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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
Mississippi Headwaters Board
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,000
Fund Source

The grant will use local data to develop stormwater planning options that prioritize, target, and measure the effectiveness of Best Management Practices and allow local city officials to make decisions on stormwater Best management Practices that reduce pollutants in the stormwatershed.

Aitkin
Cass
Crow Wing
Itasca
Recipient
Minnesota Geological Survey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$615,000
Fund Source

This project will accelerate production of County Geologic Atlases (part A). An atlas is a set of geologic maps and associated databases for a county that facilitate informed management of natural resources, especially water and minerals.

Brown
Cass
Dodge
Hennepin
Isanti
Lake
Redwood
St. Louis
Wadena
Washington
Recipient
Stearns SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$210,000
Fund Source

The Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District will hire an Accelerated Water Quality Technician to focus on projects in the Middle Sauk area showing the greatest pollution reductions. After identifying and prioritizing targeted sites with the highest pollution potential, the Stearns County SWCD will begin surveys and designs and complete them in a timely fashion while current implementation funds are available. The accelerated survey and design in Stearns County will relieve our natural resources of the current strain put on them by the environment and land use.

Stearns
Recipient
DNR
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$877,700
Fund Source

Many of Minnesota's wetlands have been lost and the remainder degraded.  Recent tiling and ditching have accelerated this situation.  Through this program, shallow lakes and wetlands were designed, constructed, and intensively managed to benefit wetland wildlife and Minnesota residents.  Habitat accomplishments from this proposal have enhanced 19,365 acres of wetlands and shallow lakes to benefit waterfowl and wetland wildlife.  Work was accomplish through constructed infrastructure, cattail control, and a significant prescribed wetland burn.

Aitkin
Anoka
Beltrami
Cass
Chippewa
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Isanti
Jackson
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Mahnomen
Marshall
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
St. Louis
Stearns
Wabasha
Washington
Wilkin
Wright
Recipient
Pheasants Forever with USFWS
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,332,700
Fund Source

The goal of this program was to accelerate the protection of 887 acres as Waterfowl Production Area's. Pheasants Forever successfully protected eight parcels totaling 1,554.39 acres of prairie wetland and grasslands providing excellent habitat for numerous wildlife.
In total, we under spent on our budget, over delivered on acre goals, and over delivered on match leverage received.

Becker
Kandiyohi
Lincoln
Lyon
Pope
Sibley
Stearns
Recipient
Todd County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,385
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.
Todd
Douglas
Morrison
Stearns
Recipient
Anoka Conservation District, Isanti County, Great River Greening, Stearns County SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,047,100
Fund Source

The Anoka Sand Plain Partnership restored / enhanced 3,714 acres of priority prairie, savanna, forest, wetland, and shoreline habitat on public lands and waters within the Anoka Sand Plain EcoRegion within the Metropolitan Urbanizing, Forest-Prairie, and Northern Forest regions. Total R/E acreage achieved over the course of the appropriation is 126% of our stated acreage goals, and was accomplished through a robust partnership of four direct recipients improving a total of 16 priority sites including WMAs, state forest, national wildlife refuges, city and county lands. 

Anoka
Benton
Isanti
Morrison
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Paynesville Area Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,820
To provide better organization of archival materials which will allow the public greater access to the community
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Stearns
Recipient
Lyric Opera of the North
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,800
Art Project Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Carlton
Pine
Kanabec
Chisago
Cass
Itasca
Koochiching
Beltrami
Recipient
Winsted Arts Council
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Art Project
Wright
Carver
McLeod
Sherburne
Meeker
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
St. Louis
Otter Tail
Recipient
Prairie Winds Concert Band
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,555
Art Project
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Chippewa
Stearns
Recipient
New London Music Group
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Art Project
Kandiyohi
Swift
Chippewa
Renville
McLeod
Meeker
Stearns
Benton
Big Stone
Lac qui Parle
Douglas
Hennepin
Dakota
Stevens
Lyon
Grant
Washington
Ramsey
Blue Earth
Recipient
Winsted Arts Council
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,390
Art Project
McLeod
Stearns
Wright
Carver
Recipient
Jaques Art Center, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,936

Art Project Grant

Aitkin
Beltrami
Crow Wing
Mille Lacs
Wadena
Cass
Todd
St. Louis
Koochiching
Itasca
Carlton
Kanabec
Lake
Cook
Pine
Recipient
Kari A. Dunn
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250
Artist Assistance
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
Recipient
Benjamin J. Moren
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Benton
Hennepin
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Willicey A. Tynes
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Stearns
Recipient
Paul A. Wegner
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Recipient
Apollo High School
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$788
Artist in Residency
Stearns
Recipient
Benton Stearns Education District AKA Benton Stearns Voyagers
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,606
Artist in Residency
Benton
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Discovery Community School
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,965
Artist in Residency
Stearns
Recipient
Talahi Community School
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Artist in Residency
Stearns
Recipient
Talahi Community School
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Artist in Residency
Stearns
Sherburne
Recipient
Nathaniel C. Burbeck AKA Nate Burbeck
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Hennepin
Pope
Ramsey
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
Alan M. Gerlach
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Cass
Dakota
Hennepin
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Peter M. Happel Christian
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Stearns
Recipient
Brandon J. Kuehn
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,175
Artist Initiative
Anoka
Cook
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Lake
Le Sueur
Ramsey
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
St. Louis
Wabasha
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Jessica H. Lourey AKA Jess Lourey
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Dakota
Douglas
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Otter Tail
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
Asian Media Access
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$107,126
Arts Learning
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$68,467
Arts Learning
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Sibley
Stearns
Recipient
Annette S. Lee
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,940
Arts Learning
Anoka
Benton
Carlton
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Mille Lacs
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
St. Louis
Wright
Recipient
Carrie Vecchione
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,370
Arts Learning
Blue Earth
Dakota
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Stearns
Steele
Recipient
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts/Cultural Heritage Grant
Beltrami
Hubbard
Clearwater
Cass
Lake of the Woods
Becker
Recipient
Headwaters School of Music and the Arts
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,745
Arts/Cultural Heritage Grant
Beltrami
Hubbard
Cass
Becker
Koochiching
Clearwater
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company, Inc. AKA Northern Light Opera Company
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,225
Arts/Cultural Heritage Grant
Hubbard
Cass
Beltrami
Wadena
Becker
Otter Tail
Hennepin
Recipient
Paul Bunyan Playhouse, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts/Cultural Heritage Grant
Beltrami
Hubbard
Cass
Red Lake
Itasca
Clearwater
Mahnomen
Becker
Recipient
The Minnesota Opera AKA Minnesota Opera
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$149,924
Arts Tour Minnesota
Aitkin
Carlton
Cass
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Itasca
Koochiching
Ramsey
Stearns
Steele
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota State University-Mankato AKA Good Thunder Reading Series
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,051
Arts Tour Minnesota
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Fillmore
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
Nicollet
Sibley
Stearns
Wabasha
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,000
Arts Access
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Nobles
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington