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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
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
Redwood Falls Public Library
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,540

Redwood Falls Public Library added 140 rolls of microfilms of local newspapers published in Redwood County.

Redwood
Recipient
City of Belview
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

As preparation to additional historic preservation work on the Odeon Theatre, listed in the national Register of Historic Places, a qualified historical architect was hired to inspect and evaluate the building. Issues of safety/building codes, accessibility concerns, weather-tightness and future functional improvements were addressed. The final report included a mechanical/electrical evaluation of the building and its proposed future addition. Improvements will include accessible restrooms, a second accessible exit, expanded storage space and the repair of the stage floor.

Redwood
Recipient
Rhythm of the River
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
5th Annual Rhythm of the River.
Jackson
Recipient
City of Walnut Grove
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
2011 Art and Music Family Festival.
Redwood
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300
She will take classes at Jill Hoggard Academy of Dance.
Waseca
Recipient
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls AKA Saint Francis Music Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,200
Saint Francis Music Center will create a preschool music program that encompasses a weekly program and several larger activities to reach a broad audience of preschoolers and parents.
Morrison
Recipient
Laporte Elementary
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,950
Artists Ross Sutter and Margo McCreary will conduct a two-week artist in residency at Laporte Elementary School in which K-6 students will create and study birds, bird habitat, song, diet, flight, and more.
Hubbard
Recipient
Red Rock Central Public Schools
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Lamberton Jazz Festival.
Redwood
Recipient
City of Walnut Grove
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,800
Purchase Sound System, Benches, Stage and Canopies.
Redwood
Recipient
Windom Area Chordhustler Chorus
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$860
"Youth In Harmony" Workshops.
Redwood
Recipient
Minnesota's Agricultural Interpretive Center AKA Farmamerica
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,545
They will sponsor the creation of 4-6 paintings or drawings portraying people engaged in rural and agricultural life.
Waseca
Recipient
Waseca Arts Council, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
They will sponsor monthly art exhibits, a bi-weekly cable TV show, an artist-in-residency program, and add new education classes.
Waseca
Recipient
Waseca County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,200
They will sponsor the 9th annual Chautauqua with musicians and an interactive theater.
Waseca
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300
She will take violin lessons with a private instructor.
Waseca
Recipient
Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,340
Funds will assist Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning to offer opportunities to experience the work of regional and local poets at four poetry readings and to attend a play about classic American poet Emily Dickinson.
Hubbard
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Funds will help the Northern Light Opera Company present six performances of “The Music Man” July 29 - August 7, 2011 at the Park Rapids Area High School Auditorium.
Hubbard
Recipient
City of Park Rapids
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Funds will assist the city of Park Rapids to purchase a portable stage to create a safe performance space for arts activities and to help make these activities more accessible to all.
Hubbard
Recipient
Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,400
Funds will assist Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council to produce “Art Leap 2011”, a 2-day “open studio event,” including a driving tour of artists’ studios and other cultural destinations, live performances and a variety of workshops.
Hubbard
Recipient
U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Aitkin
Becker
Cass
Crow Wing
Douglas
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Todd
Recipient
Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,075
Fund Source

The nine member Counties and Soil and Water Conservation Districts of the Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance (GBERBA) will be able to enhance our effectiveness to provide elevated levels of technical assistance, education and outreach in the areas of urban stormwater, wellhead protection, nutrient management, conservation agronomy, drainage and agricultural best management practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution in the Blue Earth, Le Sueur and Watonwan River Watersheds.

Blue Earth
Cottonwood
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nemeth Art Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,930
Capital will be used for operating expenses such as electricity, partial salary, maintenance costs and museum supplies
Hubbard
Recipient
Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Funds from the grant will be used to support new and on-going projects of the Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council.
Hubbard
Recipient
Great River Arts Association
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,760
Gallery shows.
Morrison
Recipient
Great River Arts Association
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,020
Teen night art classes.
Morrison
Recipient
Boys and Girls Club of Morrison County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500
To invite a resident artist and arts educator, Jodi Legeros, to conduct fine arts programs at the Little Falls club location.
Morrison
Recipient
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls AKA Saint Francis Music Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,950
To develop a multi-generational community choral group focused on teens and adults.
Morrison
Recipient
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls AKA Saint Francis Music Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,750
To support the 2011 U-Rock Summer Music Camp for youth.
Morrison
Recipient
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls AKA Saint Francis Music Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$950
To support a community fiddle festival.
Morrison
Recipient
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls AKA Saint Francis Music Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,990
Spring Music Festival.
Morrison
Recipient
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls AKA Saint Francis Music Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
To develop a community choral group focused on Senior Citizens.
Morrison
Recipient
Great River Arts Association
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To present four performances of "Seasons of Love: A Broadway Sampler."
Morrison
Recipient
Heartland Symphony Orchestra
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,650
Winter concerts.
Morrison
Recipient
Heartland Symphony Orchestra
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,250
To perform the spring concert, "The HSO Presents: Youthful Talent" in Brainerd and Little Falls.
Morrison
Recipient
Heartland Symphony Orchestra
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,550
To produce the symphony's fall 2011 concerts.
Morrison
Recipient
Two Rivers Music Fest
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
For an annual family event with music, arts and crafts.
Morrison
Recipient
USA Community Chorus
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Two workshops for high school singers in five area schools.
Morrison