Laurentian RC&D Projects

• Project: Itasca County Non Industrial Private Forestland (NIPF) Committee

        Assistance requested- grant planning

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• Project: Renewable Energy Clean Air Project (RECAP) - International Falls

        Assistance requested- Project support, Information/education, Funding search/opportunities 

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• Project: Northome City Library/Northome Resource Center

        Assistance requested- Technical Assistance, Organizational Support, Planning Assistance, and Grant Writing for the city library. The current facility is in a former bank building that needs extensive   remodeling to be functional as a library and community resource center.

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• Project: 2009 Beef Grazing Workshop

        Assistance requested- Planning, assisting with the event and completion of the final report.

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• Project: Farm Beginnings/Northeast Sustainable Farming Association

        Assistance requested- Grant writing grant searches

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• Project: Lake Superior Steelhead Association (LSSA) “Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation Project”

        Assistance requested- Technical assistance, information/education activities, organizational support, planning assistance, and grant writing assistance for the “Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation Project.

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• Project: Silver Bay Eco-Industrial Park

        Assistance requested- pending

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• Project:  Flute Reed Partnership 2009 Tree Planting

        Assistance requested- Assist a NRCS Earth Team Volunteer Group form and plant tress along the banks of the Flute Reed River in Cook County.

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• Project: Lake Superior Watershed Cold Water Coalition (LSWCWC)

        Assistance requested- Assist the Coalition develop a Project Plan that will guide cold water stream habitat work in our region. Organizational support, planning assistance, and grant writing is requested.

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• Project: Duluth Green 

        Assistance requested- Technical assistance, Information/Education activities, Organizational Support and Planning assistance to develop environmentally orientated work projects for unemployed young adults from low income households who are enrolled in the program.  

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• Project: The Helpers Trust/ Gods Wilderness H2O

        Assistance requested- Technical assistance, Information/Education activities, Organizational Support, Planning assistance, and Grant writing to help develop a small business based on sales of exceptional well water bottled and distributed regionally. 

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•  Project: Cook County SWCD “Casper’s Hill Road

        Assistance requested- Organizational Support, Planning assistance, and Grant writing for a project to correct road side erosion and subsequent water quality problems on a length of private road serving 40 landowners impacting two trout streams.  

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• Project: South Saint Louis SWCD “Knife River Stewardship Committee”

       Assistance requested- Technical assistance, Information/Education activities, Organizational Support, and Planning assistance to reconvene and lead the Knife River Watershed forest Stewardship Committee to develop BMP’s for the implementation of the Knife River TMDL program.