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Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500,000
Fund Source

We protected 22.3 miles of trout streams and 1.3 miles of lakeshore via easements (585 acres in total), and 7.4 miles (504 acres) of lakeshore through fee-title purchase. We enhanced shoreline habitat on 524 acres of riparian land, and instream habitat on 3.1 miles of trout streams and 0.5 miles of warmwater rivers.

Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Houston
Hubbard
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Lake
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Redwood
Rice
Scott
St. Louis
Swift
Wabasha
Winona
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
$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
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
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
Grant County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,215
To enable greater public access to Grant County history through installation of restrooms that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Grant
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
Vance F. Gellert AKA Vance Gellert
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Artist Initiative
Dakota
Ramsey
Washington
Scott
Goodhue
Itasca
Stearns
Otter Tail
Blue Earth
Winona
Recipient
Arts Midwest
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,256
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Recipient
Ballet Works, Inc. AKA James Sewell Ballet
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,000
Arts Access
Becker
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Recipient
CLIMB Theatre, Inc. AKA CLIMB Theatre
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,951
Arts Tour Minnesota
Beltrami
Otter Tail
Crow Wing
Polk
Stearns
Blue Earth
Pennington
Winona
Pine
Stevens
Recipient
Hong G. Dice AKA Gao Hong
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,220
Arts Tour Minnesota
Stearns
Clay
Recipient
Ensemble 61
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,256
Arts Tour Minnesota
Douglas
Pope
Otter Tail
Recipient
Rolf C. Erdahl AKA Pages of Music with Rolf and Carrie
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,719
Arts Tour Minnesota
Todd
Morrison
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Beltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Wadena
Stevens
Goodhue
Recipient
Flying Foot Forum AKA Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,340
Arts Tour Minnesota
Otter Tail
Beltrami
Recipient
Lisa M. Fuglie AKA Monroe Crossing
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,000
Arts Tour Minnesota
Wabasha
Steele
Becker
Mower
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Pope
Itasca
St. Louis
Lyon
Nobles
Jackson
Crow Wing
Rice
Todd
Otter Tail
Recipient
Huge Improv Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,095
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Goodhue
Meeker
Martin
Stearns
Otter Tail
Recipient
Illusion Theater and School, Inc. AKA Illusion Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,650
Arts Tour Minnesota
Otter Tail
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Le Sueur
Watonwan
Faribault
Ramsey
Hennepin
Mower
Crow Wing
Clay
Recipient
Michael S. Jensen AKA Mick Sterling
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,144
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Goodhue
Meeker
Martin
Stearns
Otter Tail
Recipient
Prudence J. Johnson AKA Prudence Johnson
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$44,000
Arts Tour Minnesota
Beltrami
Wadena
Hennepin
Hubbard
Rock
Pope
Rice
Carver
Otter Tail
Goodhue
Crow Wing
Recipient
Alison M. Mattila AKA Alison Scott
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,901
Arts Tour Minnesota
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Mower
Nicollet
Otter Tail
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Winona
Recipient
Margaret S. McCreary AKA Margo McCreary
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,404
Arts Tour Minnesota
St. Louis
Cook
Otter Tail
Fillmore
Recipient
Minnesota Music Coalition
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,392
Arts Tour Minnesota
Stevens
Itasca
Otter Tail
Rice
Mower
Stearns
Becker
Goodhue
Recipient
Minnesota State University-Moorhead
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Arts Tour Minnesota
Clay
Recipient
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,035
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Douglas
Lake of the Woods
Nicollet
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pope
St. Louis
Wright
Recipient
Nautilus Music-Theater
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,917

Arts Tour Minnesota

Itasca
Otter Tail
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Michael B. Nelson
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,880
Arts Tour Minnesota
Clay
Todd
Rice
Winona
Recipient
New York Mills Arts Retreat AKA New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,320
Arts Access
Otter Tail
Wadena
Recipient
Perham Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,982

To enhance arts and cultural heritage programming at the East Otter Tail County Fair by hosting a fiddle contest, a barbershop quartet, and by purchasing a sound system to help performers engage a larger audience.

Otter Tail
Recipient
Saint James Home of Duluth, Inc. AKA Woodland Hills
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,025
Arts Learning
Aitkin
Benton
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Crow Wing
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Roseau
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Wabasha
Recipient
Textile Center of Minnesota AKA Textile Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,475
Arts Access
Ramsey
Washington
Hennepin
Dakota
Anoka
Scott
Otter Tail
Recipient
Ada Chamber of Commerce
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$825
Fun in the Flatlands
Norman
Recipient
West Otter Tail County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000

To purchase signs, created and painted by a local artist, to identify West Otter Tail County Fair exhibit buildings that display creative fine arts or feature live music.

Otter Tail
Recipient
University of Minnesota-Crookston
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Polk
Marshall
Norman
Recipient
Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Arts Downtown Park Rapids Monthly Events
Hubbard
Beltrami
Clearwater
Becker
Wadena
Clay
Otter Tail
Hennepin
Recipient
Houston Engineering
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,921
Fund Source

This project will continue to develop, and calibrate/validate the hydrology of an Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model for the Buffalo River watershed. The consultant will add representation of point source discharges to the model. The consultant will compile flow data for the purposes of calibration and validation. An initial hydrologic calibration will be performed and submitted for approval.

Wilkin
Otter Tail
Clay
Becker
Recipient
Buffalo - Red River Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$57,818
Fund Source

Multiple water courses in the Buffalo River - Red River Watershed District are impaired for turbidity. These waterways include the Red River of the North, Wolverton Creek, Deerhorn Creek, Stoney Creek, South Branch Buffalo River, and the main stem of the Buffalo River. This project will provide a means of prioritizing areas of the watershed to implement conservation practices to reduce overland runoff contaminant loadings contributing to water quality impairments.

Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Fund Source

This project entailed a number of small individual improvements to the park made over a 3 year period, including constructing a drinking fountain with an accessible sidewalk at the beach in Buffalo River State Park, repairing a broken water line, rebuilding the main park entrance sign, purchasing sand to stem the flooding of nearby Buffalo R into the beach area, purchasing accessible fire rings, and purchase of new park signs.

Clay