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Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$936,000
Fund Source

Water control structures and dikes were designed and constructed on six Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) in the counties of Becker, Clearwater, Itasca, Lincoln, Roseau, and Yellow Medicine. Dike work at Roseau River WMA protects and enhances 3200 acres of wetlands wetlands in Pool 2 of the WMA. Roseau River WMA has 10 large water control structures, seven moist soil cells, and four large pools covering 11,800 acres. Cells for a moist soil unit were constructed at Lac Qui Parle WMA in Lac Qui Parle County.

Becker
Clearwater
Itasca
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Roseau
Todd
Yellow Medicine
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
Scott County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Scott
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
To send one person to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Clearwater
Recipient
Dakota County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis
Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,356
To fully catalog the museum's inventoried collection that documents the history of art in Minnesota under the direction of a qualified museum registrar.
Ramsey
Recipient
Historic Saint Paul
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire a qualified historic preservation specialist to assess potential impacts on and reuses for up to five buildings along the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Line.
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,660

To gain physical and intellectual control through a professional inventory of remaining uninventoried museum collections.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,996

To gain physical and intellectual control through a professional inventory of approximately 3,800 objects documenting Ramsey County history.

Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,105

To create and install an exhibit on the history of veterinary medicine in Minnesota.

Ramsey
Recipient
Eighth Air Force Historical Society, Inc. - Minnesota Chapter
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,158

To convert 44 VHS tapes to digital format allowing greater public access.

Ramsey
Recipient
1006 Summit Avenue Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,200
To provide better public access to the history of the Governor and Governor's Residence through an interpretive plan and docent manual
Ramsey
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

In 2007, the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota (CMSM) conducted an environmental scan of early learning opportunities for children in southern Minnesota. It became apparent that the region creates few opportunities for children to engage in self-directed learning experiences in social settings; in particular, opportunities that create access to arts, culture, and heritage. This is still true today.

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To restore siding on the Charles P. Noyes Cottage (Fillebrown House), which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Ramsey
Recipient
Hennepin History Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To document in 10 interviews the history of Bhutanese refugees in Minnesota.

Ramsey
Recipient
Germanic-American Institute
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
To hire a historical architect to conduct a conditions assessment of the George Gardner House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and currently in use by the Germanic-American Institute.
Ramsey
Recipient
City of Maplewood
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,800
To conduct an archaeological survey of the Gladstone Railroad Shops site using ground-penetrating radar preparatory to a masterplan
Ramsey
Recipient
Dakota County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,172
To transcribe 168 oral histories recorded mostly during the National Bicentennial from Dakota County residents, and to provide digital access to them via the Internet.
Dakota
Recipient
National Eagle Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Rice
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
1006 Summit Avenue Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To prepare a comprehensive interpretive plan for the Governor's Residence to identify how best to reach their audience.

Ramsey
Recipient
City of Inver Grove Heights
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,990

To document in up to 12 interviews the history of the Rock Island Swing Bridge in preparation for an interpretive plan.

Dakota
Recipient
Northfield Public Library
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,900
To collect primary source materials for a history of the Northfield Public Library since 1970.
Dakota
Recipient
Prairie Creek Community School
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,320

To assemble historical resources pertaining to Prairie Creek School in preparation for its 30th anniversary.

Dakota
Recipient
Twin Cities Daily Planet
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,625

To compile source materials about theater history throughout the state of Minnesota from 1959 to 1981.

Ramsey
Recipient
Friends of the Immigration History Research Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

This project requests funding to conduct and transcribe twelve oral history interviews focusing on the religious experience and interactions among immigrant groups in nine Twin Cities neighborhoods in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 

Ramsey
Recipient
District 7 Planning Council
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,500
To document in 10 interviews the history of the immigrant gardening in Saint Paul
Ramsey
Recipient
Twin City Model Railroad Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To prepare a comprehensive interpretive plan for better public access to the history of model railroading.

Ramsey
Recipient
James J. Hill Reference Library
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,300
To restore and abate water infiltration of the marble entrance stairs on the James J. Hill Reference Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Ramsey
Recipient
Sholom Community Alliance
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To document in 6 intergenerational interviews the history of how Jewish migration to Minnesota is transmitted to succeeding generations.

Ramsey
Recipient
Council on Black Minnesotans
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The Council on Black Minnesotans in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Center will conduct approximately six statewide community forums.

Benton
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Recipient
Maplewood Area Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,745

To conduct research on the comprehensive history of Maplewood from the 1850s to present.

Ramsey
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,650

This grant application is being submitted for funding for the implementation portion of the Scott County Historical Society’s upcoming exhibit “Marking Time:  The Rituals of Life & Death”.  Virtually every society in the world practice rituals marking the significant transitions between birth and death.

Scott
Recipient
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000

Project Overview

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is using this appropriation to purchase 35 acres, with 0.6 miles of shoreline, along the Vermillion River in Dakota County to be managed as Aquatic Management Areas. Priority will be given to lands that have a high risk of development, provide protection to shoreline and riparian zones, and allow access for anglers and habitat improvement projects.

Dakota
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

The Minnesota Land Trust provides coordination, mapping, and data management for the Metropolitan Conservation Corridors partnership. Funds are being used to coordinate the partnership, guide strategic outreach and implementation efforts, manage project data, and provide reporting and mapping of accomplishments.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Friends of the Mississippi River
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

Friends of the Mississippi is using this appropriation to restore and enhance approximately 163 acres of permanently protected prairie and forest lands in Dakota, Washington, Ramsey, and Hennepin counties in order increase the amount of high quality habitat within designated conservation corridors. Specific activities will include updating management plans, soil preparation, prescribed burning, native vegetation installation, woody encroachment removal, and invasive species control.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Great River Greening
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

These funds will enable Great River Greening to restore approximately 121 acres of permanently protected forests, savanna, prairie, and wetland habitat and 0.18 miles of shoreland habitat while engaging hundreds of volunteers in the stewardship of the Metropolitan area's remaining natural areas. Specific activities include invasive species control, seeding/planting, prescribed burning, and other associated activities.

Anoka
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust is using this appropriation to purchase a total of approximately 125 acres of land to expand the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and to restore and enhance approximately 405 acres of oak savanna and remnant native prairie communities within the refuge. Many benefits are anticipated from this project, including improved habitat connectivity, protection of native species, improved water quality in the Minnesota River, and increased public access to natural lands for activities such as hiking, hunting, and fishing.

Scott
Recipient
Dakota County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$517,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$518,000

Through this appropriation Dakota County plans to permanently protect approximately 287 acres along rivers, including the Vermillion and Cannon Rivers, by securing conservation easements from willing landowners. For all acres protected, natural resource management plans will be prepared to ensure their long term stewardship. Additionally, restoration and enhancement activities are expected to occur on approximately 75 acres.

Dakota
Recipient
The Trust for Public Land
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000

The Trust for Public Land is using this appropriation to purchase approximately 30 acres of land and 0.3 miles of shoreline with high ecological value and then convey the land to state or local governments for long-term stewardship and protection. Lands being considered for permanent protection in this round of funding include areas around the Rum River and Rice Creek in Anoka County, Lindstrom Natural Area in Chisago County, Savage Fen Scientific and Natural Area and Pike Lake in Scott County, and St. Croix/Fraconia-Scandia Scientific and Natural Area in Washington County.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Land Trust
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

With this appropriation, the Minnesota Land Trust plans to protect 150 acres of high quality forest, prairie, or wetland habitat by securing permanent conservation easements and dedicating funds for their perpetual monitoring, management, and enforcement. Lands being considered for permanent protection in this round of funding are located in Anoka, Carver, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Washington, and Wright counties.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Washington
Wright