All Projects

110 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
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
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
Friends of the Auditorium, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Art Project Grant
Nobles
Rock
Murray
Jackson
Cottonwood
Marshall
Pipestone
Lyon
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA International Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
International Festival
Nobles
Jackson
Murray
Martin
Cottonwood
Marshall
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
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
Friends of the Auditorium, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,547

Arts Organization Development

Cottonwood
Jackson
Lyon
Marshall
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Rock
Recipient
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Arts in Education Residency
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
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
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Ironworld Development Corporation AKA Minnesota Discovery Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Arts Project Grant

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
MacRostie Art Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,568
Arts Project Grant
Itasca
St. Louis
Cook
Aitkin
Lake
Recipient
Ada Chamber of Commerce
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
Fun in the Flatlands
Norman
Recipient
Greenbush-Middle River School District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Arts Legacy Grant - Residency
Marshall
Roseau
Recipient
Marshall County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$720
Arts Legacy Grant
Marshall
Recipient
Norman County East Elementary School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,100
Arts Legacy Grant - Residency
Norman
Recipient
Polish National Alliance Lodge 3060
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Arts Legacy Grant
Marshall
Kittson
Recipient
Stephen Arts Council
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,975
Arts Legacy Grant
Marshall
Recipient
Stephen-Argyle Central Public Schools
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,035
Arts Legacy Grant - Residency
Marshall
Recipient
Stephen-Argyle Central Public Schools
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,100
Arts Legacy Grant - Residency
Marshall
Recipient
Summer Arts Stages
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Arts Legacy Grant
Polk
Marshall
Recipient
Tri-Community Living at Home AKA Tri-Community Living at Home/Block Nurse Program
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Arts Legacy Grant
Marshall
Recipient
University of Minnesota-Crookston
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,243
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Polk
Marshall
Norman
Red Lake
Recipient
Bemidji State University AKA Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,545
Arts Learning
Aitkin
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dodge
Hennepin
Itasca
Lake
Morrison
St. Louis
Scott
Stevens
Recipient
Saint James Home of Duluth, Inc. AKA Woodland Hills
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,331
Arts Learning
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Carlton
Crow Wing
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
St. Louis
Stearns
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Springboard for the Arts
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,946
Arts Access
Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Rice
Rock
Roseau
St. Louis
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Aitkin County Soil & Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,851
Fund Source

This project will complete a Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for the watersheds of Big Sandy and Minnewawa Lakes. This restoration plan will provide pollution reduction and watershed management strategies that are developed with input from stakeholders in the watersheds.

Aitkin
Carlton
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To begin the next phase of a complete collections inventory, making the collections more accessible to the public.
Aitkin
Cook
Crow Wing
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,269
Community Arts Schools and Conservatories
Itasca
Cass
Aitkin
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,990,000
Fund Source

The Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program, managed by the Department of Natural Resources, provided 56 competitive matching grants to non-profit organizations and governments, appropriating all the available ML12 funds.

Aitkin
Becker
Brown
Carlton
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kittson
Lake
Lincoln
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Nobles
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Renville
Rock
Sherburne
St. Louis
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Wilkin
Recipient
Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,987
Fund Source

The project will include lake monitoring on three (3) lakes found in the Rum River watershed in southeastern Crow Wing County (CWC). The project will be conducted in an effort to gain sufficient data on these data-deficient lake sites. All of the proposed monitoring sites are target sites for 2013-2014. One of the goals of the CWC Local Comprehensive Water Plan (CWP) is to establish a countywide Comprehensive Monitoring Plan (CMP).

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Cass County Environmental Services Department
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

This project will provide an important framework for civic and citizen engagement and communication, which will contribute to long-term public participation in surface water protection and restoration activities throughout the Pine River watershed. The civic engagement plans will be incorporated into the long term plans for the major watershed project.

Aitkin
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard