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Conservation Corps MN & IA
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
Fund Source

The Board of Water and Soil Resources is required to contract with the Conservation Corps of Minnesota and Iowa (formerly Minnesota Conservation Corps), or CCMI, for installation of conservation practices benefitting water quality for at least $500,000 in each year of the 2010-11 biennium. The Board approved reserving the following funds in each year of the biennium to comply with this appropriation:$200,000 from the Runoff Reduction Grants, $200,000 from the Clean Water Assistance Grants, $100,000 from the Shoreland Improvement Grants.

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Recipient
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,000,000
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.

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Recipient
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500,000

Governor Mark Dayton's landmark buffer initiative was signed into law in 2015. The law establishes new perennial vegetation buffers of up to 50 feet along rivers, streams, and ditches that will help filter out phosphorus, nitrogen, and sediment. The new law provides flexibility and financial support for landowners to install and maintain buffers. For grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts to ensure compliance with riparian buffer or alternate practice requirements for state required buffers and soil erosion law.

Statewide
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$436,144
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$410,650
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$345,140
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$360,098
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$480,127
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$501,438
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$613,201
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$736,809
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$640,271
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$711,218
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$732,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$393,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,250
Fund Source

Acquiring Land and Creating Opportunities - A Parks and Trails Strategic Objective is a program area representing DNR's commitment to one of the four pillars identified in the 25 year Legacy plan. The Legacy plan identifies its purpose to create new and expanded park and trail opportunities to satisfy current customers as well as to reach out to new ones. The purpose of this program is to call attention to the pillar, but also to centralize and streamline reporting on other related programs within the pillar.

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Recipient
Farmers, Rural Landowners, and Agricultural Supply Businesses
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,799,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,799,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
Fund Source

The AgBMP Loan Program provides needed funding for local implementation of clean water practices at an extremely low cost, is unique in its structure, and is not duplicated by any other source of funding. The AgBMP loan program provides 3% loans through local lenders to farmers, rural landowners, and agriculture supply businesses. Funds are used for proven practices that prevent non-point source water pollution or solve existing water quality problems.

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Recipient
U of MN - WCROC
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000

A robot, powered by solar energy, will be developed to control weeds on agricultural lands. We envision significant reductions in fossil-fuel and herbicide use while increasing local energy production.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,850,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,850,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,075,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,075,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,375,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,375,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,375,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,375,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,375,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,375,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$525,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000
Fund Source

The DNR is working with local communities and an interagency team to define, prioritize, and establish groundwater management areas in Minnesota. Groundwater management areas will have increased data collection and monitoring that allow the state and local communities to understand water supplies, uses, limitations, and threats to natural resources that depend on groundwater. This information will support detailed aquifer protection plans that ensure equitable and sustainable groundwater and drinking water use for the future.

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Recipient
Arcola Mills Historic Foundation
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Washington
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Recipient
Minnesota Humanities Center
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,500
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,500

Per Minnesota Law, the Minnesota Humanities Center administers the Arts and Cultural Heritage Children's Museum Grants. The Humanities Center uses a portion of the funds to provide grants administration, including overseeing the proposal process, agreement drafting, financial and program monitoring, and reporting.

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Recipient
Minnesota Humanities Center
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,270
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,150

During the 2016 Legislative Session, the Minnesota State Legislature asked the Minnesota Humanities Center to award arts and cultural heritage grants to civics organizations. Legacy funds are appropriated to the Humanities Center to support such work. A small portion of each appropriation was reserved by the Humanities Center for direct expenses related to administering the grant. Should any portion of this reserve be unused, the difference will be awarded to the respective organizations. Specific funds information not available; named recipients have not yet submitted proposals.

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Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$213,000

The proposed project aims to better understand the impacts that moss and lichens may have on water and pollution.

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Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

The objective of the present proposal is to assess and provide remedy to the urgent problem of microscopic plastic particles polluting water bodies in Minnesota.

Statewide
Recipient
Carleton College
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
Rice
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Regents of the University of Minnesota (Bell Museum of Natural History)
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,950
Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$325,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$325,000
Fund Source

Governor Mark Dayton's landmark buffer initiative was signed into law in 2015. The law establishes new perennial vegetation buffers of up to 50 feet along rivers, streams, and ditches that will help filter out phosphorus, nitrogen, and sediment. The new law provides flexibility and financial support for landowners to install and maintain buffers. The DNR's role in Minnesota's new buffer law is to produce a statewide map of public waters and public ditches that require permanent vegetation buffers. The DNR is scheduled to produce these maps by July 2016.

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Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
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Minnesota Genealogical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
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Recipient
Minnesota Department of Health
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000

This project will characterize unregulated drinking water contaminants at wells and intakes (which pump from groundwater, lakes, rivers), and to examine if they persist after standard public water system treatment.

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Recipient
Children's Dental Services
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
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Recipient
Barr Engineering Company
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$94,999
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,785
Fund Source

This project will create a new chloride source assessment model and generate the best management practice (BMP) information and needed water softening data for the Smart Salting Assessment tool, which will allow Minnesota communities to fully evaluate their specific sources and magnitude of chloride and develop a community specific chloride reduction plan.

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Funding is awarded to projects selected by the evaluation committee. This is a competitive process.
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$205,436
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$259,586
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$609,694
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$622,885
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$894,991
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$993,255
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,135,603
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$959,552
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$691,070
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050,000
Fund Source

The  goals of the program are to evaluate the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices, identify underlying processes that affect water quality, and develop technologies to target critical areas of the landscape. Funded projects provide current and accurate scientific data on the environmental impacts of agricultural practices and help to develop or revise agricultural practices that reduce environmental impacts while maintaining farm profitability.

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Recipient
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$96,880

To develop application, training, and support programs for new CollectiveAccess museum users in Minnesota.

Statewide
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Mower
Pope
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Trout Unlimited
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000

Students will get outdoors for hands-on learning focused on water quality, groundwater, aquatic life, watershed health and their role as watershed stewards. Introductions to fishing and conservation will be offered.

Statewide
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$503,726
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$403,780
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$345,140
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,406
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$335,347
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$452,466
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$433,189
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$311,005
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$493,555
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$266,707
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$274,500
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$182,750
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$182,750
Fund Source

Connecting People to the Outdoors - A Parks and Trails Strategic Objective is a program area representing DNR's commitment to one of the four pillars identified in the 25 year Legacy plan. The Legacy plan identifies its purpose to better develop Minnesota's stewards of tomorrow through efforts to increase life-long participation in parks and trails. The purpose of this program is to call attention to the pillar, but also to centralize and streamline reporting on other related programs within the pillar.

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Recipient
Board of Water and Soil Resources
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,500,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,729,000
Statewide
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,190
Fund Source

Tetra Tech will gather information for eventual incorporation into the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. The Stormwater Manual is used by stormwater practitioners to make decisions related to stormwater management, such as selecting appropriate Best Management Practices, meeting stormwater regulatory requirements, and determining pollutant and stormwater volume reductions associated with implementation of different stormwater management practices. The goal is to update existing information and provide new information on active construction site erosion prevention and sediment control.

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Recipient
MN DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000

Provide continued contract management and customer service to ENRTF pass-through appropriation recipients. Ensure funds are expended in compliance with appropriation law, state statute, grants policies, and approved work plans.

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Recipient
Cook County SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,570
Fund Source

In conjunction with the Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is developing a process for public participation that can be used across Minnesota Water Quality Framework programs such as 1 Watershed, 1 Plan, Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS), Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies, and others. This contract will provide support for a northern Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) to assist in shaping the statewide guidance.

Statewide
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$622,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$412,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$398,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$371,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$355,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$310,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
Fund Source

Coordinating with Partner's - A Parks and Trails Strategic Objective is a program area representing DNR's commitment to one of the four pillars identified in the 25 year Legacy plan. The Legacy plan identifies its purpose to enhance coordination across the large and complex network of public, private, and non-profit partners that support Minnesota's parks and trails to ensure seamless, enjoyable park and trail experiences for Minnesotans.

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U of MN - MN Geological Survey
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240,000

This project continues accelerated production of County Geologic Atlases to support informed management of water and mineral resources. This work is essential to sustainable management of water.

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Board of Water and Soil Resources
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,574,731
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,909,980
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,753,907
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,429,331
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,696,395
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,599,600
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,973,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,045,774
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,009,907
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,650,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,027,047
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) offers grants to counties for Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) program administration and special projects to improve SSTS compliance rates, and assistance for low-income homeowners with needed SSTS upgrades. The MPCA will determine grant allocations based on applications review; funds will flow to counties through the Board of Water and Soil Resources' Natural Resources Block Grants.

Statewide
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Fund Source

The DNR works with the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) to convey valuable geologic and groundwater information and interpretations to government units at all levels, but particularly to local governments, private organizations and citizens. The MGS focuses on geology (Part A reports) and DNR focuses on groundwater (Part B reports). These provide useful information for projects completed by community planners, industry, agriculture, citizens and state agencies related to groundwater.

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Recipient
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Ramsey
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Recipient
U of MN - I on E
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$550,000

Create user-friendly, research-based energy storage guide and decision tools (print and web-based) for community-scale sites with renewable energy and do three geographically dispersed battery storage demonstration projects, through broad stakeholder-expert engagement.

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Recipient
City of Northfield (Northfield Hospital and Clinics)
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,500
Statewide
Dakota
Rice
Scott
Goodhue
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

This project will determine the historical distribution, abundance, and toxicity of the invasive blue-green alga, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, in Minnesota lakes using a combination of paleolimnological and contemporary monitoring techniques

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Recipient
Minnesota Department of Education
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,334

The project is to develop proficiency assessments for L/Dakota and complete the Ojibwe assessments to enable students to earn college credit

Ramsey
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000

This project will establish a surveillance system to monitor wildlife health in Minnesota through development of information management and analytical systems utilizing wildlife rehabilitation data.

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Recipient
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$425,000

This project is to develop a small cheap purification system for community drinking water facilities to remove toxic contaminants. The technology is highly efficient to improve current drinking water quality.

Statewide