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Statewide
Acquiring Land and Creating Opportunities -A Parks and Trails Strategic Objective
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$393,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$412,250
Source: 
Parks & Trails Fund
This program area accounts for all administration costs that support all projects DNR is engaged in to acquire land and create opportunities, a key strategic objective of the Parks and Trails Legacy Fund.
Statewide
Acquisition and Development Planning and Design
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$214,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$239,000
Source: 
Parks & Trails Fund
Strategic planning efforts guide the expenditure of Legacy funds towards desired outcomes which are derived from public and stakeholder input, research, analysis and input from a variety of experts and leadership. Parks and Trails planners conduct these efforts. Staffing levels were adjusted to complete this legacy work.
Acquisition of Microfilm Reader/Printer ScanPro 2000
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Nobles County Library
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To provide greater accessibility to, and use of, the Nobles County Library's microfilm research collection.
Detailed map available
ADA Access to the Gosen School
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
City of Winger
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,900
To broaden public access to the Gosen School, which houses the Winger History Museum
ADA Accessibility - Bathrooms & Entry Door
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Grant County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$29,215
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To enable greater public access to Grant County history through installation of restrooms that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Detailed map available
ADA Compliant Wheelchair Lift Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Fillmore County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,940
Broadened public access through an ADA-compliant wheelchair lift in the Fillmore County History Center.
Additional Lab and Statistical Analyses for 2012 Wild Rice Field Survey-Category 4
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$49,977
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will provide lab analyses and interpretation required for 2012 wild rice field survey. The 2012 lab analyses will be merged with the 2011 field survey data and determine what additional work, if any, is needed during the 2013 field season.

Statewide
Additional Monitoring Well Installation Ambient Groundwater Monitoring and Assessment Program Twin Cities Metro Area Sites-FY2012
Recipient: 
Peer Engineering
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$72,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Contractor assistance with site selection, reconnaissance and obtaining access for installation of ambient groundwater monitoring wells in Ramsey county and Hennepin county. This project will provide services and oversight of the installation for up to 16 well sites.

Statewide
Administrative Expenses
A project of: Statewide Historic Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$215,342
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
By carefully managing its costs, the Society has adhered to the legislative mandate that institutions not spend more than 2.5 percent on administrative expenses.
Statewide
Administrative Expenses
A project of: Statewide History Programs
Recipient: 
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$278,022
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
In order to implement its Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF) projects, the Minnesota Historical Society employs an ACHF Program Coordinator to oversee the program administration.
Detailed map available
Adopt a Survivor Oral History Archive
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Talmud Torah of Minneapolis
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
To document in 10 interviews the story of Holocaust survivors in Minnesota
Adventures in Culture/Time Travel Minnesota Style
A project of: Kitchigami Regional Library Legacy Grant: SFY 2010 - 2011
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

This was an after school program for 1st to 3rd graders that was developed in Park Rapids and delivered in Park Rapids and Bemidji.

Kitchigami Regional Library System In-Kind Funds - $1,050.00

African American and Jewish Oral Histories
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
African American Registry
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To document in 6 interviews an inter-racial, cross-cultural oral history of Black and Jewish residents of Minneapolis.
Afton
Recipient: 
Afton, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,500
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
Evaluate alternatives to fix failing subsurface sewage treatment systems
Agassiz Pool Accelerated Sediment Reduction
Recipient: 
Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$178,750
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Thief River and its tributaries have deteriorating water quality due to sedimentation. Sediment plumes and deltas have formed at the inlets of pools in Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (Agassiz Pool) and Thief Lake, an important recreational resource in Northwest Minnesota.

AgBMP Loan Program
Recipient: 
Farmers, Rural Landowners, and Agricultural Supply Businesses
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,500,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,500,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,500,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,000,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The AgBMP Loan Program provides needed funding for local implementation of clean water practices at an extremely low cost, is unique in its structure and is not duplicated by any other source of funding.

Agricultural and Urban Runoff Water Quality Treatment Analysis
Recipient: 
Blue Earth County Drainage Authority
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$485,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The project will improve water quality, enhance ecological value, and provide a model/tool for agricultural drainage improvements. The results will be beneficial to producers and the environment on future projects.

Agricultural Best Management Practices Assessment and Tracking Tool
Recipient: 
Stephanie Johnson - Houston Engineering Inc. sjohnson@houstoneng.com (763) 493-6685
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$102,466
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The objective of this project was to develop a comprehensive database of information related to agricultural BMPs and provide that information in easily accessible formats to people across the state of Minnesota.

Agricultural Conservation Partnership - Dakota County
Recipient: 
Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$150,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will improve surface and groundwater quality in the rural sections of the Vermillion and North Cannon River Watersheds located in Dakota County through the installation of targeted structural and vegetative conservation practices.

Statewide
Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program
Recipient: 
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$173,380
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,830
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

 

Aitkin County Shipwrecks Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$6,988
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To evaluate three shipwrecks for potential inclusion as a district on the National Register of Historic Places.
Akerlund Glass Plate Negative Scanning, Phase V
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Cokato Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To create digital user copies of approximately 1,400 5x7 glassplate negatives from the Gust Akerlund Photography Studio Collection
Akerlund Studio Glass Plate Negative Scanning, Phase IV
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
Cokato Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$7,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To scan and digitize 1,400 significant glass plate negatives from the Gust Akerlund Studio collection.
Detailed map available
Akerlund Studio Glass Plate Scanning Project
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program
Recipient: 
Cokato Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,494
To create digital user copies of 817 8x10 glassplate negatives from the Gust Akerlund Photography Studio Collection
Aladdin Street BioInfiltration Basin Retrofit Installation
Recipient: 
Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$32,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project address a priority in the local water management plan and will install a bio-infiltration basin to capture stormwater runoff from a 2.3 acre site before it enters a protected wetland.