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117 Results for
Recipient
DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,957,700
Fund Source

The Native Prairie Bank Program perpetually protected via conservation easement 1,342 acres of native prairie from willing landowners.  This exceeds the original outcome goal of 760 acres by 582 acres.   Easement acquisition focused on Minnesota Prairie Plan identified landscapes and targeted high quality prairies that provide valuable wildlife habitat.

Big Stone
Clay
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Polk
Redwood
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,880,000
Fund Source

We propose restoration and enhancement of prairie and savanna on WMA’s, SNA’s, and Native Prairie Banks in Minnesota and restoration and enhancement of bluff prairies on State Forest Land in southeast Minnesota.

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Zoo
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$269,000

As Minnesota’s state Zoo, we are committed to ensuring that our programs are accessible to all our citizens – regardless of age, geographic location, disability or background. “Zoo Unlimited” is our community outreach and access initiative that unites a wide range of programs and policies designed to ensure every Minnesotan has unlimited opportunities to form stronger connections with the natural world. Legacy funds help us implement this program bridge barriers that keep people from connecting with all the Zoo has to offer.

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
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Arrowhead Library System
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$190,723
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$184,244

Minnesota’s twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.2 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Arrowhead Library System (ALS) is a federated regional public library system with central services located in northeastern Minnesota.

Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
Recipient
Grand Marais Arts, Inc. AKA Grand Marais Art Colony
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
North Shore Music Association
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Spirit Lake Poetry Series
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Recipient
The Duluth Superior Film Festival
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Koochiching
Itasca
Aitkin
Carlton
Pine
Recipient
Lyric Opera of the North
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cass
Carlton
Cook
Hubbard
Recipient
North Shore Music Association
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Northern Lights Music Festival, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
St. Louis
Itasca
Lake
Recipient
Ressl Dance!
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,350
Art Project Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Carlton
Recipient
David M. Luke
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Clay
Cook
Grant
Hennepin
Lake
Rock
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Caroline M. Mecklin
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Dakota
Hennepin
Itasca
Lake
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Bemidji MusiCamp
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant for Organizations

Aitkin
Marshall
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Carlton
Carver
Norman
Cass
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Chisago
Pennington
Clay
Pine
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Ramsey
Dakota
Dodge
Roseau
St. Louis
Scott
Hennepin
Sherburne
Hubbard
Stearns
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Traverse
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Wilkin
Wright
Recipient
Arrowhead Regional Corrections AKA Arrowhead Juvenile Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,800
Arts Learning
Carlton
Cook
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,500
Arts Learning
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lake
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Morrison
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Wadena
Waseca
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
CHOICE, Unlimited
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,041

Arts Learning

Carlton
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Intermedia Arts of Minnesota, Inc. AKA Intermedia Arts
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$97,153
Arts Access
Anoka
Hennepin
Lake
Ramsey
Recipient
Mary K. Plaster AKA Mary Plaster
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,904
Arts and Cultural Heritage Community Arts Learning Grant
St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Cook
Recipient
North Shore Music Association
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,215
Arts and Cultural Heritage Community Arts Learning Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Ramsey
Hennepin
Recipient
Avalon Educational Institute
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,904
Arts and Cultural Heritage Community Arts Learning Grant
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Pine
Cook
Lake
Itasca
Carlton
Anoka
Washington
Carver
Scott
Dakota
Recipient
Arts on Superior
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,757

Arts Tour Minnesota

Carlton
Cook
Hennepin
Lake
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Palmville Press and Publishing, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Arts Legacy Grant
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Pennington
Ramsey
Roseau
Stearns
Hennepin
Anoka
Itasca
Beltrami
Sherburne
Becker
Benton
Polk
Pine
Norman
Red Lake
Clearwater
Kittson
Scott
Wright
Morrison
Otter Tail
Cottonwood
Wadena
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Lake
Clay
Chisago
Mahnomen
St. Louis
Steele
Dakota
Dakota
Crow Wing
Olmsted
Rice
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,350
Arts Tour Minnesota
Benton
Carlton
Isanti
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Morrison
Sherburne
Stearns
St. Louis
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Northern Lights Music Festival, Inc
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,521
Arts Tour Minnesota
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Scott A. Reynolds AKA Scotty Reynolds
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,700
Arts Tour Minnesota
Anoka
Carlton
Chisago
Dakota
Fillmore
Hennepin
Lake
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Winona
Recipient
Houston Engineering
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,953
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to address public comments on the public noticed draft Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy (WRAPS) study and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report for the watershed, and to produce a final draft WRAPS study and TMDL report ready for final approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

Through the construction of new interactive exhibits and the creation of educational programming, the Duluth Children's Museum will highlight the community and culture of Duluth and the surrounding region. A climbable, playable model of Duluth's iconic canal lighthouses and an educational Ojibwe waaginogaan are among the planned new elements being added to the museum experience.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Jeanette M. Cox
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,251
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Cook
Lake
Recipient
Christine S. Monroe AKA Chris Monroe
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,860
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Laura Sellner
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,774
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Aitkin
Cook
Carlton
Carlton
Ramsey
Recipient
Alberto R. Serrano Rivera
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,860
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Lake
Cook
Carlton
Stearns
Hennepin
Ramsey
Winona
Rice
Olmsted
Blue Earth
Recipient
Jean M. Sramek AKA Jean Sramek
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,860
Career Development Grant
St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Recipient
Ben Cogger
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,860

Career Development Grant

Carlton
Cook
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,200

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.

Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Lake Superior Youth Chorus, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Community Arts Education Support
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,690,000
Fund Source

With the ML 2015 appropriation The Conservation Partners Legacy (CPL) Grant Program awarded 70 grants, 22 of these grants were the metropolitan area. Over 24,000 acres were enhanced, 2,500 acres were restored, and 386 acres protected through these 70 projects. Thirty-eight counties had CPL projects completed in them through 47 unique organizations. The average project for the ML 2015 grants was $96,000, with few exceptions most projects were completed on time and many were under budget.

Becker
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Murray
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Rock
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stevens
Washington
Wilkin
Recipient
MN Land Trust
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,690,000
Fund Source

Through this grant, the Minnesota Land Trust protected 641 acres and 39,415 feet (7.46 miles) of critical shoreland and high-quality wildlife habitats in Minnesota’s Northeast region through permanent conservation easements. Landowners donated $2,100,500 in easement value through this grant, greatly leveraging by 131% the $1,609,000 in grant funding provided by the Outdoor Heritage Fund. The amount of shoreland protected exceeded that proposed for the grant by 299%.

Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
DNR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,540,000
Fund Source

We will use a programmatic approach to achieve prioritized aquatic habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement of lakes and streams across all the LSOHC planning regions of Minnesota.

Aitkin
Becker
Blue Earth
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lake
Le Sueur
Meeker
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pope
Redwood
Scott
St. Louis
Wabasha
Winona
Wright