Twenty-seven projects are receiving funds



department of agriculture


*For Immediate Release*




*Contact: *Allen Sommerfeld*
*651-201-6185

[email protected]




July 20, 2022

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MDA Awards $120,000 to Combat Noxious Weeds

Twenty-seven projects are receiving funds

*St. Paul, MN:* The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has awarded $120,000 to combat noxious weeds across Minnesota. Twenty-seven projects are being funded though the 2022 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant 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 48 plants on Minnesota?s Noxious Weed List [ [link removed] ].

Grant projects were awarded up to $5,000 to be spent in one year to support local activity.

The MDA has awarded over $1 million since 2017 to local municipalities and tribal nations for projects that focus on noxious weeds throughout the state.

Visit the MDA website to learn more about the state?s Noxious Weed Program. [ [link removed] ]

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*Organization*



*County*



*Award Amount*



*Project Title*



Aitkin Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD)



Aitkin



$4,500



Expansion of noxious weed control at gravel pits to include surrounding properties/rights-of-way



Anoka County Parks



Anoka



$5,000



UTV tank sprayers for noxious and invasive plant control



Bellevue Township



Morrison



$5,000



Weed control



Bemidji Parks



Beltrami



$4,950



Lake boulevard



Birchdale Township



Stearns



$5,000



Weed spraying project



Burnhamville Township



Todd



$1,625



Spray ivy



Carlton SWCD



Carlton



$5,000



Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA), partners, and local citizens tackle invasives



Cedar Mills Township



Meeker



$5,000



2022 ditch spraying



Chisago SWCD



Chisago



$5,000



CWMA program enhancement for wild parsnip control



City of Fertile



Polk



$4,636



Fertile Sand Hills buckthorn control



City of Isle



Mille Lacs



$2,500



Noxious weed plants



City of New Brighton



Ramsey



$5,000



Creekview Park buckthorn removal



City of Winona



Winona



$5,000



Sugar Loaf Oriental bittersweet control



Kandiyohi SWCD



Kandiyohi



$5,000



Weed grant



Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe



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$5,000



Controlling Bakaan ingoji ga-ondaadag (non-local beings) on the Leech Lake Reservation



May Township



Cass



$5,000



Noxious weed removal 2022



Mille Lacs SWCD



Mille Lacs



$1,000



Targeted eradication and control 2022



Norman SWCD



Norman



$5,000



2022 noxious weed and invasive plant inventory, treatment, and education



Pennington SWCD



Pennington



$1,100



Tools for Pennington buckthorn removal



Sumner Township



Fillmore



$5,000



Project wipeout: ending the wild parsnip pandemic



Traverse County



Traverse



$3,600



Weed control



Traverse SWCD



Traverse



$4,280



Poison hemlock eradication project



Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization



Ramsey



$5,000



City hall wooded wetland restoration



Wabasha SWCD



Wabasha



$5,000



Management of common tansy and poison hemlock



West Otter Tail SWCD



Otter Tail



$5,000



Road right-of-way noxious weed control



Wiscoy Township



Winona



$5,000



Invasive species sprayer



Workman Township



Aitkin



$1,900



Noxious weed reduction



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