In a collaborative effort between the Wabasha Public Library and the Wabasha County Museum the history of the Wabasha area was interpreted in a weekend event focusing on the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and its impact on the "Half-Breed Tract", a reservation of children of mixed Indian and European ancestry. The 1851 signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and the resulting settlement and tourism were analyzed through the perspectives of the native Dakota, the Euro-American tourist and the newly arrived settlers from 1851 to 1861.
This program will acquire and develop approximately 730, acres of new Wildlife Management Area (WMA) lands. New WMA acquisition acre targets by LSOHC Sections will be consistent with the recommendations of The Citizens Advisory Committee report of 2002? Wildlife Management Area Acquisition The Next 50 Years. Additionally, this program will protect 275 acres of native prairie as state Scientific & Natural Areas (SNAs) and perpetual Native Prairie Bank (NPB) easements.
This program will increase populations of a variety of game and non-game wildlife species by protecting and enhancing forest habitats on which wildlife depends. This program of on-the-ground forest conservation projects will amplify the wildlife value of forest communities on DNR administered forestlands. Our forest enhancement will treat 4,472 ac. These activities are not conducted as part of the DNR's commercial timber operations. Additionally, our program will acquire 404 acres of forestland that contributes to habitat complexes and other high priorities.
This program uses a multi-programmatic approach to achieve prioritized aquatic habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement for lakes, trout streams, and rivers across Minnesota. We propose to: i) protect 7.8 miles of shoreline on lakes, rivers and trout streams; ii) effect structural repairs to 2 lake outlet control structures that will integrate fish passage; iii) restore and enhance river and stream functions that will benefit over 50.5 river miles; and iv) enhance 1.4 miles of shoreline habitat on publicly-owned lakeshore.
A direct appropriation of $400,000 in FY 2010 and $600,000 in FY2011 for the Anoka Conservation District (ACD) is for the metropolitan landscape restoration program for water quality and improvement projects in the seven-county metro area.
Choral Arts Ensemble partnering with two community groups, will provide 3 free public concerts, with an educational talk, to engage underserved members of the public in meaningful arts performances.
Elementary students of the Dawson-Boyd School District will experience multi-curricular learning by creating with five roster artists in the areas of music, storytelling, theater, poetry, mosaics, and interdisciplinary art through school residencies and community activities.
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater artists, assisted by teaching artist/writer Florence Dacey, will lead Granite Falls Manor residents in creating memory masks based on their life stories.
Riverside Concerts, Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra, and Honors Choir of Southeast Minnesota will bus 5,000 fourth and fifth graders from across southeastern Minnesota to educational youth concerts at the Mayo Civic Center on 4/21/2011; teachers will receive an advance study guide to prepare students for the concerts.
This project expands arts opportunities for participation and enjoyment of Bella Voce Young Women's Choir by underserved populations based on financial, gender, and geographical barriers.
This Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) project will develop a TMDL Report and Implementation Plan defining the sources contributing to the impairments and outlining the steps necessary to bring Bluff Creek back to meeting water quality standards.
This project will develop a Final TMDL report and Implementation Plan for the Bluff Creek Watershed. The main outcomes of this project are the development of a Final TMDL Report approved by MPCA and EPA and a Final Implementation Plan approved by MPCA.
Funding for Barn Quilts of Carver County, a visual arts project featuring ten 8’x8’ replicas of quilt blocks installed on barns around Carver County. The project will take place from April through August 2011.
Funding for two, weeklong theater workshops for children in grades 2 to 8 in conjunction with Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre Company. The workshops will culminate in two performances each of Aladdin and Peter Pan. The performances will take place at the
Funding for a six- to eight-week Youth Summer Theater program featuring an original script and musical score. The program will take place at the Watertown-Mayer Primary School auditorium and will culminate with three public performances in August 2011.
Funding to stage and perform Winnie the Pooh with youth grades 2 to 8 from Cologne, Hamburg, Norwood Young America, and surrounding communities. The performances will take in Norwood Young America in June and July 2011.
