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Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$306,341
At the spring 2017 centennial of the American entry into World War I, this major exhibit will explore the tumultuous American scene at a critical moment in history as the nation flexes its muscles internationally and struggles to reconcile conflicting values at home.
Statewide
Recipient
Red Lake SWCD
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,930
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to conduct an inventory of the 103E drainage ditches where erosion, sediment, and/or nutrients are contributing substantially to water quality degradation, and prioritize sites for side water inlet control and/or buffer strip implementation.

Red Lake
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
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Stevens County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,249
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
Recipient
Morrison County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,361
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
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,365
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
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City of Farmington
2014 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.
Statewide
Recipient
Beltrami County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,402
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.
Statewide
Beltrami
Recipient
Pope County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,547
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
Pope
Recipient
Minnesota Newspaper Foundation
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to create an exhibit plan as part of the museum's revitalization efforts.
Statewide
Recipient
Area 1 - Red River Valley Conservation Service Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

The Accelerated Water Quality Project Implementation Program will increase the connection between landowners, local government units and the landscape to accelerate efforts addressing non-point source loading to surface waters throughout the Red River Valley Conservation Service Area.

Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$313,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$312,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

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DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,300,000
Fund Source

The table below provides a short summary of the acres and sites accomplished. We enhanced or restored 59,495 acres in 458 separate habitat projects.Project Type # Sites # AcresFencing for conserv grazing 6 721grassland conversion 33 1,124Invasive Species Control 43 1,599mowing 3 104Prescribed burn 214 48,368Restoration 13 123Woody Removal 146 7,457

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Clay
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
Meeker
Morrison
Norman
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Redwood
Roseau
Statewide
Stearns
Stevens
Traverse
Washington
Winona
Yellow Medicine
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.

Statewide
Recipient
City of Royalton
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,695
To purchase microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to primary records.
Statewide
Recipient
Hibbing Public Library
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To enable public access to primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer.
Statewide
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$214,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$239,000
Fund Source

Strategic planning efforts guide the expenditure of Legacy funds towards desired outcomes which are derived from public and stakeholder input, research, analysis and input from a variety of experts and leadership. Parks and Trails planners conduct these efforts. Staffing levels were adjusted to complete this legacy work.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota African American Museum & Cultural Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$359,127
Included in this line are the direct costs of the Legacy project manager and related expenses, along with a portion of the statewide indirect costs billed by MMB. MNHS has followed the guidance provided by MMB in the calculation of the indirect cost rate, assessing the costs under the formula and calculation of the federal indirect cost rate as approved and audited by our cognizant federal agency, the Department of the Interior. This cost is allocated to the various projects.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,249
Included in this line is a portion of the statewide indirect costs billed by Minnesota Management and Budget.
Statewide
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.

Statewide
Recipient
AirSpace Minnesota
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,250
To document in 6-8 interviews the history of individuals who have been underrepresented in Minnesota's aviation and aerospace industry.
Statewide
Recipient
Sisu Heritage Inc.
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,259
To stabilize, repair, and restore log components on the Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, preparatory to implementation of interpretative programming for the public.
Statewide
Recipient
Widseth Smtih Nolting
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$116,042
Fund Source

Widseth Smith Nolting (WSN) will evaluate and recommend to MPCA groundwater monitoring staff prospective sites/locations for the installation of groundwater monitoring wells to evaluate contaminant/pollutant concentrations from various sources. Peer will oversee the installation of monitoring wells by retaining a state drilling contractor or preparing bid documents to retain well driller through the Department of Administration. Superfund staff will assist in the project by providing oversight of contractual requirements and provide technical assistance as needed.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$185,476

Partner: The Minnesota Humanities Center

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$106,892
The Minnesota Historical Society Press publishes books relating to American Indian history to help people further understand the deep and continuing importance of these stories to modern life in Minnesota.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,992
The Minnesota Historical Society was host to an American Indian Roundtable in spring 2014 for all tribes that have connections to Minnesota. This multi-day event covered topics such as language preservation, grant writing and a digitizing workshop to support the preservation of American Indian history and culture.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$156,930
Partners: Minnesota Humanities Center, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council American Indian undergraduate students from across Minnesota participated in a unique summer educational experience. The students selected for this intensive three-week residential program attended classroom presentations and experienced hands-on learning about the museum field and other historical and cultural preservation organizations.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To prepare for the 2014 centennial of the organization through research and writing on the contributions to Minnesota engineering history.
Statewide
Recipient
AirSpace Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To research innovation and invention throughout the history of Minnesota's aviation industry.
Statewide
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Institute on Community Integration)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To compile an anthology of the history behind the 1957 Minnesota law requiring special education for children with disabilities.
Statewide
Recipient
U of MN - MAISRC
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,700,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,350,000

Aquatic invasive species pose critical ecological and economic challenges for the entire state and beyond. They can cause irreparable harm to fisheries and aquatic habitat as well as damage to infrastructure. The problems posed by aquatic invasive species continue to grow as existing infestations expand and new exotic species arrive, most of which are poorly understood. New ideas and approaches are needed to develop real solutions.

Statewide
Recipient
U of MN
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,800,000
Fund Source

Aquatic invasive species pose critical ecological and economic challenges for the entire state and beyond. They can cause irreparable harm to fisheries and aquatic habitat as well as damage to infrastructure. The problems posed by aquatic invasive species continue to grow as existing infestations expand and new exotic species arrive, most of which are poorly understood. New ideas and approaches are needed to develop real solutions.

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.

Statewide
Recipient
Taylor Township
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,675
To hire a qualified archaeologist to excavate the dumping site at District #44 School, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Statewide
Traverse
Recipient
Elizabeth G. Day
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,652
Artist Initiative
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Hennepin
Itasca
Mille Lacs
Ramsey
Red Lake
Recipient
Brian W. Stewart
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Ramsey
Red Lake
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Sherburne
Sibley
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Natalie C. Jennings AKA Natalie Jennings
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,200
Artist Initiative
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
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Luverne G. Seifert
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$106,590

Arts Learning

Blue Earth
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
Pipestone
Polk
Ramsey
Red Lake
Rice
Wright
Recipient
Bemidji Community Theater
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts/Cultural Heritage Grant
Beltrami
Itasca
Hubbard
Clearwater
Cass
Red Lake