AIS Grant Program

In 2016 Sherburne SWCD staff developed a grant program to make funding available for local stakeholders to oversee AIS prevention efforts.

This grant program has undergone revisions in both 2020 and 2024 with assistance from a local AIS Task Force to reflect the changing needs of the county.

The program’s purpose is to financially assist Sherburne County based groups with AIS related projects. These projects are diverse in both their scope and strategies but all share the common goals of preventing new AIS introductions, stopping and slowing their spread, reducing the impacts of currently infested waterbodies.

Starting in 2025, the grant program will include revised priority designations. The priorities are listed below:

Public Education Tools
Volunteer Incentives
AIS Management/Planning
AIS Control Methods

Those projects with higher priority designations will receive more preference for being approved. The priority designations were developed to ensure that all state protocols and best management practices are followed in AIS prevention projects and to reflect the strategies best curated for Sherburne County. More specifically, the goal is to incentivize projects that are implementing projects strategically, harnessing the power of local partnerships, encouraging volunteer engagement, and are developing new or innovative ways to approach AIS prevention.

Sherburne SWCD reserves the right to update or adjust this program as needed given funding availability, local program participation, stakeholder input, and new developments in AIS management knowledge.

AIS Grant Program

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