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Recipient
Minnesota State University-Mankato
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$260,000
Fund Source

MSU-Mankato Water Resources Center in the Mankato area will provide conventional pollutant monitoring at the following sites: Beauford Ditch, Big Cobb River, Blue Earth River, Le Sueur River (3), Little Cobb River, Minnesota River (2), Watonwan River.

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Steele
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
DNR
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,700,000
Fund Source

This program will complete the initial WMA site development on 1,500 acres of land acquired in the Accelerated Prairie Grassland WMA and Accelerated Wetland WMA Acquisition programs to meet standards for inclusion in the Outdoor Recreation System. This program will also accelerate the restoration, enhancement and management of at least 5,180 acres of native prairie vegetation on existing public lands.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Waseca
Watonwan
Winona
Winona
Recipient
Ducks Unlimited
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,528,000
Fund Source

This program will accelerate the improvement and protection of shallow lakes and large wetland habitat critical to migratory waterfowl and other wildlife in Minnesota by improving water quality and rejuvenating aquatic ecology in turbid shallow lake basins. DU will enhance eight (8) or more strategically-selected shallow lakes that have been legally designated by for wildlife management purposes by Minnesota DNR that total 6,000 wetland acres by engineering and implementing construction of water control structures, pumps, and fish barriers on their outlets.

Douglas
Faribault
Grant
Lac qui Parle
Murray
Stearns
Stearns
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$936,000
Fund Source

Water control structures and dikes were designed and constructed on six Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) in the counties of Becker, Clearwater, Itasca, Lincoln, Roseau, and Yellow Medicine. Dike work at Roseau River WMA protects and enhances 3200 acres of wetlands wetlands in Pool 2 of the WMA. Roseau River WMA has 10 large water control structures, seven moist soil cells, and four large pools covering 11,800 acres. Cells for a moist soil unit were constructed at Lac Qui Parle WMA in Lac Qui Parle County.

Becker
Clearwater
Itasca
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Roseau
Todd
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,652,000
Fund Source

This appropriation funded 283 projects totaling 21,953 acres. The two largest types of enhancement were 112 woody removal projects totaling 10,160 acres and 134 prescribed burns totaling 10,082 acres. Additionally, we seeded 30 sites totaling 1386 acres, put in infrastructure for conservation grazing of 236 acres on 3 sites, conducted 3 oak savanna enhancements totaling 42 acres, and treated 47 acres of invasive species on 2 sites.

Anoka
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Isanti
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,500,000
Fund Source

The proposal was to accelerate the protection of 1,275 acres of prairie grassland, wetland, and other wildlife habitat as State Wildlife Management Areas open to public hunting. However, over the course of the appropriation, we acquired 10 parcels for a total of 1,498 acres which exceeded our total acre goal of 1,275 acres by 223 acres. Breaking down acres by ecological section we exceed our acre goal for the metropolitan area by 97 acres.

Brown
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
McLeod
Meeker
Morrison
Redwood
Recipient
Pheasants Forever
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,815,000
Fund Source

This program accelerated the permanent protection of 2,267 acres of wetlands (465 acres) and grasslands (1,802 acres) as Waterfowl Production Areas open to public hunting in Minnesota. Over the course of the appropriation, PF acquired 18 parcels for a total of 2,267 acres which exceeded our total acre goal of 2,250 acres by 17 acres. Breaking down acres by ecological section we exceeded our acre goal for both the metropolitan area by 61 acres and in the prairie area by 346 acres. We have exceeded anticipated match of $5,125,000 by $771,500.

Blue Earth
Clay
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Meeker
Murray
Otter Tail
Pope
Rice
Sibley
Wright
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$826,000
Fund Source

This program of on-the-ground conservation projects increased the wildlife and ecological values of forest communities on Minnesota's public forestlands. Restoration and enhancement projects in this program enhanced more than 10,000 acres of forest.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hubbard
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Roseau
St. Louis
Stearns
Wadena
Winona
Recipient
East Central Minnesota Chorale
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,988

Unum Vox, ECMC High School Honor Choir

Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Kanabec County Art Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,612

KCAA Celebrates 50 Years of Supporting the Arts

Kanabec
Recipient
Dee Kotaska
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,481

After the Shutter is Released: a Photographic Post-processing Project

Kanabec
Recipient
Paradise Community Theatre Association, Inc. AKA Paradise Theatre
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Film Festival and Digital Projector Conversion Equipment Grant

Kanabec
Recipient
City of Milaca AKA Milaca Parks Commission
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,920
Rec Fest 2012
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
Recipient
East Central Minnesota Chorale
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,569
Choral Risers and Shell - Equipment Grant
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Mora Vasaloppet, Inc. AKA Mora Vasaloppet
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,184
A Vasaloppet Trail Companion
Kanabec
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,616

2012 3-D Concert Series

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
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Phase 2 Michael Richards Memorial Bronze Sculpture

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
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,990

2012 Community Collaboration Hot Metal Pour

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
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$673

Grant was used to purchase 24 microfilm rolls of the local newspapers in Clearwater County and fill in from neighboring counties newspapers.

Clearwater
Recipient
Clearwater Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Fund Source

Clearwater County's lakes provide significant environmental, economic and recreational benefits . This project will assist local water management planning efforts by collecting and analyzing available lake water quality information and watershed characteristics for Bagley, Long Lake and Long Lost Lakes. Bringing the available water quality information that has been gathered and presenting it in a manner that is understandable to lake residents and other citizens is the goal of the project.

Clearwater
Recipient
Mower County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Mower
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
To send one person to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Clearwater
Recipient
Kanabec County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,265
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Fund Source

This project will be a complete TMDL report for the Biota and Bacteria (E. coli) impairments for the Ann River Watershed. The water bodies associated with these impairments will then be removed from the MPCA’s impaired waters list, and implementation activities to restore the water bodies will begin.

Aitkin
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Recipient
Appleton 52 Wing Restoration Committee
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,061
2012 Summer Concert Series
Swift
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Big Stone
Recipient
Big Stone Arts Council
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,120
Mythic Writing: Exploring Your Personal Story
Big Stone
Lyon
Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Yellow Medicine
Otter Tail
Recipient
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,216
The Nutcracker Ballet and Salsabrosa
Lac qui Parle
Swift
Chippewa
Big Stone
Lyon
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Friends of the Orchestra
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,767
"Hauntcert"
Lyon
Yellow Medicine
Lincoln
Lac qui Parle
Pipestone
Recipient
Greater Milan Initiative
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,512
Milan Local Artists Exhibits
Yellow Medicine
Lincoln
Lac qui Parle
Chippewa
Big Stone
Meeker
Swift
Lyon
Recipient
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500
Concert by Neal and Leandra and performance by Theatreworks USA -- The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500
Cantus concert and student choral master class
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Natalie Nowytski
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,400
Artist Initiative
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Pamela Edevold
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$550
Mentorship of Rebekah Kjolhaug
Clearwater
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50
Mentorship with Pamela Edevold
Clearwater
Recipient
Name of minor withheld due to MN Statutes 2018, section 3.303.10
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50
Mentorship with Maureen OÆBrien
Clearwater
Recipient
Clear Waters Life Center
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,018
To assist in hiring two artists to work with the community through a series of workshops for the purpose of designing and fabricating a sculpture for the Clear Waters Life Center.
Clearwater
Recipient
Clearbrook-Gonvick High School
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,120
Ms Pulkrabek’s students (many of whom have never been in a metropolitan area) will experience the arts by visiting museums and theaters in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area.
Clearwater
Recipient
Northern Exposure to Lifelong Learning
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,500
NELL will sponsor a one-day festival of ethnic music.
Clearwater
Recipient
Clear Waters Life Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$72,100
Arts Learning
Clearwater
Polk
Beltrami
Recipient
Dawson-Boyd Public Schools
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,569
Arts Learning
Lac qui Parle
Recipient
Free Arts Minnesota
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,801
Arts Learning
Renville
Redwood
Brown
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Watonwan
Faribault
Waseca
Martin