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Total Funding: $4,704,000Facilities Receiving Funding:
Statewide Projects: Regionwide Projects:
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The Midwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service benefitted from $28.5 million it received for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for projects throughout its 8-states. Minnesota Recovery Act Projects total approximately $3.45 million of those funds, across 10 projects, and to employ 40 STEP students, 90 YCC students and 12 conservation interns.
Projects include:
$1,530,000 for a water management ditch rehabilitation project at Agassiz NWR (R3GB)
$575,000 for erosion repairs to a ditch embankment slope at Agassiz NWR (R3GA)
$400,000 for energy efficiency work on the Sherburne NWR Headquarters building (R3LA)
$300,000 for energy efficiency and building upgrades to the Detroit Lakes WMD (R3GL)
$216,000 to replace the Sand Creek Trail bridge at Minnesota Valley NWR (R3GP)
$100,000 for invasive species removal on the Northern Tallgrass Prairie through the Minnesota Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (R3EN)
$80,000 for wetland restoration on the Northern Tallgrass Prairie through the Minnesota Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (R3EM)
$50,000 for solar heating system work at Agassiz NWR (R3GC)
$35,000 for building repairs to the Minnesota Valley NWR loading dock (R3GN)
$25,000 for installation of snow guards and gutters at Sherburne NWR (R3GT)
$9,800 to employ 10 STEP students at Agassiz NWR (R3NF)
$9,525 to employ 10 STEP students at Big Stone NWR (R3NF)
$15,000 to employ 10 STEP students at Glacial Ridge NWR (R3NF)
$20,000 to employ 10 STEP students at Litchfield WMD (R3NF)
$17,124 to employ 30 YCC students at Minnesota Valley NWR (R3NA)
$7,500 to employ 6 conservation interns at Minnesota Valley NWR (R3NC)
$18,000 to employ 30 YCC students at Sherburne NWR (R3NA)
$7,500 to employ 6 conservation interns at Sherburne NWR (R3NC)
$36,000 to employ 30 YCC students at Windom WMD (R3NB)
There are 73 Recovery Act projects in the Midwest Region, including six of which are region-wide student/intern employment projects totaling $443,700 including:
$93,242 to employ 150 Youth Conservation Corps employees at rural field stations throughout the Midwest (R3NA)
$198,084 to employ 240 Youth Conservation Corps employees each at 20 urban field stations throughout the Midwest (R3NB)
$30,000 to employ 24 conservation interns at rural field stations (R3NC)
$38,565 to employ 50 conservation interns each at rural field stations (R3ND)
$10,000 to employ 40 Student Temporary Employment (STEP) employees at urban field stations (R3NE)
$73,809 to employ 60 Student Temporary Employment (STEP) employees and other temporary youth hires at rural field stations (R3NF)
The $28.5 million dollars awarded through ARRA to the Midwest was distributed to field offices for projects in each of the 8 states in the region (and one project in Nebraska at Boyer Chute NWR, administered by staff at Desoto NWR, Iowa):
Iowa – five projects and employing 60 YCC and 10 STEP students, totaling $2.58 million
Illinois – four projects and employing 30 YCC students and 10 conservation interns, totaling $1.04 million
Indiana – four projects and employing 30 YCC students and 10 conservation interns, totaling $172,000
Michigan – 18 projects and employing 30 YCC students and 16 conservation interns, totaling $6.42 million
Minnesota – 10 projects and employing 40 STEP students, 90 YCC students and 12 conservation interns, totaling $3.45 million
Missouri – nine projects and employing 60 YCC students and 10 conservation interns, totaling $5.14 million
Nebraska – one project totaling $250,000 (administered by Desoto NWR, IA)
Ohio – six projects and employing 30 YCC students and 6 conservation interns, totaling $1.77 million
Wisconsin – nine projects and employing 60 YCC students, 50 STEP students, and 10 conservation interns, totaling $7.48 million
