The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) welcomes applications from local units of government and nonprofit organizations within Minnesota that will encourage and promote the inventory, planting, assessment, maintenance, improvement, protection, utilization, and restoration of trees and forest resources to enhance community forest ecosystem health and sustainability as well as to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and promote energy conservation.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
A total of $7,198,200 is available in general fund dollars to fund projects managing forest pest and disease, through community forestry activities on non-state public lands and residential land for low-income residents. There is no minimum to the dollar amount applicants can request. The maximum amount that will be funded is $500,000.
Eligible Activities
The following activities are eligible for grant funding:
- Community forestry work conducted on non-state public land, or on residential land for low-income residents (work on residential land must be conducted by companies or organizations with an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist on staff, Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) accreditation, or equivalent qualification)
- Work conducted by staff or contractors
- Tree inventories
- Developing a management plan, which can include but is not limited to a forestry-related climate adaption plan, all lands management plan, or emerald ash borer management plan. Incorporation of environmental justice components and wood utilization components into management plans is encouraged.
- Tree and stump removal and tree replacement
- Tree planting for diversity
- Chemical treatment of ash trees with an injectable non-neonicotinoid insecticide (e.g. emamectin benzoate) if it provideslong-term impact orseed funds an intended long-term program in communities up to 10 miles outside of generally infested areas across Minnesota
- Gravelbed construction and maintenance
- Developing a tree ordinance
- Tree cabling, if a long-term evaluation plan isincluded
- Maintenance pruning
- Development, purchase, or printing of materials used to educate, engage, andconduct outreachto residents about urban and community forestry
- Urban and community forestry or arboriculture education and outreach
- Professional certifications and/or training related to the proposed project
- Wood utilization
- Additional plant healthcare treatments, as approved
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit organizations with 501(c) status, educational institutions, and local units of government within Minnesota, including cities, counties, regional authorities, joint powers boards, towns, and Tribal governments. Parks and recreation boards in cities of the first class are also eligible to apply.
For more information, visit DNR.
