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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
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
Wadena-Deer Creek School District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,836
Wadena-Deer Creek students will work with Arts Board teaching artists in theater, visual arts, and music to create works of art using the create, perform, and respond process and to learn creative problem solving strategies enhancing learning across the curriculum.
Wadena
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
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
Verndale Community Education
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,900
To support the Prairie Fire Theatre's one week theatre residency.
Wadena
Recipient
Whiskey Creek Film Festival
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
To support the annual film festival.
Wadena
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
Menahga Arts Guild
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
For a Youth Visual Art Camp for children ages 5-12.
Wadena
Recipient
Madhatters Community Theatre
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Madlab production of "Rabbit Hole."
Wadena
Recipient
Madhatters Community Theatre
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,200
A two-week music/dance/drama day camp for young people ages 8-18.
Wadena
Recipient
Staples Area Men's Chorus
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,010
To support Real Men Sing 2011.
Wadena
Recipient
Wadena Area Concert Band
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350
To prepare, rehearse and perform for the community.
Wadena
Recipient
Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

This project will provide Stressor ID work and assistance for the development of a work plan for the Major Watershed Project. The Major Watershed Project will include a plan for civic engagement and outreach, with assistance from ten Local Government Units from the Crow Wing River Watershed.

Becker
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

This project will initiate project coordination among project partners. It will enhance civic engagement and outreach endeavors activities to support Phase 2 of TMDL project. It will also support field activities associated with stressor ID work.

Becker
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Wadena
Recipient
U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$636,000

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been decimating ash throughout the Great Lake States and is currently advancing into Minnesota, threatening the future of the ash forests that occur across much of the state. Of particular concern is the impact EAB will have on the ecology and functioning of black ash swamps, which cover over one million acres in Minnesota and represent the state’s most common ash forest type. Black ash trees grow and thrive in swamps and occupy a unique wet niche where few other tree species grow.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Pine
Roseau
St. Louis
Stearns
Recipient
Cottonwood and Jackson SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$255,900
Fund Source

Fish Lake is a headwater of the Watonwan River. The lake is a regionally known fishery due to its unusual depth >20', lack of a mud bottom, and a naturally reproducing smallmouth bass fishery. The watershed has many tile drainage systems that are a source of nutrients to the lake. Woodchip bioreactors will be installed to reduce nitrogen from all tile outlets entering Fish Lake. This will help achieve the goal of a 40% reduction in Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) in the Minnesota River.

Cottonwood
Jackson
Recipient
Madhatters Community Theatre
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,292
General operating support.
Wadena
Recipient
Staples Area Men's Chorus
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,290
General operating support.
Wadena
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Administration
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,420
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,314

Per Minnesota Laws, 2009, Chapter 172, Article 4, Section 2, Subd. 5, "Funds in this subdivision are appropriated to the commissioner of the Department of Administration for grants to the named organizations for the purposes specified in this subdivision. Up to one percent of funds may be used by the Department of Administration for grants administration. Grants made to public television or radio organizations are subject to Minnesota Statutes, sections 129D.18 and 129D.19."

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
City of Redwood Falls
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,885

A pocket guide to historic locations in and near Redwood Falls was created to make people more aware of the historical and cultural significance of the buildings and sites in the area. This is the first collection of historic sites in this form to be made accessible to the public in the region. Copies of the Guide were distributed at City Hall, City Library, the Chamber of Commerce and Redwood County Historical Society.

Redwood
Recipient
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum & Tourist Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000

A hands on "walk through history" exhibit was developed by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum that puts the Walnut Grove area in context with the residency of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The permanent exhibit features small town venues that include a general store, a bank, a post office and a telephone booth dating from the 1870's to the 1940's.

Redwood
Recipient
U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$359,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Le Sueur
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Hubbard County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,488

Preventative conservation products were used by the HCHS to preserve a part of their collection using limited funds.

UV filter sleeves and acid-free barrier boards were installed to mitigate deterioration of artifacts in the Heritage Room of the Hubbard County Historical Museum due to lighting, moisture and dust.

Hubbard
Recipient
AQUA TERRA Consultants
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,950
Fund Source

This project will support construction of three watershed framework models built using the Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF). These executable models will simulate hydrology at the subbasin scale. An HSPF model will be built for each of these major watersheds: Crow Wing River, Redeye River, and Long Prairie River.

Becker
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Douglas
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena