All Projects

2885 Results for
Recipient
Oyate Nipi Kte
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,815
To supplement previous work on preserving the Dakota language, which transmits history and cultural heritage, by defining 451 additional verbs.
Anoka
Hennepin
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
RESPEC
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,986
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to continue and finalize Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model construction and complete the calibration/validation process. The project will add representation of point source discharges to the model, compile flow and water quality data for the purposes of calibration and validation. The end result will be an HSPF watershed model that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter TMDLs.

Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
Recipient
LimnoTech
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,696
Fund Source

The goal of the project is the development of an overall strategy for reduction of turbidity/TSS, with sets of sediment reduction initiatives and actions for various sources, to address the Minnesota River Turbidity TMDL and the South Metro Mississippi River TSS TMDL.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Hawk Creek Watershed Project
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,217
Fund Source

This project will monitor six sites within the Minnesota River Basin: Hawk Creek near Maynard, Hawk Creek near Granite Falls, Beaver Creek near Beaver Falls, Yellow Medicine River near Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine River near Hanley Falls, and Spring Creek near Hanley Falls. The sites will be monitored according to MPCA’s Major Watershed Load Monitoring (WPLMN) Standard Operating Procedure, which is the procedure being followed for sites currently monitored by the Hawk Creek Watershed Project (HCWP).

Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$138,033
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to perform water quality monitoring and load calculation duties to accomplish MPCA's Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network monitoring efforts at seven sites for the Redwood and Cottonwood River watersheds as well as the Minnesota River site near Morton.

Brown
Lyon
Redwood
Recipient
City of St. Cloud
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$575
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
City of Elk River
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$700
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Statewide
Sherburne
Recipient
Redwood Falls Public Library
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,326
To provide professional development for one staff member at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Redwood
Recipient
Sherburne County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$550
To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Statewide
Sherburne
Recipient
Redwood County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,795
To provide professional development for one staff member at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Redwood
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fund Source

These funds are being used to systematically collect data and produce statistically valid estimates of the rate of soil erosion and tracking the adoption of high residue cropping systems in in the 67 counties with greater than 30% land in agricultural row crop production. Designed to establish a long term program in Minnesota to collect data and produce county, watershed, and state wide estimates of soil erosion caused by water and wind along with tracking adoption of conservation measures to address erosion.

Becker
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Cottonwood
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$137,500
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Mahnomen
Recipient
Benton SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$182,500
Fund Source

This project targets nutrient reductions within the Mayhew and Big Elk Lake watersheds. The Benton Soil and Water Conservation District will work with farmers in implementing a variety of conservation practices including, but not limited to cropland erosion control projects, riparian pasture management, and nutrient management and feedlot pollution control systems. These strategies were identified through Total Daily Maximum Load Studies.

Benton
Sherburne
Recipient
Elk River Watershed Association
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,000
Fund Source

A completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study has identified mid to late summer phosphorus loading as a significant stressor to lakes and streams within the Big Elk Lake watershed. While this comprehensive study serves its role as the unifying document that identifies pollutants and sources, further work is required in order to develop site-specific Best Management Practices, design these practices, and oversee their implementation in order to reach clean water goals.

Benton
Sherburne
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fund Source

These funds are being used to systematically collect data and produce statistically valid estimates of the rate of soil erosion and tracking the adoption of high residue cropping systems in counties with greater than 30% land in agricultural row crop production. Designed to establish a long term program in Minnesota to collect data and produce county, watershed, and state wide estimates of soil erosion caused by water and wind along with tracking adoption of conservation measures to address erosion.

Becker
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Cottonwood
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Area 5 - Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Mahnomen
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$157,721
Fund Source
Redwood
Recipient
Area 1 - Red River Valley Conservation Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Area 4 - Metropolitan SWCDs Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Fund Source
Redwood
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$260,004
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Redwood
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Sherburne
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,264
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$134,061
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,000
Fund Source
Redwood
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,600
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Area 1 - Red River Valley Conservation Service Area
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,264
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$134,061
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$129,296
Fund Source
Redwood
Recipient
Mahnomen SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,200
Fund Source
Mahnomen
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,100
Fund Source
Redwood
Recipient
Redwood SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Redwood