All Projects

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.

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.

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.

To publish a history of the Cedar Lake Park Association, a volunteer citizens' group.

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

Entering inventory level information, photographing, marking & cataloging 823 items into PastPerfect.

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

To document a public series of native and non-native lecturers discussing Dakota culture, relationship with the US government, and the 1862 Dakota War.

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

PROJECT OVERVIEW

To complete fabrication and installation of the Dakota Medicinal Plant Garden exhibit.

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

To document the change in historic resources in the St. Croix River Valley based on 85 photographs by John W.G. Dunn.

To create trunks containing hands-on artifacts pertaining to Eidem Homestead and local history to be loaned to schools and other community groups.

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.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

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

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

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

To develop a new website that enables better public access to Hennepin Medical Center history.

To produce a book-length manuscript on the history of the Seward Neighborhood, Minneapolis.

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

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.