The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is requesting applications for its 2025 Invasive Aquatic Plant Management Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has made up to $400,000 available to all local entities such as lake associations, watershed districts, cities and counties to receive state funding from the DNR for the management of curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil, flowering rush and/or starry stonewort.
The DNR’s goal for invasive aquatic plant management is to minimize harmful effects caused by invasive plants while also protecting the natural resources and their use in the State. Invasive aquatic plant management permitted treatments are selective for target invasive plants and minimize potential negative impacts to aquatic habitat, including water quality and native plants.
Funding is for reimbursement of expenses incurred while conducting local aquatic invasive species (AIS) management projects under invasive aquatic plant management permits. Grantees will be reimbursed up to their grant amount for a pre-treatment delineation survey conducted by a third party and costs related to that. Only one application per waterbody (as defined by its unique Lake ID number) will be accepted. Applications will be selected by a random order until funds are spent, and grant award amounts will be determined by proposed and DNR-reviewed project acreage.
Funding Information
Grants will range from $2500 to $12,500.
For more information, visit DNR.
