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Evaluation of Alternative Surface-Water Monitoring Protocols for Use in Agriculture TMDL Load Allocation and BMP Evaluation
Recipient: 
Dennis Busch - University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Pioneer Farm, buschd@uwplatt.edu (608) 342-1657
2008 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$32,300

The objective of this project was to compare different methods for monitoring surface water runoff. Researchers compared a standard protocol with two alternate low cost methods. They examined the trade-offs between accuracy and cost.

 

Statewide
Evaluation of Dioxins in Minnesota Lakes
Recipient: 
U of MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$264,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The antibacterial in liquid soaps (triclosan) represents an unrecognized, substantial source of toxic, carcinogenic, and endocrine disrupting dioxins to Minnesota waters. Sediment cores will be analyzed to quantify the threat.

Statewide
Evaluation of Nutrient Retention Basins for Treating Drainage from Agricultural Landscapes
Recipient: 
Jeffrey Strock - University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center, jstrock@umn.edu (507) 752-5064
2008 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$183,910

The goal of this project was to better understand and measure the effectiveness of retention basins on agricultural lands. Retention basins are essentially water storage areas; they are designed to temporarily store water while removing nutrients and sediment. Retention basins can be used to filter both surface and subsurface runoff.

Statewide
Evaluation of Switchgrass as Biofuel Crop
Recipient: 
Central Lakes College
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$60,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$60,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Determine invasion risk of selectively bred native grasses for biofuel production. Develop strategies to minimize invasion potential and impacts on biodiversity. Evaluate trade-offs between biofuel production and invasion risk.

Statewide
Evaluation of Switchgrass as Biofuel Crop
Recipient: 
Central Lakes College
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$60,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$60,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Determine invasion risk of selectively bred native grasses for biofuel production. Develop strategies to minimize invasion potential and impacts on biodiversity. Evaluate trade-offs between biofuel production and invasion risk.

Statewide
Expanding Access to American Indian Objects from the Bishop Whipple Collections
A project of: Statewide History Partnership Projects
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$306,803
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
ACHF funds are enabling the Society and Science Museum to fully research, catalog and digitally record the 500 objects in the Whipple collection.
Statewide
Expanding Outdoor Classrooms at Minnesota Schools
Recipient: 
DNR
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$300,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Enhance existing outdoor classroom network throughout Minnesota, inject existing environmental education curriculum (including climate change) and teacher training into schools, and establish efficient systems to serve sites in the future.

Statewide
Expansion of Statewide History Player Program
A project of: Statewide Historic Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$148,033
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
ACHF funding is enabling the Minnesota Historical Society to expand access to the History Player program.
Statewide
Farmland Conservation in Minnesota
Recipient: 
Farmers Legal Action Group, Inc.
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$100,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

This proposal will preserve farmland and forest land through the state’s “Green Acres” law; and develop statewide policy and zoning tools to preserve agricultural lands, especially in the metro region.

Statewide
Feasibility Assessment & Guidance for Stormwater Reuse
Recipient: 
Metropolitan Council/CDM
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$103,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Working with Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) evaluated the feasibility of using stormwater runoff for irrigation and other purposes that traditionally rely on potable water.

Statewide
Feasibility of an On-Farm Water Quality Program in Minnesota
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota Water Resources Center and University of Minnesota Extension, Ann Lewandowski, alewand@umn.edu (612) 624-6765
2007 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$48,500

The goal of this study was to explore the feasibility of an on-farm water monitoring network in Minnesota. The study examined the potential value, cost, design and support for a long-term program aimed at answering questions about the relationship between agricultural land use and water quality through outreach and water monitoring on active Minnesota farms.

Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Fish Contamination Assessment
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
DNR works with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health to determine the level of contamination from mercury and other harmful chemicals in fish from Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Clean Water Legacy funding is being used to significantly increase (more than double) the number of lakes and rivers that are assessed for contamination on an annual basis.
Statewide
Forest Protection Reserve
Recipient: 
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,000,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program funded grants to local units of government and other entities to supplement, not supplant existing budgets. Two categories of grants made available: 1) focus on response to invasive forest pest incidents, 2) focus on planning and preparedness for the arrival of invasive forest pests. The program will also update the state's invasive and exotic tree pest plans.

Statewide
Fort Snelling Virtual Tour
A project of: Statewide History Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$40,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Four new and unique views of Fort Snelling from various points in history will be available for students, teachers and the general public to access online. The Minnesota Historical Society has been collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia to build four computer models that illustrate a dynamic and changing Fort Snelling from 1820 to 1945. The models will be linked to a rich and interrelated set of materials from all parts of the Society's collections, including photographs and manuscripts. In spring 2013, project staff and Historic Fort Snelling staff will plan how the models can best serve the public online and at the fort.

Statewide
Fort Snelling Virtual Tour
A project of: Statewide History Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$40,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Four new and unique views of Fort Snelling from various points in history will be available for students, teachers and the general public to access online. The Minnesota Historical Society has been collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia to build four computer models that illustrate a dynamic and changing Fort Snelling from 1820 to 1945. The models will be linked to a rich and interrelated set of materials from all parts of the Society's collections, including photographs and manuscripts. In spring 2013, project staff and Historic Fort Snelling staff will plan how the models can best serve the public online and at the fort.

Statewide
Fort Snelling Virtual Tour
A project of: Statewide Historic Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$433,878
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
The Minnesota Historical Society is collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia to build four computer models of Fort Snelling that will illustrate the Fort at various points in its history.
Statewide
Fort Snelling Virtual Tour
A project of: Statewide Historic Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$433,878
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
The Minnesota Historical Society is collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia to build four computer models of Fort Snelling that will illustrate the Fort at various points in its history.
Statewide
General Exhibit Development
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$131,641
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Development is underway on a number of future History Center exhibitions that will explore rich stories of Minnesota's past. Major exhibitions will center on how Minnesotans have played, the national impact of the 18th Amendment and Prohibition, the Vietnam War experience and its legacy, and professional football and the Vikings. Other exhibitions will highlight the variety of communities in the state and will bring the fascinating collections of the Minnesota Historical Society to public view.