All Projects

63 Results for
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,620,000
Fund Source

This proposal accelerates the permanent protection of 900 acres of wetlands (225 acres) and grasslands (675 acres) as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting in Minnesota.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Carver
Douglas
Faribault
Lincoln
Mahnomen
Murray
Otter Tail
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
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
Appleton 52 Wing Restoration Committee
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,490
Art Project
Swift
Chippewa
Stevens
Lac qui Parle
Big Stone
Kandiyohi
Marshall
Recipient
City of Watson
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,148
Art Project
Stearns
Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Yellow Medicine
Lyon
Lincoln
Swift
McLeod
Big Stone
Renville
Hennepin
Cass
Meeker
Stevens
Recipient
Lac Qui Parle Players
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,455
Art Project
Lac qui Parle
Yellow Medicine
Chippewa
Big Stone
Stevens
Recipient
Pioneer Public Television
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Art Project Legacy
Swift
Big Stone
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Yellow Medicine
Stevens
Kandiyohi
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$309
Artist Mentor Program
Stevens
Clay
Otter Tail
Recipient
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,235
Arts Access
Big Stone
Cass
Cook
Douglas
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Stevens
Recipient
Hong G. Dice AKA Gao Hong
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,058
Arts Tour Minnesota
Benton
Clay
Fillmore
Otter Tail
Polk
Stearns
Stevens
St. Louis
Recipient
The Rose Ensemble
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,000
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Benton
Blue Earth
Clay
Crow Wing
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Le Sueur
Lyon
Nicollet
Olmsted
Polk
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Recipient
Chippewa River Watershed Project
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,429
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,197
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,066
Fund Source

The Chippewa River Watershed Project (CRWP) will work with the Minnesot Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to conduct watershed pollutant load monitoring at four sites in the Chippewa River watershed and one site in the neighboring Pomme de Terre River watershed to aid the MPCA in measuring and comparing regional differences and long-term trends in water quality. Our goal is to collect quality data and complete load calculations for five sites using the MPCA's Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) established protocols.

Chippewa
Stevens
Swift
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
Pheasants Forever
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,120,000
Fund Source

This project will utilize a combination of wetland restoration, invasive tree removal, seeding, and prescribed fire, to improve habitat quality, diversity, and productivity on Wildlife Management Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas within the prairie and metro regions of Minnesota.

Anoka
Brown
Carver
Clay
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Otter Tail
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Traverse
Washington
Watonwan
Recipient
Prairie Arts Chorale
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,672
Equip/Fac
Redwood
Kandiyohi
Chippewa
Yellow Medicine
Lyon
Stevens
Lac qui Parle
Renville
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Fund Source

Funding supports an Irrigation Specialist to develop guidance and provide education on irrigation and nitrogenbest management practices (BMPs). In this position, Dr. Vasu Sharma provides direct support to irrigators onissues of irrigation scheduling and soil water monitoring. She is collaborating on the development of new irrigationscheduling tools that help irrigators manage water and nitrogen resources more precisely. These tools help reducenitrogen leaching losses in irrigated cropping systems.

Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Grant
Hubbard
Isanti
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Marshall
Meeker
Morrison
Mower
Norman
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Renville
Rice
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Alexandria Public Schools
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Douglas
Pope
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Recipient
Central Square, Inc. AKA Central Square Cultural and Civic Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Pope
Stevens
Douglas
Recipient
City of Elbow Lake
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,920
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Grant
Douglas
Stevens
Recipient
Bethany Lacktorin
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,479
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Pope
Stevens
Douglas
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota-Morris AKA University of Minnesota-Morris, English Discipline
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,410
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Stevens
Pope
Traverse
Grant
Recipient
Michael J. Weatherly
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,790
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Otter Tail
Stevens
Recipient
Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$228,013
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to develop a Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan (WRAPS) to be used at the local level. It will increase the number of citizens participating in education and outreach events; foster information and idea exchange around watershed issues through relationships and social networks; involve community members in crafting civic engagement activities/plans in which they feel ownership and desire to implement; and promote awareness, concern, and watershed stewardship to community organizations/institutions.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Recipient
Emmons & Oliver Resources (EOR)
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,329
Fund Source

This project will address United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) comments on the Preliminary Draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) comments on the pre-public notice draft Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report, and produce Public Notice Draft TMDL study and Public Notice Draft WRAPS report ready for public review and comment.

Big Stone
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Traverse
Recipient
Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,154
Operating Support
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Otter Tail
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
American Craft Council
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$86,781
Operating Support
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
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Artspace Projects, Inc. AKA Artspace
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$422,879
Operating Support
Anoka
Becker
Crow Wing
Dakota
Freeborn
Hennepin
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Morrison
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Sibley
Stevens
St. Louis
Wright
Recipient
The Children's Theatre Company and School AKA Children's Theatre Company
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$285,713
Operating Support
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
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Circus of the Star AKA Circus Juventas
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$67,541
Operating Support
Anoka
Becker
Brown
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Lake
Olmsted
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Coffee House Press
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,284
Operating Support
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
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
College of Saint Benedict AKA College of Saint Benedict Fine Arts Programming
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,708
Operating Support
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pope
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$42,529
Operating Support
Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Carver
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Hennepin
Houston
Itasca
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Marshall
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Polk
Ramsey
Renville
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Fergus Falls Center for the Arts, Inc. AKA A Center for the Arts
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,548
Operating Support
Becker
Clay
Douglas
Otter Tail
Stevens
Wadena
Wilkin
Recipient
Springboard for the Arts
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,627
Operating Support
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Hubbard
Lyon
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Stevens
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Waseca
Recipient
Graywolf Press
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,021
Operating Support
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
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Hennepin Theatre Trust
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$413,103
Operating Support
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
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
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
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Jungle Theater
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,443
Operating Support
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Loft, Inc. AKA The Loft Literary Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,031
Operating Support
Aitkin
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts AKA The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,671
Operating Support
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Mahnomen
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Nicollet
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Fringe Festival
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,647
Operating Support
Anoka
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carlton
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Hennepin
Isanti
Itasca
Lake
Lyon
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Washington