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Recipient
Minnesota Geological Survey
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$305,000
Fund Source

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

Houston
Winona
Recipient
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,833,000
Fund Source

This program will acquire and develop approximately 730, acres of new Wildlife Management Area (WMA) lands. New WMA acquisition acre targets by LSOHC Sections will be consistent with the recommendations of The Citizens Advisory Committee report of 2002? Wildlife Management Area Acquisition The Next 50 Years. Additionally, this program will protect 275 acres of native prairie as state Scientific & Natural Areas (SNAs) and perpetual Native Prairie Bank (NPB) easements.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
McLeod
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Sherburne
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Wilkin
Wilkin
Recipient
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,791,000
Fund Source

This program will increase populations of a variety of game and non-game wildlife species by protecting and enhancing forest habitats on which wildlife depends. This program of on-the-ground forest conservation projects will amplify the wildlife value of forest communities on DNR administered forestlands. Our forest enhancement will treat 4,472 ac. These activities are not conducted as part of the DNR's commercial timber operations. Additionally, our program will acquire 404 acres of forestland that contributes to habitat complexes and other high priorities.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Benton
Cass
Chisago
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Olmsted
Pine
Rice
Roseau
St. Louis
St. Louis
Recipient
Ducks Unlimited and DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,505,000
Fund Source

This programmatic partnership between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Ducks Unlimited (DU) will accelerate enhancement, restoration, and protection of shallow lakes and wetlands important to waterfowl. This partnership will assess, design, and implement shallow lake and wetland enhancement, restoration, and protection projects to address the most important wetland issues facing waterfowl and other wetland wildlife in Minnesota.

Anoka
Becker
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Freeborn
Grant
Isanti
Kittson
Le Sueur
Lyon
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Polk
Pope
Rice
Roseau
Stearns
Stevens
Stevens
Recipient
Pheasants Forever with USFWS and Ducks Unlimited
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,505,000
Fund Source

Pheasants Forever (PF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will cooperate to permanently restore and protect approximately 700 acres as Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) in western and southern Minnesota. All lands acquired through this grant proposal will be owned and managed by the Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Becker
Clay
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Meeker
Murray
Norman
Norman
Recipient
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,416,000
Fund Source

This program uses a multi-programmatic approach to achieve prioritized aquatic habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement for lakes, trout streams, and rivers across Minnesota. We propose to: i) protect 7.8 miles of shoreline on lakes, rivers and trout streams; ii) effect structural repairs to 2 lake outlet control structures that will integrate fish passage; iii) restore and enhance river and stream functions that will benefit over 50.5 river miles; and iv) enhance 1.4 miles of shoreline habitat on publicly-owned lakeshore.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Itasca
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lake
Le Sueur
Martin
Meeker
Morrison
Murray
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Redwood
Rice
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Wadena
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
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$747,000
Fund Source

This program will harness the expertise, resources, and connections of a broad community of committed conservation stakeholders to significantly elevate restoration and enhancement of oak savannas (Minnesota's most critically imperiled habitat), woodlands and forests on public lands across the region.

Anoka
Benton
Isanti
Isanti
Recipient
Arlington, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$640,339
Fund Source

Construct treatment plant improvements

Sibley
Recipient
Arrowhead Library System
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$439,943
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$457,937

Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries are beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding.

Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
Recipient
Friends of Lake Bronson State Park
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,050
Woodcarver's Festival.
Kittson
Recipient
C Productions
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,897
The Syringa Tree one-woman show.
Olmsted
Recipient
Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester AKA Choral Arts Ensemble
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,500
Choral Arts Ensemble partnering with two community groups, will provide 3 free public concerts, with an educational talk, to engage underserved members of the public in meaningful arts performances.
Olmsted
Recipient
Epic Enterprise, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,032
In partnership with VSA arts of Minnesota and Northfield Arts Guild, Epic Enterprise will develop and embed a multi-arts program for adults with developmental disabilities and build staff capacity to teach arts as an ongoing and daily program at Epic.
Rice
Recipient
Greenvale Park Elementary
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,262
In the Circus of the States residency, fourth grade students will learn circus skills and create a performance celebrating their geographic study. The project will include individual research, collaboration, creative problem solving, and theater to entertain and teach.
Rice
Recipient
Hong G. Dice AKA Gao Hong
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,750
Gao Hong will conduct two residency programs within the Northfield, Minnesota community. One will be a ten-day school residency for fifth graders at Greenvale Park Elementary School. The second will be a twelve-day residency with the Northfield Youth Choir's Anima Choir.
Rice
Recipient
Rachel A. Nelson
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,122
The purpose of this three-venue tour is to collaborate with two other artists to expand our exposure and to perform in small venues in greater Minnesota.
Lake
Recipient
Epic Enterprise, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,159
In partnership with VSA arts of Minnesota and Northfield Arts Guild, Epic Enterprise will develop and embed a multi-arts program for adults with developmental disabilities and build staff capacity to teach arts as an ongoing and daily program at Epic.
Rice
Recipient
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$44,000
Riverside Concerts, Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra, and Honors Choir of Southeast Minnesota will bus 5,000 fourth and fifth graders from across southeastern Minnesota to educational youth concerts at the Mayo Civic Center on 4/21/2011; teachers will receive an advance study guide to prepare students for the concerts.
Olmsted
Recipient
Sing Out Loud AKA Bella Voce Young Women's Choir
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,300
This project expands arts opportunities for participation and enjoyment of Bella Voce Young Women's Choir by underserved populations based on financial, gender, and geographical barriers.
Olmsted
Recipient
Renville County West Area Arts Council
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Upgrade Lighting System.
Renville
Recipient
Green Isle Community School
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
They will have an Artist in Residency where students interview elders and work with local artists to create plays based on the elder’s lives.
Sibley
Recipient
Minnesota New Country School
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
They will provide 8-10 arts and cultural field trips, to students for the current and upcoming school year.
Sibley
Recipient
Ability Building Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Empowering people with disabilities through art.
Olmsted
Recipient
Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
2010 "tilt-a-whirl" mural project.
Rice
Recipient
Faribault Art Center AKA Paradise Center for the Arts
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Self-funded visual arts educational program for children.
Rice
Recipient
Giants of the Earth Heritage Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Giants Folk and Fine Arts School.
Houston
Recipient
Herbert Hoover Elementary
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$905
Two artists residencies in grades 3-5.
Olmsted
Recipient
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$675
Jazz and calypso workshops for grades K-12.
Rice
Recipient
Northfield Senior Citizens, Inc
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Arts programming expansion for seniors.
Rice
Recipient
Northland Words AKA Words Players Theatre Troupe
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,759
Fund two productions and classes in 2011.
Olmsted
Recipient
Northland Words AKA Words Players Theatre Troupe
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,365
2011 production season.
Olmsted
Recipient
Rochester Art Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Adolescence Through the Lens.
Olmsted
Recipient
Rochester Arts Council
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
ARTigras 2011.
Olmsted
Recipient
Rochester Civic Theatre
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Moving Forward, Giving Back.
Olmsted
Recipient
Rochester Dance Company
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Performance of The Wizard of Oz and other classics.
Olmsted
Recipient
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,500
World Music concert series pilot project year 2.
Olmsted
Recipient
Rochester Repertory Theatre AKA The Rep
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Lighting the Rep stage.
Olmsted
Recipient
Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Playing with the Pros: A Concerto Preparatory Experience, collaboration with Southeastern MN Suzuki Association.
Olmsted
Recipient
Samaritan Bethany Foundation
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Create permanent display of artwork by regional artists.
Olmsted