ST PAUL, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced the recipients of its 2024 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant. Eleven projects totaling $150,000 were awarded though the grant.
The money awarded to cities, counties, townships, conservation districts, and tribal nations will be used to purchase equipment and supplies, conduct mapping and outreach activities, and hire private applicators to manage noxious weeds.
Noxious weeds are plants that have the potential or are known to be harmful to human or animal health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock, or other property. There are currently 57 plants on Minnesota’s Noxious Weed List.
Grant projects were awarded up to $15,000 to be spent in one year to support local activity.
The MDA has awarded over $1,500,000 since 2017 to local municipalities and tribal nations for projects that focus on noxious weeds throughout the state.
2024 Grant Award Recipients
- Anoka Conservation District, $14,530 for Early Detection Noxious Weed Control in Anoka County
- Becker SWCD, $9,000 for 2024 Becker County Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant
- Carlton SWCD, Carlton County, $15,000 for Battling Invasives in City of Cloquet
- Cass County, $15,000 for Japanese and Hybrid Knotweed Control and Outreach
- Fillmore County, $15,000 for Noxious and Invasive Weed Control
- Fillmore SWCD, Fillmore County, $15,000 for Treatment of Bohemian Knotweed on Maple Creek
- Prairie Island Indian Community, $14,000 for Prairie Island Indian Community Amur Maple and Rangeland Management
- Scott SWCD, Scott County, $15,000 for Scott CWMA Noxious Weed Management
- St. Louis County Public Works, $15,000 for St. Louis County Ramps Up the Fight Against Knotweed and Parsnip
- Stearns County, $5,000 for Stearns County FY24 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant
- Washington Conservation District, Washington County, $15,000 for Noxious Weed Management