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Legacy Amendment provides more than $268,000 in Small Grants This state-funded program is made possible by the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on Nov. 4, 2008. The Legacy Amendment supports efforts to preserve Minnesota land, water and legacy, including Minnesota history and cultural heritage. Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | × The Minnesota Historical Society announced the newest recipients of 30 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants ($10,000 and less), totaling $268,192 to organizations in 16 counties, includ...

The problem was that the earth on the west side of the weir started to erode creating a by-pass channel, which then widened and caused the barrier to shift. The permanent fix? The construction of a rock arch rapids, which was set to be built this spring. The project was pushed up and work began on Wednesday, March 3. Funding for it was provided by the Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership and Outdoor Heritage Fund, created as part of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, according to Amanda Hillman, restoration coordinator with the DNR's River Ecology Unit. Hillman said the construction w...

Dennis Anderson: Minnesota's future conservation funding needs are clear, but answers? Not so much. Dennis Anderson, Star Tribune © Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune/TNS Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Sarah Strommen. In her introductory remarks to the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) roundtable held virtually in January, the agency's commissioner, Sarah Strommen, mentioned almost as an aside that in coming months she would announce a new funding mechanism for her department and, presumably, for Minnesota conservation. Strommen's remarks were re...

Task force suggests Minnesota needs a new outdoors office The Outdoor Recreation Task Force was formed by the Department of Natural Resources and the state's tourism arm, Explore Minnesota. Written By: Bob Timmons / Star Tribune | 7:03 am, Feb. 26, 2021 × Sarah Strommen, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. (Photo/ Minnesota DNR) MINNEAPOLIS (Tribune News Service) — An eclectic group of outdoors people organized by the state a year ago to study how Minnesota can better promote its natural places and make those resources available to more peo...

Como Zoo is welcoming its newest resident to the group, a 26-year-old female polar bear named Nan, just in time for Saturday's International Polar Bear Day...