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Targeting Conservation Practices to Reduce Sediment to the Whitewater and Zumbro Rivers
Recipient: 
Olmsted Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$59,298
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Whitewater River is one of Minnesota's most scenic and best loved rivers. The Whitewater's pools are home to brown, brook and rainbow trout, making the river one of the state's most popular trout fishing areas. Yet, water quality is of concern.

"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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

 

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ACHF Organization Grant
Recipient: 
City of Milaca AKA Milaca Parks Commission
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$14,920
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Rec Fest 2012
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.

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 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.

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.

Andrew J. Volstead House Foundation Repair/Replacement Professional Estimate
A project of: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants Program 2012
Recipient: 
City of Granite Falls
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,500
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To assess the structural support system of the Andrew J. Volstead House Museum, a National Historic Landmark.
Animal Waste and Irrigation Water Management
Recipient: 
Benton SWCD
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$16,500
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project continues water plan activities from a 2007 Clean Water Legacy grant and initiates a multi‐county project to restore hydrology and water quality in an impaired trout stream.

Ann River Watershed TMDL Project-Phase II
Recipient: 
Kanabec County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$112,265
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will be a complete TMDL report for the Biota and Bacteria (E. coli) impairments for the Ann River Watershed. The water bodies associated with these impairments will then be removed from the MPCA’s impaired waters list, and implementation activities to restore the water bodies will begin.

Anoka Conservation District - Legislative Directed Funds - 2010
Recipient: 
Anoka Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$400,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

A direct appropriation of $400,000 in FY 2010 for the Anoka Conservation District (ACD) is for  the metropolitan landscape restoration program for water quality and improvement projects in the seven-county metro area.

 

Anoka Conservation District - Legislative Directed Funds - 2011
Recipient: 
Anoka Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$600,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

 

 

Armstrong Lake Restoration - Oakdale Library Retrofit
Recipient: 
Washington Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$48,270
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Washington Conservation District (WCD), Washington County, and South Washington Watershed District (SWWD) are partnering to retrofit water quality improvement practices at the Oakdale Library.

Art Project
Recipient: 
City of Walnut Grove
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
2011 Art and Music Family Festival.
Art Project
Recipient: 
Hutchinson Parks and Recreation
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,491
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
River Walk Public Arts Day
Art Project
Recipient: 
Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Comm. AKA Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,500
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Meander 2010, Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl
Art Project
Recipient: 
Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Comm. AKA Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$5,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Meander 2011, The Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl.
Art Project Legacy
Recipient: 
Marshall Community Services
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$17,498
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Mrs. Whitney Statue
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Arts Access
Recipient: 
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$44,000
Source: 
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Riverside Concerts, Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra, and Honors Choir of Southeast Minnesota will bus 5,000 fourth and fifth graders from across southeastern Minnesota to educational youth concerts at the Mayo Civic Center on 4/21/2011; teachers will receive an advance study guide to prepare students for the concerts.