Pilot projects to control Eurasian watermilfoil or curly-leaf pondweed on a lake-wide (or bay-wide) basis

This grant program partially funds a limited number of well-planned and well-monitored lake-wide (or bay-wide) projects to control curly-leaf pondweed and/or milfoil to go forward in order to learn from them and to potentially achieve some ecological benefits from them. Lake-wide (or bay-wide) treatments are those that attempt to treat all, or almost, all of the target plant in a lake or bay.

Program Objectives

The goals of these projects are to reduce curly-leaf pondweed or Eurasian watermilfoil lake-wide in the year of treatment, to provide long-term reduction in curly-leaf pondweed or Eurasian watermilfoil in the lake, and to provide ecological benefits to the treated lake. Ecological benefits should include increases in the frequency or abundance of native submersed plants and, in the case of curly-leaf pondweed, may include reductions in levels of phosphorus and algae, which should increase water clarity. DNR staff time or funding will be used for aquatic plant surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments.

Status: Completed

Start Date: 03/01/2006

Active Projects: (0) Active Projects

Completed Projects: (74) Completed Projects

Program Website / How To Apply:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/aquatic_invasive/control-projects.html

Funding

FY2011

Start Date: 07/01/2010	End Date: 06/30/2011
Funding Amount: $450,000.00	Current Expenditures: $444,739.00
Primary Funding Source: General Fund
Statutory Reference: M.L. 2009, Chp. 37, Art. 1, Subd. 7
Appropriation Language: $2,090,000 the first year and $2,090,000 the second year are from the general fund for management, public awareness, assessment and monitoring research, law enforcement, and water access inspection to prevent the spread of invasive species; management of invasive plants in public waters; and management of terrestrial invasive species on state-administered lands. Funds from this appropriation may not be used to purchase or use pesticides suspected by current science of being endocrine disruptors.

FY2010

Start Date: 07/01/2009	End Date: 06/30/2010
Funding Amount: $450,000.00	Current Expenditures: $345,806.00
Primary Funding Source: General Fund
Statutory Reference: M.L. 2009, Chp. 37, Art. 1, Subd. 7
Appropriation Language: $2,090,000 the first year and $2,090,000 the second year are from the general fund for management, public awareness, assessment and monitoring research, law enforcement, and water access inspection to prevent the spread of invasive species; management of invasive plants in public waters; and management of terrestrial invasive species on state-administered lands. Funds from this appropriation may not be used to purchase or use pesticides suspected by current science of being endocrine disruptors.

Indicator: Number of acres treated

* The graph and indicator data may be grouped into date ranges that correspond with a group of grants that started at the same time. For example, grants that started in 2010 may have until 2012 to complete their work. Grants that started in 2011 may have until 2013 to complete their work (ranges vary by program). Each group is reported separately, which is why date ranges appear in the graph above and indicator data below.

Indicator Data

July 2009 - June 2010

Target 0 Acres	Current Measurement 1,909 Acres	As Of N/A

July 2010 - June 2011

Target 0 Acres	Current Measurement 1,996 Acres	As Of N/A

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