The coordination, mapping, and data management work provides for the timely, consistent, and accurate reporting of all Habitat Conservation Partnership accomplishments and expenditures during the project period.

This proposal is directly tied to the land acquisition efforts of the Habitat Conservation Partners, and ensures that newly acquired lands can be transferred into the WMA system.

To ensure quality fishing,improvements in water quality and aquatic communities will be addressed in SW through habitat work on shores and through technical assistance.

Habitat restoration and infrastructure development of new Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) needs to be tied to the proposed 209 acre land acquisition efforts of the Habitat Conservation Partnership (HCP).

Ducks Unlimited will secure purchased and donated permanent conservation easements to protect 150 acres along key shallow lakes for waterfowl, and provide annual monitoring and enforcement stewardship.

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) will acquire approximately 44 acres, protecting and linking valuable, high quality habitat in Minnesota.

Ducks Unlimited will provide engineering assistance and contract with six (6) wetland restoration specialists to provide technical assistance to help the USDA-NRCS promote, secure, and restore federal Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) easements.

Ducks Unlimited will provide engineering assistance and contract with six (6) wetland restoration specialists to provide technical assistance to help the USDA-NRCS promote, secure, and restore federal Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) easements.

History Day, an annual program co-sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society and the University of Minnesota, challenges young people to research a historical subject related to an annual theme and present their findings in the form of exhibits, documentaries, performances, websites and papers. It is a rigorous program used by schools to meet state graduation standards for history and applied learning. Minnesota is widely recognized as a national leader in using the History Day program to improve academic achievement in history. With the help of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, the Minnesota Historical Society is enriching services to History Day students and helping more students across the state with researching and creating their History Day projects. Services include: classroom visits by Society educators, support for field trips to county and university libraries, the assignment of undergraduate mentors from Minnesota colleges and universities to advise local students and organizing regional professional development workshops for History Day teachers. In FY12 and FY13, ACHF funds made it possible for the Society to deliver additional History Day services to more than 430 schools in 49 Minnesota counties. More than 525 teachers used these services, benefiting approximately 30,000 students in grades 6–12.