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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
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
Arts Midwest
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,256
Arts Tour Minnesota
Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
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
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
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
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
Michael B. Nelson
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,880
Arts Tour Minnesota
Clay
Todd
Rice
Winona
Recipient
Lake of the Woods County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,344

To offer Lake of the Woods county fair visitors opportunities to participate in arts and cultural heritage events, and purchase a PA system to help make programming accessible to individuals with limited hearing.

Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Ada Chamber of Commerce
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$825
Fun in the Flatlands
Norman
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Art Guild
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,950
Classical Academic Oil Painting Seminar with Frank Covino
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Pequana Playhouse
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,440
Mixed Blood Theater Production of ôHijab Tubeö
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Warroad Summer Theatre
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Summer theater series
Roseau
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Depot Preservation Alliance
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,376
Timeless Traditions Concert at the Depot in Baudette
Lake of the Woods
Clearwater
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
ôSound of Musicö Performance in Park Rapids
Beltrami
Clearwater
Hubbard
Lake of the Woods
Polk
Pennington
Itasca
Recipient
University of Minnesota-Crookston
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Polk
Marshall
Norman
Recipient
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Bemidji Symphony Young Musicians Ensemble
Beltrami
Clearwater
Hubbard
Lake of the Woods
Polk
Pennington
Itasca
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
Pequana Playhouse
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,200
ôAccording to Coyoteö mixed Blood Theater Production at Pequana Playhouse
Lake of the Woods
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
Recipient
Lake of the Woods Art Guild
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Lake of the Woods Art Guild 501(c)3
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Pequana Playhouse
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Pequana Playhouse Location
Lake of the Woods
Recipient
Lake of the Woods County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To bring arts and cultural heritage activities to the fair. The fair will provide an arts center where children can work with art instructors on art projects, host a lumberjack show highlighting MN's logging history, and offer canning and food preservation workshops.

Lake of the Woods
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Anoka
Blue Earth
Clay
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Wright
Recipient
Stevens County Fair Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To provide educational and entertaining events that showcase the many diverse cultures of Stevens County, and purchase a sound system to enhance performances and demonstrations.

Stevens
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota-St. Croix Watershed Research Station
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$149,996
Fund Source

This project will directly inform the Lake of the Woods (LoW )TMDL process by identifying nutrient reduction targets, a timeline of phosphorus loadings to the lake, and measures of historical in-lake variability (e.g., nutrients, biological communities). Results will complement and build on ongoing research efforts on internal loading and sediment core analysis.

Lake of the Woods
Roseau
Recipient
Minnesota River Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$91,691
Fund Source

This project will support a civic engagement cohort that will be offered in southwest Minnesota to foster partnering and build capacity of local government, organizations, and residents for effective civic engagement in water protection and restoration. This project will also build networks and the skill set of local resource professionals to do effective civic engagement work for water restoration and protection. The cohort will be administered through the Minnesota River Board (MRB), established in 1995 with a goal of focusing water management efforts on the local level.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Tetra Tech, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,999
Fund Source

This project will develop and execute three point source related scenarios for the Chippewa River watershed using an existing HSPF watershed model. This project will also support the review of the HSPF Modeling Guidance Document.

Chippewa
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Otter Tail
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift