The Cooperative Weed Management program provides financial assistance to develop and sustain Cooperative Weed Management Areas that control emerging weed threats and manage natural areas and conservation lands through an integrated pest management and ecosystem approach.
Donor Name: Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 02/21/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant program funding is made possible through an appropriation [Laws of Minnesota 2023, Chapter 60, Article 1, Section 4(c)(2)] and is focused on establishing strong and sustainable CWMAs and CISMAs across Minnesota for the collaborative and efficient control of invasive species and protection of conservation lands and natural areas.
Newly developing and existing CWMAs and CISMAs are eligible for this RFP.
- Newly developing CWMAs/CISMAs or existing CWMAs/CISMAs groups that add an additional geographic area to an existing CWMAs/CISMAs may request up to $20,000. A group is defined as new if they are establishing a group that has not existed in the past, or they were established and have been inactive for ten or more years.
- Grant requests for existing groups will be up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Counties and Tribal Governments are eligible applicants. Other organizations may partner with an eligible applicant to apply for funding to help develop and run a CWMA/CISMA project.
For more information, visit BWSR.
