Grant Round 25

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Summary of Applications

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Western Big Game Connectivity and Habitat Fragmentation

25-1 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

ND Statewide Tree Planting Initiative

25-2 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Fargo Southwest Pond Regional Recreation Area

25-3 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Manvel Community Park Improvement Project

25-4 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Planting for the Future

25-5 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota Grazing Management Toolbox

25-6 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

UWP Educational Prairie Trail

25-7 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

TMBCI Sky Chief Park Beachfront Landscaping Project

25-8 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota State Fair Association-Tree Planting

25-9 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Working Grasslands Partnership 7

25-10 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Grant Round 24

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Grant Round 24

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

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Spring Lake Park Enhancement

24-1 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota Statewide Windbreak Renovation Initiative 4.0

24-2 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Dakota Lake Picnic Shelter

24-3 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Tobacco Gardens Dredging Project

24-4 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Belfield Dam Improvement

24-5 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Greenway Fishing Enhancement Project

24-6 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota State Fair (West Park Playground)

24-7 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Ramsey County Multi-Purpose Event Center

24-8 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

UWP Educational Prairie Trail

24-9 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Bakken Development and Working Lands Program III

24-10 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Enhancing State Parks Through Strategic Tree and Shrub Plantings

24-11 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Badlands Restoration Project

24-12 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota Prescribed Fire Program for Ranchland Enhancement

24-13 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Dunseith Park Handicapped Accessibility Project

24-14 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

PreK Park Enhancement - Sunset Park

24-15 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Painted Woods Lake Flood Protection & Recreation Project

24-16 Application

Technical Review Summary

24-233: ND Statewide Windbreak Renovation Initiative 4.0

  • Sponsor: ND Forest Service
  • Objective: Continue financial assistance program for landowners to renovate its windbreaks.
  • Funded Amount: $900,000
  • Total Project Cost: $1,200,000
    • Final Report 

24-234: Belfield Dam Improvement

  • Sponsor: City of Belfield
  • Objective: Bank repair & regrading with riprap placement. Establish beach area with kayak ramp and 2 shelters.
  • Funded Amount: $145,125
  • Total Project Cost: $193,500 
    • Final Report 

24-235: Bakken Development and Working Lands Program III

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
  • Objective: Improvements to grazing operations, increased public access, and reclamation on public lands in Western ND. 
  • Funded Amount: $1,625,000
  • Total Project Cost: $5,462,400
    • Final Report 

24-236: Badlands Restoration Project

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
  • Objective: Treat 1,000 acres of rangeland infested with Rocky Mountain Juniper throughout grazing lands in the ND Badlands.
  • Funded Amount: $77,000
  • Total Project Cost: $615,470
    • Final Report

24-237: ND Prescribed Fire Program for Ranchland Enhancement

  • Sponsor: ND Wildlife Federation
  • Objective: Conduct prescribed burns to manage fuel loadings, improve rangeland forage, and demonstrate the positive impacts of prescribed fire on the landscape.
  • Funded Amount: $200,000
  • Total Project Cost: $275,000
    • Final Report

24-238: PreK Park Enhancement

  • Sponsor: Sunset Park District 1
  • Objective: Provide a child's train set and play system with borders and wood fiber included for children under 5 years of age at Sunset Park.
  • Funded Amount: $10,000
  • Total Project Cost: $80,687
    • Final Report

24-239: Painted Woods Lake Flood Protection & Recreation Project

  • Sponsor: McLean County Water Resource District
  • Objective: Restore water quality & soil conditions, improve in-stream and riparian habitat for fish & wildlife, and enhance recreational access to public lands and waters within the Painted Woods Lake Wildlife Development Area (WDA).
  • Funded Amount: $1,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $3,718,650
    • Final Report

Grant Round 23

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Summary of Applications

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ND Prairie Management Toolbox 

23-1 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Mayville Dam #2 Reconstruction & Recreation Project

23-2 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Napoleon Recreation Trail

23-3 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Japanese Gardens Revitalization at Sertoma Park

23-4 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Lost Lake Dam Fish Passage 

23-5 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Painted Woods Lake Flood Protection & Recreation Project 

23-6 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Wildlife and Livestock Dams-Wetlands Creation, Restoration, and Enhancement II

23-7 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

MonDak Pheasants Forever 619 NWND 2024-2026 Habitat Project

23-8 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

DISQUALIFIED-Towner Youth Baseball Fundraising

23-9 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

TMBCI Fishing/Boat Access Project

23-10 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

DISQUALIFIED-Williston Parks and Recreation District-Williston Water World

23-11 Application

Technical Review Summary

23-225: ND Prairie Management Toolbox

  • Sponsor: Audubon Great Plains
  • Objective: Provide financial assistance to private landowners in eastern ND and collaborate to implement regenerative grassland management practices including invasive woody vegetation removal on 600 acres and grazing infrastructure on 4,400 acres.
  • Funded Amount: $747,400
  • Total Project Cost: $1,206,512.26
    • Final Report 

23-226: Mayville Dam #2 Reconstruction & Recreation Project

  • Sponsor: City of Mayville
  • Objective: Remove the failed low head dam, reestablish the eroded riverbank, and construct a new dam in the form of rock riffle structures to facilitate fish passage, enable more natural sediment transport and reduce sediment buildup, develop fish habitat, and allow access within the Goose River.  
  • Funded Amount: $396,595.48
  • Total Project Cost: $3,050,000 
    • Final Report 

23-227: Napoleon Recreation Trail

  • Sponsor: City of Napoleon
  • Objective: Develop a recreation trail to connect facilities and provide a safe route. The trail parallels a creek and wildlife educational plaques will be displayed along the trail.  
  • Funded Amount: $1,050,000
  • Total Project Cost: $1,400,000
    • Final Report 

23-228: Lost Lake Dam Fish Passage

  • Sponsor: McLean County Water Resource District
  • Objective: Removing four barriers to fish migration in the lower portion of the Painted Woods Creek with a 305 mile watershed. 
  • Funded Amount: $66,735.53
  • Total Project Cost: $88,980.7
    • Final Report

23-229: Painted Woods Lake Flood Protection & Recreation Project

  • Sponsor: McLean County Water Resource District
  • Objective: Construct a parking lot and kayak/canoe launch, build a new dam, and construct two box culverts to facilitate walk-in access across the creek channel and a gravel access path that leads to the dam within the Painted Woods Lake Wildlife Development Area (WDA).
  • Funded Amount: $916,825
  • Total Project Cost: $4,900,000
    • Final Report

23-230: Wildlife and Livestock Dams – Wetlands Creation, Restoration, and Enhancement II

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
  • Objective: Assist landowners with approximately 20 wetland dam creations, dam repairs, and drain ditch plugs throughout the state impacting 112 surface acres of wetland habitat.  
  • Funded Amount: $267,750
  • Total Project Cost: $520,500
    • Final Report

23-231: MonDak Pheasants Forever 619 NWND 2024-2026 Habitat Project

  • Sponsor: Pheasants Forever
  • Objective: Incentivize 2,500 acres of new grass plantings and an additional 2,500 acres of new CRP enrollments with hunting access to increase new wildlife habitat development and hunting access in Williams and Divide counties.
  • Funded Amount: $250,000
  • Total Project Cost: $400,000
    • Final Report

23-232: TMBCI Fishing/Boat Access Project

  • Sponsor: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (TMBCI)
  • Objective: Purchase seven handicapped accessible fishing/boat access docks to be installed at five tribal lakes for the purpose of expanding recreational opportunities as well as providing lake access for water quality testing.
  • Funded Amount: $109,800
  • Total Project Cost: $146,400
    • Final Report

Grant Round 22

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Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

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Napoleon Pedestrian Trail 

22-1 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Katz Dam Fish Passage

22-2 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Coyote Clay Target League Range Build Project

22-3 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Turkeys Enhancing Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat

22-4 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

ND Statewide Tree Planting Initiative 

22-5 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation (TRPL) Prairie Enhancement Land Management Phase 1 

22-6 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Pembina County Community Orchard

22-7 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

The Conservation Capacity Program 

22-8 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

ND Partners for Wildlife Project 3 

22-9 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Howard Oppegard Landing Improvements

22-10 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Epping Springbrook Dam Algae Control 

22-11 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (TMBCI) Belcourt Lake Rejuvenation, Phase II

22-12 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Dunseith Park Improvement Project

22-13 Application

Technical Review Summary

22-214: Katz Dam Fish Passage

  • Sponsor: McLean County Water Resource District
  • Objective: Construction of fish passage to bypass barrier created by Katz Dam on Painted Woods Creek, would open 11 additional miles of the stream above the Missouri River; 2021 project used Water Commission funds to address low-head dam issue; USACE 404 permit would need to be modified to allow construction of fish passage.
  • Funded Amount: $112,572.75
  • Total Project Cost: $150,097
    • Final Report 

22-215: Coyote Clay Target Range

  • Sponsor: Coyote Clay Target League
  • Objective: The Coyote Clay Target League has grown into the largest youth league in the nation, but recently lost their range with the expansion of the City of Williston limits, and a new range is needed. The project would involve the construction of a new shooting range, including trap houses and a skeet range. 
  • Funded Amount: $293,158
  • Total Project Cost: $517,849 
    • Final Report 

22-216: Turkeys Enhancing Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat

  • Sponsor: National Wild Turkey Federation
  • Objective: Project involves enhancement of 1,500 acres of habitat by providing financial assistance for both public and private land enhancement at no less than 3:1 match.
  • Funded Amount: $200,000
  • Total Project Cost: $356,913
    • Final Report 

22-217: ND Statewide Tree Planting Initiative

  • Sponsor: ND Conservation District Employees Association
  • Objective: Project involves providing up to 75% cost-share to North Dakota landowners for the purpose of installing and maintaining trees. 
  • Funded Amount: $2,550,000
  • Total Project Cost: $4,813,333
    • Final Report

22-218: TRPL Prairie Enhancement Land Management Phase I

  • Sponsor: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation
  • Objective: Project involves collecting seed of local genetic origin for over 100 species of plants indigenous to southwest North Dakota; seeds will be cleaned and tested and planted; healthy plugs will be planted at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library site; native seeds for the target species are not commercially available currently, the project will make these seeds available in the future.  
  • Funded Amount: $498,374
  • Total Project Cost: $1,345,185
    • Final Report

22-219: Pembina County Community Orchard

  • Sponsor: Pembina County Historical Society
  • Objective: Project involves installation of a water line from the Pembina County Museum to the Pembina County Community Orchard ($8,900), a maintenance shed ($1,500) wood mulch ($1,000), and the installation of a shelter belt ($1,500). 
  • Funded Amount: $8,900
  • Total Project Cost: $16,665
    • Final Report

22-220: The Conservation Capacity Program

  • Sponsor: ND Wildlife Federation
  • Objective: NDWF proposes providing project funds as sub-grants to North Dakota conservation clubs for pojects ranging from fencing, rotational grazing, pollinator plantings, and shooting range improvements.
  • Funded Amount: $30,000
  • Total Project Cost: $45,000
    • Final Report

22-221: ND Partners for Wildlife Project 3

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
  • Objective: The Project involves a third phase of two previous OHF projects, and would include grazing system agreements, wetland restoration agreements, and cover crop agreements with North Dakota landowners.
  • Funded Amount: $1,957,500
  • Total Project Cost: $3,387,000
    • Final Report

22-222: Howard Oppegard Landing Improvements

  • Sponsor: American Foundation for Wildlife
  • Objective: The Project involves the construction of a boat ramp, an earthen fishing pier, a concrete picnic table, and native pollinator grass planting on a dontated parcel of land adjacent to Eckelson Lake in Barnes County.
  • Funded Amount: $50,550
  • Total Project Cost: $85,650
    • Final Report

22-223: Epping Springbrook Dam Algae Control

  • Sponsor: Williams County Parks
  • Objective: The Project involves the installation of three algae control buoys to mitigate harmful algal blooms at Epping/Springbrook Dam in Williams County. 
  • Funded Amount: $131,921.25
  • Total Project Cost: $175,895
    • Final Report

22-224: TMBCI Belcourt Lake Rejuvenation Phase II

  • Sponsor: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
  • Objective: The Project involves the installation of two handicapped-accessible fishing piers, a restroom facility, and two picnic arbors at Belcourt Lake; the project would renovate a historic boy scout camp site to provide additional public access to the lake.
  • Funded Amount: $105,741
  • Total Project Cost: $147,741
    • Final Report

Grant Round 21

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Summary of Applications

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Livestock Water and Grazing Distribution and Wildlife Haven

21-1 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Monarch Core Area Prairie Management Toolbox

21-2 Application

Technical Review Summary 

 

Urban Woods and Prairies Urban Pollinator Plots Project

21-3 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Tioga Dam Trail

21-5 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota Statewide Windbreak Renovation Initiative 3.0

21-6 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Working Grassland Partnership 6

21-7 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

The Reuse of Recycled Water to Reestablish Healthy Soil Conditions and Regenerate Green Space Used By The Public For Outdoor Recreation

21-8 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

TRPL Prairie Restoration Phase 1

21-9 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Outdoor Recreation Bridge

21-10 Application

Technical Review Summary

21-206: Livestock Water and Grazing Distribution and Wildlife Haven

  • Sponsor: Assumption Abbey
  • Objective: Install a spring-fed tank that will replace a dam for livestock water needs at the  center of a 200-acre pasture to produce cleaner water, restore damaged pond shoreline, and improve grazing distribution and livestock performance. 
  • Funded Amount: $34,310
  • Total Project Cost: $50,806
    • Final Report 

21-207: Monarch Core Area Prairie Management Toolbox

  • Sponsor: Audubon Dakota
  • Objective: The Monarch Core Area Prairie Management Toolbox (MCAPMT) will provide forage and habitat enhancement resources to landowners in the north core area for breeding monarch butterflies in eastern North Dakota. Project activities will be placed on 2,500 acres and past successful projects have affected a total of 6,175 acres. 
  • Funded Amount: $301,825
  • Total Project Cost: $499,080
    • Final Report 

21-208: Urban Woods and Prairies: Urban Pollinator Plots Project

  • Sponsor: Audubon Dakota
  • Objective: To establish and restore approximately 50 acres of high diversity, forb-rich, native prairie plantings on urban parklands across six sites throughout the City of Fargo.  
  • Funded Amount: $142,058
  • Total Project Cost: $202,054 
    • Final Report 

21-209: Tioga Dam Trail

  • Sponsor: City of Tioga
  • Objective: Create a natural trail around the Tioga Dam that provides healthy recreational and sportsman activities.
  • Funded Amount: $200,000
  • Total Project Cost: $2,403,000
    • Final Report 

21-210: ND Statewide Windbreak Renovation Initiative 3.0

  • Sponsor: ND Forest Service
  • Objective: Continuation of the Windbreak Renovation Initiative and ensure that windbreaks remain part of the agricultural landscape by providing financial assistance to landowners to renovate dead and deteriorating windbreaks.
  • Funded Amount: $900,000
  • Total Project Cost: $1,200,000
    • Final Report

21-211: Working Grasslands Partnership 6

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
  • Objective: Provide financial and technical assistance to ND landowners as they transition expired or expiring CRP acres into working grasslands.  
  • Funded Amount: $740,000
  • Total Project Cost: $1,410,000
    • Final Report

21-212: Reuse of Recycled Water to Reestablish Healthy Soil Conditions and Regenerate Green Space

  • Sponsor: South Heart Golf Course Building Authority
  • Objective: Acquisition and installation of 4,400 feet of six-inch pipe to provide reuse water for irrigation purposes, soil restoration, and conservation on the Pheasant Country Golf Course in South Heart. 
  • Funded Amount: $209,589
  • Total Project Cost: $279,451.74
    • Final Report

21-213: Outdoor Recreation Bridge

  • Sponsor: Valley City Parks and Recreation
  • Objective: Removal of an outdated seasonal bridge and installation of a permanent one to provide year-round activities and allow more access to the Sheyenne River Water Trail.  
  • Funded Amount: $425,000
  • Total Project Cost: $850,000
    • Final Report

Grant Round 20

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Summary of Applications

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Playground Renovation

20-1 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Cover Crop & Livestock Integration Project III

20-2 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Grasslands Enhancement Project Phase II

20-3 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Odland Dam Sedimentation & Nutrient Removal Project Phase 2

20-4 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Southwestern North Dakota Pheasant Initiative

20-5 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Sheyenne River State Forest Access Improvement Project

20-6 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Center Pedestrian Trail Extension

20-7 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

City of Dunseith Park Upgrade Project

20-8 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Tongue River Restoration

20-9 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

Grazing Resiliency in the Bakken (GRB) II

20-10 Application

Technical Review Summary

 

North Dakota Partners For Wildlife Project 2

20-11 Application

Technical Review Summary

20-197: ND Partners For Wildlife Project 2

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust 
  • Objective: Cost-share for wetland restoration/creation, grazing systems, cover crops, and grass seedings to achieve natural resources and agricultural benefits.
  • Funded Amount: $1,016,500
  • Total Project Cost: $1,734,800
    • Final Report 

20-198: Grazing Resiliency in the Bakken (GRB) II

  • Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
  • Objective: Increase water supplies, implement fencing for rotational grazing systems, and utilize cover crops to provide current and future drought resiliency to approximately 60 landowners and tens of thousands of acres.
  • Funded Amount: $1,970,000
  • Total Project Cost: $3,280,000 
    • Final Report 

20-199: Tongue River Restoration

  • Sponsor: Pembina County Water Resource District 
  • Objective: Halt the upstream progression of severe channel incision and restore floodplain connectivity and ecologically self-sustaining function to 1.6-miles already impacted river channel, as well as restoring native riparian vegetation on 55-acres of floodplain. 
  • Funded Amount: $703,700
  • Total Project Cost: $5,392,600
    • Final Report 

20-200: Sheyenne River State Forest Access Improvement Project

  • Sponsor: ND Forest Service
  • Objective:Develop and improve trails and establish an informational trail head area with restrooms, trail archways, and an informational kiosk within the Sheyenne River State Forest. 
  • Funded Amount: $45,000
  • Total Project Cost: $62,000
    • Final Report

20-201: Southwestern North Dakota Pheasant Initiative

  • Sponsor: Hettinger Research Extension Center
  • Objective: Cooperate with private landowners to create, enhance, and restore habitat for ring-necked pheasants and build local populations through the establishment of new grassland plantings, food plots, and manipulation of existing grassland acres. 
  • Funded Amount: $74,297
  • Total Project Cost: $99,280
    • Final Report

20-202: Odland Dam Sedimentation & Nutrient Removal Project Phase 2

  • Sponsor: Golden Valley County Water Board
  • Objective: Make additional improvements to Odland Dam by completing 100,000 cubic yards of sediment and nutrient removal so it is an enjoyable recreational area accessible for all individuals. 
  • Funded Amount: $1,286,040
  • Total Project Cost: $1,714,720
    • Final Report

20-203: Grasslands Enhancement Project Phase II

  • Sponsor: Ducks Unlimited
  • Objective: Advance grazing management systems on school trust, public, and adjacent private land through grazing infrastructure enhancements and planned grazing.
  • Funded Amount: $315,750
  • Total Project Cost: $542,000
    • Final Report

20-204: Cover Crop & Livestock Integration Project III

  • Sponsor: Ducks Unlimited
  • Objective: Provide financial and technical assistance to North Dakota landowners who implement and adopt cover crop and livestock integration practices on cropland.
  • Funded Amount: $1,609,000
  • Total Project Cost: $2,758,333
    • Final Report

20-205: Playground Renovation

  • Sponsor: Carrington Area Healthy Communities Coalition
  • Objective: Renovate Carrington's west end park by replacing the old equipment. 
  • Funded Amount: $10,000
  • Total Project Cost: $210,329
    • Final Report