Outdoor Heritage Fund-Grant Rounds 20-25

Sponsor: Audubon Great Plains
Objective: Financial assistance for landowners to improve grassland habitat on 7,500 acres.
Funded Amount: $635,000
Total Project Cost: $1,234,506
- Final Report

25-243: Working Grasslands Partnership 7

Sponsor: ND Natural Resources Trust
Objective: Cost-share for landowners to transition CRP acres into grazing.
Funded Amount: $762,500
Total Project Cost: $1,267,500
- Final Report

Grant Round 24

Medium

h2

Left

Grant Round 24

Application Summaries

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

Proposals

Spring Lake Park Enhancement

24-1 Application

ND Statewide Windbreak Renovation Initiative 4.0

24-2 Application

Dakota Lake Picnic Shelter

24-3 Application

Tobacco Gardens Dredging Project

24-4 Application

Belfield Dam Improvement

24-5 Application

Greenway Fishing Enhancement Project

24-6 Application

ND State Fair (West Park Playground)

24-7 Application

Ramsey County Multi-Purpose Event Center

24-8 Application

UWP Educational Prairie Trail

24-9 Application

Bakken Development and Working Lands Program III

24-10 Application

Enhancing State Parks Through Strategic Tree and Shrub Plantings

24-11 Application

Badlands Restoration Project

24-12 Application

ND Prescribed Fire Program for Ranchland Enhancement

24-13 Application

Dunseith Park Handicapped Accessibility Project

24-14 Application

PreK Park Enhancement - Sunset Park

24-15 Application

Painted Woods Lake Flood Protection & Recreation Project

24-16 Application

Approved Projects

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

Medium

h2

Left

Grant Round 23

Application Summaries

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

Proposals

ND Prairie Management Toolbox

23-1 Application

Mayville Dam #2 Reconstruction & Recreation Project

23-2 Application

Napoleon Recreation Trail

23-3 Application

Japanese Gardens Revitalization at Sertoma Park

23-4 Application

Lost Lake Dam Fish Passage

23-5 Application

Painted Woods Lake Flood Protection & Recreation Project

23-6 Application

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

23-7 Application

MonDak Pheasants Forever 619 NWND 2024-2026 Habitat Project

23-8 Application

DISQUALIFIED-Towner Youth Baseball Fundraising

23-9 Application

TMBCI Fishing/Boat Access Project

23-10 Application

DISQUALIFIED-Williston Parks and Recreation District-Williston Water World

23-11 Application

Approved Projects

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

Medium

h2

Left

Grant Round 22

Application Summaries

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

Proposals

Napoleon Pedestrian Trail

22-1 Application

Katz Dam Fish Passage

22-2 Application

Coyote Clay Target League Range Build Project

22-3 Application

Turkeys Enhancing Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat

22-4 Application

ND Statewide Tree Planting Initiative

22-5 Application

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

22-6 Application

Pembina County Community Orchard

22-7 Application

The Conservation Capacity Program

22-8 Application

ND Partners for Wildlife Project 3

22-9 Application

Howard Oppegard Landing Improvements

22-10 Application

Epping Springbrook Dam Algae Control

22-11 Application

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

22-12 Application

Dunseith Park Improvement Project

22-13 Application

Approved Projects

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 projects 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

Medium

h2

Left

Grant Round 21

Application Summaries

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

Proposals

Livestock Water and Grazing Distribution and Wildlife Haven

21-1 Application

Monarch Core Area Prairie Management Toolbox

21-2 Application

Urban Woods and Prairies Urban Pollinator Plots Project

21-3 Application

Tioga Dam Trail

21-5 Application

North Dakota Statewide Windbreak Renovation Initiative 3.0

21-6 Application

Working Grassland Partnership 6

21-7 Application

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

21-8 Application

TRPL Prairie Restoration Phase 1

21-9 Application

Outdoor Recreation Bridge

21-10 Application

Approved Projects

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

Medium

h2

Left

Grant Round 20

Application Summaries

Summary of Applications

Technical Review Summary

Approval Summary

Proposals

Playground Renovation

20-1 Application

Cover Crop & Livestock Integration Project III

20-2 Application

Grasslands Enhancement Project Phase II

20-3 Application

Odland Dam Sedimentation & Nutrient Removal Project Phase 2

20-4 Application

Southwestern North Dakota Pheasant Initiative

20-5 Application

Sheyenne River State Forest Access Improvement Project

20-6 Application

Center Pedestrian Trail Extension

20-7 Application

City of Dunseith Park Upgrade Project

20-8 Application

Tongue River Restoration

20-9 Application

Grazing Resiliency in the Bakken (GRB) II

20-10 Application

North Dakota Partners For Wildlife Project 2

20-11 Application

Approved Projects

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 (Withdrawn)

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