All Projects

149 Results for
Recipient
MN Valley NWR Trust, Friends of Mississippi River, Great River Greening, MN Land Trust, Trust for Pulbic Land
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,680,000
Fund Source

Metro Big Rivers Phase 3 protected 67 acres of significant habitat along more than 1 mile of the Mississippi River, restored 8 acres of prairie and enhanced 495 acres of priority habitat (47 wetland acres, 50 prairie acres and 398 forest acres) in the Metropolitan Urbanizing Area.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sibley
Washington
Wright
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000,000
Fund Source

This project will establish a groundwater monitoring network in the 11 county metropolitan area. The network will provide information about aquifer characteristics and natural water trends by monitoring healthy aquifers (non-stressed systems). The project will also develop an automated system that captures groundwater level and water use data. This system will enhance evaluation of changes in aquifers that are stressed by pumping from existing wells.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Wright
Sherburne
Recipient
YMCA Youth in Government
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

The Civics Education Coalition will create opportunities for students, enrich teacher capacity to engage students, and build state-wide networks. Work will include an interactive website, online youth summit, youth conference, new lessons for educators, teacher institutes, and expansion of the statewide Civic Education Network and its activities.

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
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Children's Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$490,000

Arts and Cultural Heritage funding will allow us to pursue three major initiatives between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016: 1) Offer special exhibits and programs promoting creative and critical thinking in our main museum in St. Paul; 2) A Pop-up satellite Museum at the Mall of America featuring four changing exhibits to attract thousands of new visitors; and 3) Changing exhibits and access at Minnesota Children’s Museum-Rochester to ensure inclusive family experiences for the Rochester community. Recipient:

Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,350,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800,000
Fund Source

This project will create a high accuracy elevation dataset - critical for effectively planning and implementing water quality projects - for the state of Minnesota using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and geospatial mapping technologies. Although some areas of the state have been mapped previously, many counties remain unmapped or have insufficient or inadequate data. This multi-year project, to be completed in 2012, is a collaborative effort of Minnesota's Digital Elevation Committee and partners with county surveyors to ensure accuracy with ground-truthing.

Anoka
Benton
Carlton
Carver
Cook
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Lake
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Washington
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

The DNR has been charged by the legislature to develop rules that protect and manage the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) for natural resource, economic development, transportation, historic preservation, and other values. This project engages stakeholder groups in a public process to balance regulatory protections with local flexibility and control.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Ramsey County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Fund Source

Continue contracts with Conservation Corps of Minnesota (CCM) to engage youth of the community in natural resource management projects throughout Ramsey County Regional Parks and Trails. *(In 2013 the Conservation Corp of Minnesota (CCM) worked on over 20 different natural resource projects within the Regional Park and Trails System, totaling over 5,900 hours. Of those total hours, approximately, 1,300 hours were assisting high school youth on natural resource projects and environmental education).

Ramsey
Recipient
Anoka County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,000
Fund Source

Conservation Corps Minnesota contract to restore natural resources in Anoka County regional parks and trails.

Anoka
Recipient
Ramsey County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Fund Source

System-wide. Host MN Conservation Corps crew to teach natural resource management to youth.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Fund Source

Natural resource restoration throughout the County's regional parks and trails system using MN Conservation Corps (Year s of 2)

Ramsey
Recipient
Anoka County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$140,000
Fund Source

Continue the Conservation Corps of MN contract for work throughout the regional parks & trails system.

Anoka
Recipient
Anoka County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,000
Fund Source

County-wide contract with MN Conservation Corps to do resource restoration work.

Anoka
Recipient
Ramsey County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
Fund Source

Develop and implement out-reach for nature and outdoor recreation based programming for people of low income and color throughout Ramsey County Regional Parks and Trails. (year 1 of 2)

Ramsey
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy with USFWS
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,450,000
Fund Source

This appropriation allowed the permanent protection of 887 acres in western Minnesota. These properties included 664 acres of remnant native prairie, 76 acres of associated wetlands complexes, and 8,500' of streamfront. For this phase we originally planned to protect 740 acres with a minimum of 375 native prairie. Both targets were exceeded - 120% of total acres and 177% of native prairie acres.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Roseau
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Ramsey County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,684
Fund Source

Prepare System-wide Off Leash Dog Area (O.L.D.A.) Master Plan that will identify and prioritize future capital projects at the Battle Creek O.L.D.A, Battle Creek Regional Park; Otter Lake O.L.D.A., Bald Eagle Otter Lake Regional Park; Rice Creek O.L.D.A., Rice Creek North Corridor. ( 2013 Park Visits; Bald Eagle Otter Lake, 333,600 visits; Battle Creek Regional Park, 761,900 visits; and Grass Vadnais Snail Lakes Regional Park, 746,300 visits).

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$318,000
Fund Source

Grass Vadnais Regional Park. Pave trail and improve corridor.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,188,000
Fund Source

Continue Implementation of adopted park master plan: Complete Road & Utility Construction from the end of Phase II to the Harriet Island area (2,800 lineal feet). Lilydale hosts approximately 786,000 visits annually, of which approximately 10% are of Asian descent.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$212,000
Fund Source

Indian Mounds Regional Trail. Implement picnic and play area rehabilitation.

Ramsey
Recipient
Anoka County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$326,200
Fund Source

This project restored and enhanced 165 acres of prairie & woodland habitat along the Mississippi and Rum Rivers.  Outcomes include increased plant diversity and habitat for game and non-game species and is beneficial to migratory waterfowl on the Mississippi River flyway as well as to pollinators and resident wildlife.

Anoka
Recipient
Friends of the Mississippi River
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Though many parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area are urbanized, there are also has large areas of natural lands that continue to serve as important habitat for fish, wildlife, and plant communities. However, pressure on these remaining lands continues to intensify as population and development pressures increase.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Fund Source

Mississippi River Regional Trail. Prepare trail master plan for 2.9-mile segment.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Provide shuttle service at Como Regional Park (year 1 of 2)

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Como Regional Park. Provide 600-plus house of shuttle service.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Como Regional Park. Provide 600 plus hours of shuttle service at Como Park connecting people to various park amenities.

Ramsey
Recipient
Anoka County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Fund Source

Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve, reconstruct Chamonix golf course clubhouse septic system. (2 of 6 projects financed with grant.)

Anoka
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$67,000
Fund Source

Recruit, coordinate & lead natural resource volunteers throughout the City's regional parks and trail units (year 1 of 2)

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,969
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,969
Fund Source
Ramsey
Recipient
Anoka County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$948,000
Fund Source

Redevelop roadway, parking lots and trails, building enhancements, maintenance facility improvements, boat launch improvements, disc golf installation, natural resource restoration, signs, site furnishings, utilities, fees and contingencies.

Anoka
Recipient
Metropolitan Council/University of Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,648
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$61,296
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,608
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,840
Fund Source

The Metropolitan Council, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, is evaluating outdoor water use in the Twin Cities metro region - a subject which has come under the spotlight recently due to concerns related to water quality and quantity issues. In the Twin Cities, 20% of all treated drinking water is used outdoors, with a majority of this being used on lawns and landscapes. The goal of this proposal is to reduce water use in the home landscape by conducting assessments, research, and demonstration around the smart use of irrigation.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Metropolitan Council/Barr Engineering Company
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,487
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,905
Fund Source

As the Metropolitan Council updated the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Master Water Supply Plan, stakeholders asked the Council to consider the sustainable limits of the region’s water sources. The Council’s most important analytical tool is a regional groundwater flow model (Metro Model 3), which can be used to quantify the long-term regional impacts caused by hundreds of independent groundwater appropriations.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Metropolitan Council/HDR
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,304
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$403,182
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$95,060
Fund Source

The Metropolitan Council, in conjunction with HDR Engineering, Inc. consultants, will evaluate a variety of approaches to develop sustainable water supplies across the metro area. Subregional study areas are being selected where multiple communities face potential problems with the long-term sustainability of current water supplies, and where community stakeholders have expressed interest in learning more about sustainable water supply options.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,592,966
Fund Source

Lilydale Regional Park. Rehab and align existing park road, install sewer and water utilities.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$380,000
Fund Source

Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park preliminary design development plans for trail development to connect Tamarack Nature Center to the Otter Lake boat launch at Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,237,000
Fund Source

Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park. Continued phased implementation of approved Lilydale Regional Park Master Plan elements that may include such amenities as construction of approx. 3,000 lineal feet of roadway, trail, and related facilities. Lilydale

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Croix River Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Washington
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$97,000

This Legacy grant will focus on the too-often neglected local school districts that have generally not participated in the CDM SSP at the same level as distant schools in surrounding counties. A new CDM interactive exhibit is badly needed to draw back visitors who have been looking for something new at the Museum for children.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Ducks Unlimited
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,958,800
Fund Source

Ducks Unlimited successfully completed this Phase 4 our land acquisition/restoration program to protect shallow lakes and restore wetlands by purchasing and restoring 1,004 acres of land with drained wetlands and land on shallow lakes as additions to state Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) for the MNDNR throughout southern Minnesota.

Le Sueur
Martin
Nobles
Recipient
City of Shoreview
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,000
Ramsey
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids will build on recent enrollment momentum and further increase participation with its School Service Program, which takes down the economic barriers for visiting school groups. The Legacy grant will fund more educators and facilitators, curriculum development, scholarship aid, transportation assistance, art and teaching supplies, and the addition of a new exhibit to the museum.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Ramsey County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$729,158
Fund Source

Soil remediation and site preparation (including asbestos abatement) plus costs associated with purchase of TCAAP site for the Rice Creek North RT

Ramsey