2024: Shade Tree Bonding Grants ($10.06 million from Bonding)
DNR received 72 applications with a total request of $16,797,218.42. The grant was open to any local government and tribal nations in Minnesota. Eligible activities included tree removal and tree planting, and associated needs. Communities will have until December 2027 to use their funding.
In total, $10.063 million was allocated to 43 communities.
Grantees:
- Anoka County Parks: $500,000
- City of Akeley: $80,000
- City of Annandale: $147,063
- City of Anoka: $491,460
- City of Austin: $497,600
- City of Bloomington: $71,680
- City of Brewster: $103,914
- City of Brooklyn Park: $498,840
- City of Cannon Falls: $50,000
- City of Eden Prairie: $125,557
- City of Edina: $480,000
- City of Elbow Lake: $18,170
- City of Farmington: $500,000
- City of Fridley: $351,559
- City of Ghent: $136,248
- City of Henderson: $85,000
- City of Jeffers: $81,180
- City of Lakeville: $338,820
- City of Lauderdale: $38,910
- City of Mahtomedi: $125,000
- City of Mankato: $160,500
- City of Maplewood: $450,000
- City of Mendota Heights: $125,000
- City of Montgomery: $109,640
- City of Moorhead: $375,000
- City of Morris: $29,106
- City of New Hope: $100,000
- City of Northfield: $255,690
- City of Oak Park Heights: $94,228
- City of Pequot Lakes: $25,000
- City of Rochester: $428,450
- City of Roseville: $264,000
- City of Shakopee: $150,000
- City of South St. Paul: $52,500
- City of St. Louis Park: $489,232
- City of Stillwater: $389,000
- City of Welcome: $100,000
- City of White Bear Lake: $499,800
- City of Winona: $294,597
- City of Zumbrota: $17,150
- Dodge County: $7,986
- Hennepin County: $498,870
- Wright County: $426,250
2024: ReLeaf Community Forestry Grants ($6.8 million from 2023 legislative session)
DNR received 151 applications requesting $33.1 million. Grants were open to non-profit organizations with 501(c) status and local units of government in Minnesota, including cities, counties, regional authorities, joint powers boards, towns, soil and water conservation districts, public schools and tribal nations. Eligible activities included a range of activities, including tree inventories, management plans, update tree ordinances, tree removal and planting, maintenance pruning, and treatment with non-neonicotinoid insecticides. Communities will have until June 2027 to use their funding.
In total, $6.883 million was allocated to 38 applicants.
Grantees:
- Anoka Conservation District: $65,550
- City of Anoka: $5,570
- City of Brooklyn Center: $95,380
- City of Burnsville: $500,000
- City of Cloquet: $427,500
- City of Detroit Lakes: $53,299
- City of Fairmont: $100,000
- City of Frazee: $19,500
- City of Fridley: $420,550
- City of Grand Marais: $51,800
- City of Hibbing: $167,900
- City of La Crescent: $39,484
- City of Le Sueur: $93,073
- City of Marshall: $329,080
- City of Minnetonka: $338,900
- City of Monticello: $150,000
- City of Morris: $104,800
- City of Mountain Lake: $72,890
- City of North Saint Paul: $400,000
- City of Pequot Lakes: $24,000
- City of Rochester: $500,000
- City of Roseau: $51,900
- City of Silver Bay: $136,750
- City of St. Francis: $147,797
- City of St. Louis Park: $371,100
- City of Two Harbors: $189,924
- City of Windom: $99,700
- City of Winnebago: $50,000
- City of Zumbrota: $58,830
- Dodge County Fairview Care Center: $42,674
- Hamline Midway Coalition: $120,777
- Homecroft Elementary School: $4,000
- Metro Blooms: $250,000
- Missions, Inc. Programs: $125,239
- Prairie Island Indian Community: $498,865
- Red Wing Environmental Learning Center: $19,355
- St. Paul Public Housing Agency: $500,000
- Urban Roots: $250,230
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