All Projects

262 Results for
Recipient
RESPEC
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,986
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to continue and finalize Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model construction and complete the calibration/validation process. The project will add representation of point source discharges to the model, compile flow and water quality data for the purposes of calibration and validation. The end result will be an HSPF watershed model that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter TMDLs.

Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
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
International Water Institute
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$56,031
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to collect data, water chemistry and field parameters, which will be paired with biological data collected by the MPCA to assess water quality conditions at seven sites along targeted reaches within the Snake River Watershed and five sites in the Two River Watershed.

Kittson
Marshall
Pennington
Polk
Roseau
Recipient
Aitkin County SWCD
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,973
Fund Source

The goal of the project is to complete the dataset for the assessment of Aquatic Recreation Use in Cedar Lake by monitoring total phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, and secchi depth.

Aitkin
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
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
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,988
To evaluate three shipwrecks for potential inclusion as a district on the National Register of Historic Places.
Aitkin
Recipient
Aitkin County Soil & Water
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,475
Fund Source

The Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District will partner with the Aitkin County Lakes and Rivers Association, Lake Associations, as well as other eligible community partners to reduce the impacts of stormwater runoff and keep water on the land. A mini-grant program to install rain gardens and native vegetation buffers along shorelines of lakes with a completed "Lake Assessment" supported by previous BWSR funding or a TMDL Implementation Plan will be implemented.

Aitkin
Recipient
Aitkin County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To provide access to arts and heritage education to fairgoers. The Aitkin County Agricultural Society enhanced their portable stage by adding additional equipment and a sound system. The fair was able to welcome three artistic performers, including a bluegrass band, a clown, and a caricature artist and purchase interactive items that are used in the new agricultural education center.

Aitkin
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
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
Buffalo Ridge Chorale
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,990
Concert Series plus Youth Workshop and Concert
Lincoln
Lyon
Lac qui Parle
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
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
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA International Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
International Festival
Nobles
Jackson
Murray
Martin
Cottonwood
Marshall
Recipient
Friends of the Orchestra
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Art Project Grant
Lyon
Yellow Medicine
Lincoln
Lac qui Parle
Pipestone
Recipient
Talahi Community School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Graphic Memoirs
Stearns
Sherburne
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
Steven L. Grandell AKA Venus DeMars
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Hennepin
Anoka
Sherburne
Wright
Carver
Scott
Dakota
Ramsey
Washington
Goodhue
St. Louis
Carlton
Recipient
Carey A. Netherton
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Wright
Recipient
Lauren J. Pelon
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Artist Assistance
Goodhue
Olmsted
Sherburne
Wabasha
Recipient
Twin Lakes Elementary School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Mosaic Project with Lisa Arnold
Sherburne
Recipient
Sarah L. Stonich
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
St. Louis
Cook
Carlton
Lake
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Ramsey
Itasca
Koochiching
Pine
Carlton
Anoka
Aitkin
Hubbard
Scott
Recipient
Caleb D. Wood
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Aitkin
Carlton
Clearwater
Hennepin
Dakota
Waseca
Redwood
Chippewa
Recipient
Andrew P. Wykes
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Rice
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Dakota
Hennepin
Recipient
Aitkin Community Education
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Arts Project Grant
Aitkin
Recipient
Business, Arts and Recreation Center AKA Business, Arts and Recreation Center of Windom
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Arts Organization Development
Cottonwood
Jackson
Nobles
Redwood
Martin
Murray
Watonwan
Lyon
Lincoln
Rock
Pipestone
Blue Earth
Recipient
Lake Benton Opera House, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,154
Arts Organization Development and Equipment
Lincoln
Lyon
Yellow Medicine
Pipestone
Recipient
Pipestone Performing Arts Center, Inc. AKA Pipestone Performing Arts Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,342
Arts Organization Development
Pipestone
Lyon
Lincoln
Rock
Recipient
CityArt Sculpture Walk
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Mower
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Big Stone
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
College of Saint Benedict AKA College of Saint Benedict Fine Arts Programming
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,640

Arts Tour Minnesota

Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
The College of Saint Scholastica
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000
Arts Tour Minnesota
St. Louis
Pine
Lake
Ramsey
Dakota
Washington
Carlton
Pennington
Steele
Wright
Anoka
Sherburne
Hennepin
Beltrami
Recipient
Guthrie Theatre Foundation AKA Guthrie Theater
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,384

Arts Access

Anoka
Beltrami
Carver
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Luverne G. Seifert
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$67,369
Arts Tour Minnesota
Faribault
Freeborn
Polk
Rice
Martin
Roseau
Marshall
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Carver
Ramsey
Hennepin
Fillmore
Chisago
Mower
Rock
Dakota
Sherburne
Stearns
Benton
Recipient
Loft, Inc. AKA The Loft Literary Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,261

Arts Learning

Anoka
Blue Earth
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Itasca
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Sherburne
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Off-Leash Area: Contemporary Performance Works AKA Off-Leash Area
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,341
Arts Access
Hennepin
Dakota
Sherburne
Ramsey
Recipient
Friends of the Auditorium, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,547

Arts Organization Development

Cottonwood
Jackson
Lyon
Marshall
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Rock