2022: Preparing for EAB ($1.2 million from General Fund and $500,000 from Heritage Enhancement Account in the Game and Fish Fund)
DNR received 22 applications requesting $1,795,411. Grants open to any local government. Eligible activities included tree inventory, management plans that include EAB components, tree removal and tree planting, and associated materials such as staking, water bags, and mulch. In total, $1.6m was allocated to communities, $6,278 for grant administration salary, and $93,722 for DNR shared services.
Grantees:
- Andover: $17,250
- Anoka: $150,000
- Belle Plaine: $29,334
- Birchwood Village: $9,375
- Dodge Center: $70,000
- Duluth: $150,000
- Florence Township: $56,472
- Lakeville: $93,406
- Le Sueur: $38,475
- Mankato: $53,000
- Mantorville: $36,000
- Maple Plain: $25,575
- North Mankato: $150,000
- Oak Park Heights: $119,597
- Plymouth: $120,000
- Raymond: $58,250
- Rochester: $94,915
- Roseville: $125,000
- Saint Peter: $150,000
- Wabasha: $33,483
- Waconia: $19,868
2022: Protect Community Forests by Managing Ash for EAB ($2.4 million from LCCMR)
DNR received 50 applications with a total request of $4,240,726. The grant was open to any local government in Minnesota. Eligible activities included tree inventory, management plans that include EAB components, tree removal and tree planting, chemical treatment of ash trees with injectable non-neonicotinoid insecticides, and associated materials such as staking, water bags, and mulch. All $2.4m allocated to communities.
Grantees:
- Aitkin: $57,860
- Apple Valley: $136,400
- Bemidji: $11,824
- Brooklyn Center: $60,450
- Buffalo: $64,160
- Columbia Heights: $63,450
- Duluth: $99,081
- Eden Prairie: $116,987
- Hayfield: $40,000
- Heron Lake: $36,981
- Hopkins: $123,200
- International Falls: $62,000
- Lakeville: $54,830
- Lamberton: $40,000
- Mankato: $56,324
- Moorhead: $110,000
- Mound: $70,775
- New Prague: $60,800
- Newport: $67,117
- Oronoco: $9,456
- Otsego: $25,000
- Ranier: $25,000
- Robbinsdale: $32,500
- Rochester: $149,546
- Saint Anthony Village: $20,000
- Saint Louis Park: $25,321
- Saint Peter: $128,480
- South St. Paul: $123,000
- Warren: $19,000
- Waseca: $78,079
- West Concord: $60,023
- White Bear Township: $57,981
- Winona: $124,775
- Woodbury: $149,600
- Wyoming: $40,000
2021: Preparing for EAB ($1.2 million from General Fund and $500,000 from Heritage Enhancement Account in the Game and Fish Fund)
DNR received 43 applications with a total request of $2,619,366.56. The grant was open to any local government in Minnesota. Eligible activities included tree removal and tree planting, and associated needs. In total, $1.6 million allocated to communities and $100,000 went to grant administration.
Grantees:
- Albert Lea: $100,000
- Anoka: $100,000
- Anoka County: $100,000
- Arlington: $26,042.44
- Eagle Lake: $7,500
- Fridley: $55,400
- Hopkins: $28,950
- Lake St. Croix Beach: $6,419
- Lakeville: $11,185
- Lino Lakes: $32,910.86
- Little Canada: $73,142.70
- Mankato: $32,500
- Marine on St. Croix: $8,910
- Marshall: $93,390
- Moorhead: $60,000
- New Hope: $35,000
- New Ulm: $100,000
- North Mankato: $50,000
- Northfield: $92,500
- Oakdale: $100,000
- Ramsey County: $72,000
- Richfield: $99,840
- Roseville: $50,000
- Shakopee: $100,000
- St. Paul Park: $89,310
- Vadnais Heights: $75,000
2020: Shade Tree Program ($1 million from Bonding)
DNR received 30 applications with a total request of $1,845,999.52. The grant was open to any local government in Minnesota. Eligible activities included tree removal and tree planting, and associated needs. All $1 million was allocated to communities.
Grantees:
- Brooklyn Park: $25,000
- Chanhassen: $30,745
- Coon Rapids: $100,000
- Dakota County: $42,250
- Duluth: $99,081
- Eden Prairie: $42,467
- Lake City: $98,212
- Maplewood: $45,038
- Mounds View: $11,996
- New Brighton: $100,000
- Red Wing: $94,000
- Rochester: $77,385
- St. Louis Park: $40,000
- St. Paul: $50,000
- South St. Paul: $94,500
- Willmar: $24,996
- Winona: $24,330
2019: Preparing for EAB ($700,000 from General Fund)
DNR received 51 applications for a total request of $3,373,575. The grant was open to any local government in Minnesota. Eligible activities include conducting a tree inventory, developing a management plan that includes an EAB component, and tree and stump removal and tree replacement. In total, $679,000 was allocated to communities and $21,000 went to grant administration.
Grantees:
- Bayport: $53,100.00
- Bemidji: $14,235.00
- Brooklyn Park: $100,000.00
- Columbia Heights: $100,000.00
- Duluth: $92,400.00
- Kellogg: $30,000.00
- Lake Crystal: $4,500.00
- Lakeville: $25,000.00
- Mahnomen: $6,413.00
- Mankato: $65,000.00
- Moorhead: $50,000.00
- New Ulm: $88,352.00
- Owatonna: $50,000.00
2019: EAB Community Forest Response Tree Planting ($300,000 from LCCMR)
DNR received 25 applications with a total request of $625,435.29 requested. The grant was open to any local government in Minnesota. Eligible activities included tree planting and associated needs. All $300,000 allocated to communities.
Grantees:
- Blaine: $28,364.00
- Brooklyn Park: $25,000.00
- Hutchinson: $30,000.00
- Maplewood: $30,000.00
- Mendota Heights: $12,715.00
- Morris: $16,996.00
- Rochester: $30,000.00
- Roseville: $30,000.00
- St. Louis Park: $30,000.00
- St. Paul: $30,000.00
- Sauk Centre: $29,500.00
- Winona: $7,425.00