Downtown Park Rapids Monthly Events
Hubbard
Beltrami
Clearwater
Becker
Wadena
Clay
Otter Tail
Hennepin
Recipient
Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,041
ôPetite Rougueö performances in area schools and at Neilson Place
Beltrami
Cass
Recipient
Houston Engineering
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,921
Fund Source

This project will continue to develop, and calibrate/validate the hydrology of an Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model for the Buffalo River watershed. The consultant will add representation of point source discharges to the model. The consultant will compile flow data for the purposes of calibration and validation. An initial hydrologic calibration will be performed and submitted for approval.

Wilkin
Otter Tail
Clay
Becker
Recipient
Buffalo - Red River Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$57,818
Fund Source

Multiple water courses in the Buffalo River - Red River Watershed District are impaired for turbidity. These waterways include the Red River of the North, Wolverton Creek, Deerhorn Creek, Stoney Creek, South Branch Buffalo River, and the main stem of the Buffalo River. This project will provide a means of prioritizing areas of the watershed to implement conservation practices to reduce overland runoff contaminant loadings contributing to water quality impairments.

Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Fund Source

This project entailed a number of small individual improvements to the park made over a 3 year period, including constructing a drinking fountain with an accessible sidewalk at the beach in Buffalo River State Park, repairing a broken water line, rebuilding the main park entrance sign, purchasing sand to stem the flooding of nearby Buffalo R into the beach area, purchasing accessible fire rings, and purchase of new park signs.

Clay
Recipient
Multiple Local Government Units
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
Fund Source

Funds are to be used to protect, enhance and restore water quality in lakes, rivers and streams and to protect groundwater and drinking water. Activities include structural and vegetative practices to reduce runoff and retain water on the land, feedlot water quality projects, SSTS abatement grants for low income individuals, and stream bank, stream channel and shoreline protection projects. For the fiscal year 2012, BWSR awarded 13 local governments with funds to complete 143 projects. More information is available in the detail reports below.

Big Stone
Cass
Dodge
Douglas
Lincoln
Marshall
McLeod
Mille Lacs
Pennington
Pipestone
Rock
St. Louis
Stearns
Recipient
Cass County (Environmental Services Department)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$82,696
Fund Source

This project will include lake and stream monitoring on 23 lakes and 4 streams found within the Leech Lake River and Pine River watersheds in Cass County. The project will be conducted in an effort to gain sufficient data on these data-deficient lake and stream sites within these watersheds. All of the proposed monitoring sites are target sites located in the targeted watersheds for 2012. Cass ESD is partnering with Hubbard SWCD, the Leech Lake Band of Objibwe, and RMB Environmental Laboratories to conduct the fieldwork for this project.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Recipient
Heritage Group North, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To enhance an existing walking tour with 14 kiosks broadening public access to Pine River's history.
Cass
Recipient
Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,269
Community Arts Schools and Conservatories
Itasca
Cass
Recipient
Headwaters School of Music and the Arts
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,897
Community Arts Schools and Conservatories
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Itasca
Polk
Recipient
Art Crawl Off 84
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,200
Community Arts Access Project
Cass
Recipient
Minnesota Folklore Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Nunsense and On Golden Pond
Cass
Recipient
Minnesota Folklore Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
"Cinderella"
Cass
Recipient
Northwoods Arts Council
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
The Ballad of Lucette
Cass
Recipient
Screen Porch Productions
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Community Arts Access Project
Cass