Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) can help area landowners find grant money to remove invasive species and plant native ones.

The Clean Water Indiana Grant: Remove, Replant and Restore will fund projects which remove invasive plants that pose a serious threat to the biodiversity of Indiana’s forested and riparian ecosystems; and replant and restore the site with appropriate native species that accomplish the goals and objectives of each landowner.

SWCD staff will provide technical assistance to each interested landowner by writing a detailed Landowner Invasive Plant Assessment.

Applications will be accepted year-round. They will be ranked and approved by SWCD staff and their board of supervisors on a quarterly basis for each year of CWI funding (2017 to 2019).

Reimbursements will cover 75 percent of the landowner’s receipts, not to exceed the per-acre rate for invasive species removal and $500 for native planting.

For more information, call Brown County SWCD at 812-988-2211 or email [email protected].