All Projects

318 Results for
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
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
Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area Joint Powers Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,714
Fund Source

The overall goal of this project is to perform water quality monitoring duties to accomplish MPCA’s SWAG monitoring efforts at the four sites listed in Section IV of this application for the Middle Minnesota River stream sites selected in Renville, Redwood and Brown counties and allow for the assessment of aquatic life and aquatic recreation use for those reaches of the minor streams.

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Le Sueur
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Recipient
Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University- Mankato
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,546
Fund Source

The goal of this project is monitor, record, and submit the dataset necessary for assessment of aquatic recreation use with the Watonwan Watershed.

Blue Earth
Cottonwood
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Martin
Watonwan
Recipient
Cannon River Watershed Partnership
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,421
Fund Source

This project will support the monitoring of two sites on the Cannon River throughout the field seasons of 2013 and 2014 during storm events and baseflow conditions to capture 25 samples per year at each site according to the WPLMN objectives. The information gathered from these samples and site visits will be compiled for reporting purposes and for use in calculating pollutant loading using the FLUX32 model.

Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Freeborn
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Steele
Waseca
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$69,438
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$260,324
Fund Source

This project goal is to conduct water chemistry monitoring at seventeen stream locations, to record and submit all data collected through this process, and to provide the information necessary for the calculation of water quality pollutant loads using the FLUX32 program.

Blue Earth
Faribault
Nicollet
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
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
Recipient
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,870,000
Fund Source

This proposal impacts shallow lakes and wetlands in Minnesota through the design and construction of projects, enhancement work done by DNR roving habitat crews, and shallow lakes work identified and initiated through the DNR Shallow Lakes program.  Ten thousand acres of wetlands were enhanced by these activities.

Aitkin
Benton
Carver
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Itasca
Jackson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Roseau
Todd
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Blue Earth Community Library/City of Blue Earth
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer
Faribault
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato - Library Services
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,691

The Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant allowed the Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato to acquire 17 new manuscript collections and fill in gaps for 3 additional collections.

The primary mission of the Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato is to support the curriculum of the University, with the secondary mission being to serve as a regional information center for the residents of southern Minnesota.  The Legacy grant made possible the acquisition of Minnesota focused microfilm that will have an enduring value to both the campus and the region.

Blue Earth
Recipient
Arrowhead Library System
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$266,057
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$273,267

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
Recipient
Arrowhead Library System
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$439,943
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$457,937

Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries are beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding.

Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
St. Louis
Recipient
Kirstin J. Cronn-Mills
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Hennepin
Ramsey
Carver
Scott
Dakota
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
Kay H. Helms
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,525
Artist Initiative
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Brown
Recipient
Rachel H. Jendrzejewski
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Hennepin
Dakota
Ramsey
Rice
Sibley
Blue Earth
Recipient
Diana Joseph
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,600
Artist Initiative
Winona
Blue Earth
Hennepin
Recipient
Teresa Kauffmann
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250
Artist Assistance
Faribault
Freeborn
Mower
Recipient
Douglas A. Bradley AKA Doug Bradley
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,960
Artist Initiative
Blue Earth
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Eric Braun
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Hennepin
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Anoka
Recipient
Sarah L. Stonich
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
St. Louis
Cook
Carlton
Lake
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Ramsey
Itasca
Koochiching
Pine
Carlton
Anoka
Aitkin
Hubbard
Scott
Recipient
Judith A. Johnson AKA J Angelique LePetit
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
To complete a final draft of a historical fiction novel Mixed Blood and then submit to a literary agent for review and possible representation.
Blue Earth
Recipient
Prove Gallery
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800
Arts Project Grant
St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Pine
Recipient
Business, Arts and Recreation Center AKA Business, Arts and Recreation Center of Windom
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Arts Organization Development
Cottonwood
Jackson
Nobles
Redwood
Martin
Murray
Watonwan
Lyon
Lincoln
Rock
Pipestone
Blue Earth
Recipient
Boy In Blue Civil War Memorial
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Waseca
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Martin
Watonwan
Sibley
Faribault
Brown
Recipient
CityArt Sculpture Walk
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Mower
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Big Stone
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Curtain Call Theatre
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,700
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Waseca
Recipient
Mankato Area Community Band
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,100
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Sibley
Faribault
Waseca
Le Sueur
Recipient
Mankato Ballet Company
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Faribault
Anoka
Waseca
Le Sueur
Recipient
Minnesota Over Sixty Band
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Yellow Medicine
Blue Earth
Renville
Redwood
Lyon
Nobles
Martin
Jackson
Cottonwood
Brown
Faribault
Mower
Dodge
Freeborn
Steele
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Carver
Sibley
Meeker
Ramsey
Wright
Nicollet
Kandiyohi
Watonwan
Recipient
Minnesota State University-Mankato AKA Mankato State University
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Waseca
Scott
Cottonwood
Le Sueur
Carver
Redwood
Sibley
Watonwan
Rice
Jackson
Nicollet
Brown
Goodhue
Murray
Blue Earth
Hennepin
Dodge
Pipestone
Lyon
Faribault
Ramsey
Mower
Nobles
Martin
Dakota
Olmsted
Rock
Recipient
Rock Bend Folk Festival
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Sibley
Brown
Watonwan
Steele
Rice
Martin
Waseca
Faribault
Recipient
Waseca Arts Council, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Arts and Cultural Heritage
Waseca
Steele
Rice
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Recipient
Citizens for Backus / Alexander Baker, Inc. AKA Backus Community Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,900
Arts Tour Minnesota
Koochiching
Beltrami
Recipient
Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,560
Arts Tour Minnesota
Pine
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Recipient
Rolf C. Erdahl
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,598
Arts Tour Minnesota
Blue Earth
Itasca
Morrison
Nicollet
Otter Tail
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Luverne G. Seifert
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$67,369
Arts Tour Minnesota
Faribault
Freeborn
Polk
Rice
Martin
Roseau
Marshall
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Carver
Ramsey
Hennepin
Fillmore
Chisago
Mower
Rock
Dakota
Sherburne
Stearns
Benton
Recipient
Illusion Theater and School, Inc. AKA Illusion Theater
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$95,030

Arts Tour Minnesota

Arts Tour Minnesota

Anoka
Carver
Clay
Crow Wing
Faribault
Isanti
Lac qui Parle
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena