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"Company Town" Book
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
William M. Kelley High School
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$6,008
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To publish a history of Silver Bay bases on firsthand oral history.
Statewide
"Hands On" History Curriculum for Minnesota's Students
A project of: Statewide History Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$382,757
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
The Minnesota Historical Society is developing creative, hands-on learning projects for K-12 students that adhere to state social studies standards and introduce students to important aspects of Minnesota and U.S. history. For example, students will explore the role of slavery in American history by examining historical newspapers, letters and laws and by watching a series of dramatic portrayals of Dred and Harriet Scott who lived at Fort Snelling in the 1830s. These projects will be made accessible to teachers around the state and around the country in 2013.
"Lake Sweep" SSTS compliance Inspections on Boy and Swift Lakes
Recipient: 
Cass County Environmental Services Department
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$24,120
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Boy and Swift Lakes are connected lakes on the Boy River, the major tributary stream to Leech Lake. In cooperation with funding from the Boy/Swft Lake Association and the Initiative Foundation Healthy Lakes and Rivers program, this project will result in Subsurface Treatment System (SSTS) compliance inspections on up to 290 properties on Boy Lake and 69 on Swift Lake.

"Marking Time: The Rituals of Life & Death" exhibit
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Scott County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,650
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To create and install an exhibit on the development of rituals in Scott County history.
"The Children Remember" Oral History Digitization
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$6,743
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To make an oral history collection accessible through copy to modern digital format.
Statewide
"Then Now Wow" Enhancement
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$225,386
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
The Minnesota Historical Society is developing an extensive, hands-on exhibit designed to bring the rich cultural tapestry of Minnesota into vivid focus. Visitors to ”Then Now Wow" at the Minnesota History Center will explore the state’s distinctive places and meet the people who have made their homes here.
Statewide
"Then Now Wow" Exhibit
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$483,183
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Funding is enabling the Minnesota Historical Society to develop an extensive, hands-on exhibit as well as traveling exhibits to augment "Then Now Wow" in the Minnesota History Center.
"What is an Advocate?" Oral History
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Saint Paul Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To document in 5 to 7 interviews the many roles advocates play in helping victims to become successful survivors and helping to move society toward the elimination of abuse altogether.
Detailed map available
10 Most Endangered Exhibit Expansion Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,771
To create and expand an exhibit on the 10 most endangered historic places in Minnesota
Detailed map available
100 Years of Chinese American History in MN
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Chinese American Academic and Professional Association in MN
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
To document in 8 interviews the history of Chinese experience in Minnesota after 1970
Statewide
10th Annual Road Salt Symposium- Sponsorship
Recipient: 
Freshwater Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$500
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will provide support for the 10th Annual Road Salt Symposium at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The symposium brings together environmental organizations, companies that produce winter road de-icing salts and chemicals, scientists, policy-makers and transportation workers.

140 Years of Tradition and Agriculture
Recipient: 
McLeod County Agricultural Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,368
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To collect and collate historical photographs, memorabilia, and personal stories in order to preserve the history of the McLeod County Fair. The fair will seek out stories and request historical items, for loan or donation, to the McLeod County Agricultural Association. During the 140th anniversary of the fair, visitors can view a history display.

160 years of Jewish Migration MNopedia Articles
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,522
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To research and write two articles about Jewish migration and denominations for MNopedia: Minnesota Encyclopedia.
Detailed map available
1851 on the River Program
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Wabasha Public Library
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,556
To hire a qualifed historian to research and prepare an interpretive program that will enable the public to explore the river history of Wabasha. Amount adjusted to eliminate ineligible overhead expenses.
Detailed map available
1854 Treaty Authority Cultural Resource Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
1854 Treaty Authority
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$36,692
To evaluate and survey archaeological resources by the Grand Portage and Bois Forte Tribal Historic Preservation Offices.
18th Avenue Historic Residence Survey
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
City of North St. Paul
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$6,950
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a consultant to conduct an intensive architectural survey of 1880s residential properties in North St. Paul.
Statewide
1968 History Theatre Performances
A project of: Statewide History Partnership Projects
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$10,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Partner: History Theatre

1968: The Year that Rocked the World, produced by History Theatre, was performed in front of packed houses at the Minnesota History Center from Jan. 21 to Feb. 19, 2012. The show featured some of the most explosive events and personalities of 1968: Hubert H. Humphrey and Lyndon B. Johnson, the war in Vietnam, the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, the Mexico Olympics, the election of Richard Nixon and the Apollo 8 mission broadcast on Christmas Eve. Most performances were either sold out or very close to sold out. 1968: The Year That Rocked the World gave new audiences the opportunity to learn about Minnesota's role during this tumultuous year.

Detailed map available
2004 Senate Legislative Tape Conversion Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,076
To digitize 817 audiocassettes of 2004 Senate Committee hearings to augment current digital content
2010 Nobles County Impairment Monitoring
Recipient: 
Nobles Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$22,346
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Nobles Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will test waters needing data for impairment listing in the Rock River and Little Sioux watersheds. Two reaches of the Little Rock River and the Ocheyedan River need stream water assessments. Iowa Lake needs sampling completed for impairment identification.

2010-2011 Minnesota River Watershed Monitoring Project
Recipient: 
Minnesota State University-Mankato
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$260,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

MSU-Mankato Water Resources Center in the Mankato area will provide conventional pollutant monitoring at the following sites: Beauford Ditch, Big Cobb River, Blue Earth River, Le Sueur River (3), Little Cobb River, Minnesota River (2), Watonwan River.

2011-2012 Rock River Tributaries Surface Water Assessment
Recipient: 
Rock County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$29,103
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This comprehensive water sampling program will assess the water quality of six sites: two main points on the Rock River, two main tributaries to the Rock River, and two points where streams leave the state (Mud and Beaver Creek) for a period of two years.

2012-13 Storm Pond Cleaning Project and 2012 Improvement Project
Recipient: 
City of Waconia
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$26,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The City of Waconia will implement its 2012-13 Storm Pond Cleaning Project and 2012 Improvement Project which includes removal and disposal of more than 2,200 cubic yards of PAH contaminated sediment from 3 stormwater ponds. The contaminated sediment will be disposed of in the Waste Management industrial landfill located in Burnsville, MN.

Statewide
25-Year Framework and 10-Year Goals
A project of: Statewide Historic Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$14,720
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
A 13-member committee worked together to develop a 10-year plan and 25-year framework for the use of ACHF funds.
25th Anniversary Oral History Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Katha Dance Theatre
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To document in 20 interviews the history of the Katha Dance Theatre's first 25 years.
3-Dimensional Inventory and Catalog Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Olmsted County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To conduct and inventory and cataloging project of 3-dimensional artifacts in OCHS' collections.
70 Years Project's "Made in Minnesota" documentary
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
70 Years Project/IFP Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,500
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To research and write a script for a documentary on innovations developed in Minnesota that contributed to victory in World War II.
Statewide
70 Years World War II Project
A project of: Statewide History Partnership Projects
Recipient: 
70 Years Project
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$39,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
The Minnesota Historical Society partnered with the 70 Years Project to begin development of a web site that will enable all Minnesotans to again share in the tragedies and triumphs of the 1,345 days of World War II.
79th Street Pond, PAH Contaminated Sediment Removal
Recipient: 
City of Inver Grove Heights
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$75,991
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The City of Inver Grove Heights will remove PAH contaminated sediment from the 79th Street Pond. Approximately 2,300 cubic yards of sediment will be dredged and disposed of at the Pine Bend Landfill located in the City of Inver Grove Heights.

Detailed map available
A Centennial History of the Northfield Carnegie Library
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Northfield Public Library
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
To produce and distribute a booklet on the history and significance of the Northfield Carnegie Library
Detailed map available
A Minnesota Hero: Preserving the Will Steger Story
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Will Steger Foundation
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
To begin the initial inventory of explorer Will Steger's manuscripts collection
A Photographic History of Minnesota Railroads, 1940–2012: Publication
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota Foundation (University of Minnesota Press)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To publish a book tracing Minnesota railroading over the last seven decades through carefully selected photographs, maps, and ephemera.
A Sedimentation Pond for Carver County Ditch #4A
Recipient: 
Carver SWCD
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$40,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The purpose of this project is to install a sediment pond along County Ditch #4A to trap sediment and associated pollutants before entering into Bevens Creek which drains into the Minnesota River.

 

Statewide
Accelerate State Park Operations
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$150,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$150,000
Source: 
Parks & Trails Fund
Provide for an increase in public service, security and enforcement, maintenance and custodial work at high income generating locations.

Projects include:
Enhance Park Operations
Accelerate the Waterfowl Production Area Program in Minnesota
Recipient: 
Pheasants Forever
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,600,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will cooperate to permanently restore and conserve approximately 800 acres of grassland and 400 acres of wetland as Waterfowl Production Areas in western and southern Minnesota. All lands acquired through this grant proposal will be owned and managed by the Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Accelerate the Waterfowl Production Area Program in Minnesota
Recipient: 
Pheasants Forever
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,505,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

Pheasants Forever (PF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will cooperate to permanently restore and protect approximately 700 acres as Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) in western and southern Minnesota. All lands acquired through this grant proposal will be owned and managed by the Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Itasca
Lake
Accelerated Aquatic Management Area Acquisition
Recipient: 
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,416,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This proposal uses a multi-programmatic approach to achieve prioritized aquatic habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement for lakes, trout streams, and rivers across Minnesota.

Itasca
Lake
Accelerated Aquatic Management Area Habitat Program, Phase 3
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$6,500,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program will use a programmatic approach to achieve prioritized aquatic habitat protection and enhancement for lakes, trout streams, and rivers across all LSOHC planning regions of Minnesota.

Itasca
Accelerated Forest Habitat Enhancement, Phase 2
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$826,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program of on-the-ground conservation projects will amplify wildlife and ecological values of forest communities on Minnesota’s public forestlands. Our restoration and enhancement management will treat 7,396 ac at $112/ac.

Itasca
Lake
Accelerated Forest Wildlife Habitat Program
Recipient: 
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,791,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

Our program will increase populations of a variety of game and non-game wildlife species by protecting and enhancing forest habitats on which wildlife depends. This program of on-the-ground forest conservation projects will amplify the wildlife value of forest communities on DNR administered forestlands.

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Accelerated Prairie and Grassland Management
Recipient: 
Department of Natural Resources
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,700,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Accelerated Prairie Grassland Restoration and Management Program had a successful first round of funding from the Legacy Funds.

Accelerated Prairie Grassland Restoration and Enhancement Program on DNR Lands
Recipient: 
Department of Natural Resources
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,833,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program will acquire and develop approximately 730, acres of new Wildlife

Accelerated Prairie Grassland Wildlife Management Area Acquisition
Recipient: 
Department of Natural Resources
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,913,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

The program will protect 800 acres of new wildlife habitat in the Prairie, Deciduous Transition, and Southeast Bluffland ecological sections of Minnesota through fee title acquisition. Title of all lands acquired will be held by the State and designated as Wildlife Management Area open to hunting, trapping, fishing and compatible outdoor recreation uses.

Accelerated Prairie Management, Survey, Acquisition, and Evaluation
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2009 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,250,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Funds will be used by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to benefit the less than 1% of remaining prairie lands in the western and southern portions of the state. Specific work includes: 1) conducting a rapid assessment of the status of remaining native prairie sites in the state; 2) accelerating the Minnesota County Biological Survey (MCBS) in the prairie region of the state; 3) providing increased technical assistance to private prairie landowners; 4) accelerating management of public and private prairie lands; 5) monitoring and evaluating prairie condition and associated wildlife; and 6) acquiring approximately 150 acres of prairie natural areas, prairie bank easements, and buffers.

Accelerated Prairie Restoration and Enhancement on DNR Lands, Phase 3
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$1,652,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program will accelerate the restoration and enhancement of approximately 20,500 acres of native prairie vegetation on Wildlife Management Areas, and Scientific and Natural Areas and Native Prairie Bank Easements.

Statewide
Accelerated Prairie Restoration and Enhancement on DNR Lands, Phase 4
Recipient: 
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,300,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program will accelerate the restoration and enhancement of approximately 69,000 acres of primarily native prairie vegetation on Wildlife Management Areas, and Scientific and Natural Areas and Native Prairie Bank Easements.

Accelerated Shallow Lake and Wetland Enhancement and Restoration Program
Recipient: 
DNR - Fisheries & Wildlife
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$6,505,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This programmatic partnership between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Ducks Unlimited (DU) will accelerate enhancement, restoration, and protection of shallow lakes and wetlands important to waterfowl.

Accelerated Shallow Lake Restorations and Enhancements
Recipient: 
Ducks Unlimited
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,528,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This program will accelerate the improvement and protection of shallow lakes and large wetland habitat critical to migratory waterfowl and other wildlife in Minnesota by improving water quality and rejuvenating aquatic ecology in turbid shallow lake basins.

Itasca
Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands Enhancement , Phase 4
Recipient: 
DNR
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,870,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

This proposal will enhance the habitat quality of more than 20,000 acres of wetlands and shallow lakes by focusing on pre-design, design, construction and intensive management of basins.

Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands Restoration and Enhancement , Phase 3
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$936,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

Dikes and water control structures will be upgraded on three wetland and two shallow lakes located within wildlife management areas in Lincoln, Morrison, Roseau, Todd, and Yellow Medicine Counties

Accelerated Wildlife Management Area Acquisition
Recipient: 
Department of Natural Resources
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,900,000
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund

Our program will protect and restore 700 acres of new wetland wildlife habitat in wetland complexes in Minnesota through fee title acquisition. Title of all lands acquired will be held by the State and designated as Wildlife Management Area open to hunting, trapping, fishing and compatible outdoor recreation uses.