Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$43,400
Source:
Clean Water Fund
Lily Lake, in Stillwater, is a popular recreational spot for residents with its swimming beach, fishing pier, and canoe access. Lily Lake is impaired by excess nutrients, and restoring its water quality is a priority for the community.
Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$194,900
Source:
Clean Water Fund
Lily Lake,near Stillwater, is a popular recreational spot for residents with its swimming beach, fishing pier, and canoe access. Lily Lake’s water quality is declining because of excess nutrients. Restoring it is a priority for the community of Stillwater.
Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$45,525
Source:
Clean Water Fund
Lily Lake, near Stillwater, is a popular recreational spot for residents with its swimming beach, fishing pier, and canoe access. Lily Lake’s water quality is declining because of excess nutrients. Restoring it is a priority for the community of Stillwater.
This project restores high quality native habitats by removing ecologically inappropriate woody vegetation while stimulating local economies and providing bioenergy through strategic utilization of the biomass material.
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient:
Listening Point Foundation
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$10,900
To restore the masonry foundation facade, exterior steps, and interior fireplace hearth in the cabin at Listening Point, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient:
Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,000
Source:
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the Litchfield Opera House, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient:
Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$29,893
Source:
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To create restrooms that meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements in the Litchfield Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient:
Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$208,298
Source:
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To complete stabilization and rehabilitation of the exterior envelope of the Litchfield Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and used as a community space.
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient:
Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$115,000
To complete exterior masonry preservation and rebuild missing entrance column of the Litchfield Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The MPCA has selected the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) watershed model to simulate watershed hydrology and water quality to assess various restoration scenarios in the Little Cannon River watershed.
The short term goal of the project is introduce the Ojibwe and Dakota Languages to the residents of Little Earth. Programs will be developed to help feel residents feel welcomed and have a basic understanding of the languages. Learning the language will also bring forth the culture of the American Indian community to the residents of Little Earth.
This proposal will not only expand an existing WMA by 252 acres for public outdoor recreation (e.g. hunting, fishing, etc.) but it will also protect the viability of the WMA into perpetuity through 634 acres of permanent conservation easements.
This project will determine the magnitude and sources of pollutants in Little Rock Creek and will estimate the reductions in loadings that are needed in order for the stream reaches to support cold water fish assemblages and attain water quality standards.
Little Rock Lake,in Benton County, is negatively impacted for nutrients. Little Rock Lake is a significant regional recreational lake. Toxins released by blue green algae blooms have been the highest ever measured by the Minnesota Department of Health.
The water quality and recretional value of Little Rock is negatively impacted by phosphorus. One important strategy involves reducing the quantity of phosphorus imported to the watershed through animal feeding operations. Farm management strategis coupled with traditional conservation practices will reduce surface runoff and phosphorus transport from feedlots and fields.
LEQA is a Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) program to help livestock producers address, using a non-regulatory approach, the unique water quality issues on their farms. The MDA has contracted with Ag Resource Strategies, LLC, to recruit farmers to enroll in the LEQA program.
This ongoing program will restore and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands by improving aquatic plant abundance and water clarity in partnership with the Minnesota DNR and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
This project will support the monitoring of two sites on the Cannon River throughout the field seasons of 2013 and 2014 during storm events and baseflow conditions to capture 25 samples per year at each site according to the WPLMN objectives.
