The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is inviting applicants for its 2022 Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
The grant program has expanded for 2022, adding a one-time special initiative for “New Infestations and Innovative Control Grants” to lake associations alongside traditional control grants to both lake associations and other organizations.
Funding Information
In 2022, $400,000 in program funds are available. In addition, one-time $850,000 in special initiative funds is available specifically for grants to lake associations. Because of the legislative restriction on the use of the special initiative funds, the regular up to $400,000 will be for grants to other organizations such as local units of government and tribes. These grant funds can be used for projects that control target invasive aquatic plants using herbicides, mechanical control or a combination of both.
The maximum award amount may not exceed $10,000 for Traditional Control Grants or $25,000 for New Infestations and Innovative Control Grants. Maximum award amounts will be increased for projects that propose two years of treatment to $20,000 and $50,000, respectively.
Grant Types
Traditional Control Grants
$400,000 available for lake associations and up to $400,000 available for other organizations to manage curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil and flowering rush.
Eligibility
- Any organization with a federal tax ID number.
- Applications will be selected by a random order until funds are spent, whereby grant award amounts are determined by proposed and DNR-reviewed project acreage.
- Funding supports a pre-treatment delineation survey to determine treatment areas and a treatment
New Infestations and Innovative Control Grants
$450,000 available for lake associations to manage curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil, flowering rush, starry stonewort and yellow iris (“target species” under these grants).
Eligibility
Applicants must be a lake association and meet at least one of the three following criteria:
- Target species infestation discovered within the past two years (since January 1, 2020),
- the project must be a part of a DNR-approved Lake Vegetation Management Plan or
- the applicant must have at least one year of aquatic plant community point-intercept survey data and
provide a project proposal that describes how the project is innovative or adaptive.- the point-intercept survey data for the aquatic plant community must have been collected recently (since January 1, 2020) and occurred in mid-summer. Curly-leaf pondweed projects will require an additional point-intercept or delineation survey from spring or early summer.
For more information, visit Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant Program.
