Grants

Financial assistance directory

The Financial Assistance Directory provides summary level information on all of the Department of Natural Resources' financial assistance programs. Take a moment to browse through the directory--you will find the department offers a wide variety of financial assistance programs to cities, counties, townships, non-profits, schools, private individuals and others.

Applications are now available or will be shortly for the 2009 regional parks (outside the metro area), natural and scenic areas,  remediation fund, local trail connections, federal recreation trails, regional trails (outside the metro area), fishing piers, public boat accesses, Metro Greenways land protection and restoration projects, Metro Greenways community conservation assistance,community forest bonding and aquatic invasive species prevention grants. 2009 DNR Assistance Programs

Look for grants

By category

• Aquatic Invasive Species
• Community Conservation Assistance
• Education, planning and research
• Enforcement (snowmobile & OHV safety)
• Fire Protection Programs
• Forest management
  • community forest bonding
• Gifts and donations
• Habitat improvement
• Land conservation
• Recreation (general, trails, and water)
• Water
• Wildlife conservation

Other funding opportunities outside the Minnesota DNR

Questions?

Go to each grant page for specific questions.

For general questions regarding the directory, please contact:

Emmett Mullin
Office of Management and Budget Services
Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Road, Box 10
St. Paul, MN 55155-4010
Phone: (651) 259-5550
Fax: (651) 296-6047
E-mail: emmett.mullin@dnr.state.mn.us