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Title: Application for a Permit to Control: Aquatic Plants, Algae, Swimmer's Itch, and Leeches
Alternate Title: Aquatic Plants, Algae, Swimmer's Itch, and Leeches - Application for Permit to Control
Description: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Subject: Aquatic Plants
Water
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:10:50 PM
Modification Date: 8/28/2024 10:56:55 AM
Agency Name: Natural Resources (DNR), Minnesota Department of
Agency URL: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us
Agency Description: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages the state's natural resources, hunting, fishing, state forests, state parks, lakes, rivers, streams, boating and water safety, trails, snowmobiling, skiing, education, enforcement, wildlife management, lands and minerals.
Agency Phone: 651-296-6157
888-646-6367
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us
Agency Address: Natural Resources (DNR), Minnesota Dept. of
500 Lafayette Rd.

St. Paul
MN 55155

Unit Name: Aquatic Plant Management Program
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: Region 1 651-259-5092
Region 2 218-203-4342
Region 3 651-259-5816 | 320-232-1079
Region 4 507-233-1218
Unit Fax: Contact person(s): Unit URL:
Unit Address:
500 Lafayette Rd., Box 25

St. Paul
MN 55155-4025

Audience: Application URL: https://webapps11.dnr.state.mn.us/mpars/public/authentication/login
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:

Review Aquatic plant regulations   


DNR Regional Offices

Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Permitting Staff Contact Info:

Northwest - Region 1
Bemidji Office
2115 Birchmont Beach Road NE
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-308-2623

Includes: Becker, Beltrami, Cass (Northern), Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Lake Osakis (Todd), Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin 


Northeast - Region 2
Brainerd Office
1601 Minnesota Drive
Brainerd, MN 56401
218-203-4342

Includes: Aitkin (excluding South Big Pine), Carlton, Cass County (Southern Part) Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis

Central - Region 3
St. Paul Office
1200 Warner Road
St. Paul, MN 55106
651-259-5816

Includes: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, Goodhue, Wabasha, Olmsted, Winona, Fillmore, Houston and Little Falls

16543 Haven Road
Little Falls, MN 56345
320-232-1079

Includes: Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine (plus South Big Pine), Mille Lacs (including Mille Lacs Lake), Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns (excluding Lakes Koronis and Rice), Todd (excluding Lake Osakis), and Wright Counties (excluding Lake Francis)
 
Southwest - Region 4
New Ulm Office
221371 State Highway 15
New Ulm, MN 56073
507-233-1218

Includes: Lakes Koronis and Rice in Stearns County and Lake Francis in Wright County, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Mower, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Rice, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Steele, Swift, Waseca, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine 


Rules: 6280

Statutes: 103G.615

Forms:

Application and Instructions for a Permit to Control: Aquatic Plants, Algae, Swimmer's Itch, and Leeches 

You may apply for an aquatic plant management permit MPARS -MNDNR Permitting and Reporting System

If you are unable to apply for aquatic plant management permit online contact your Aquatic Plant Management Permitting Staff for a paper application for permit.

Permit to Transplant or Collect Aquatic Plants

Application for a Permit to Control and/or Aquatic Vegetation 

Application Instructions


Fees:

If two or more treatment types are requested, only the largest fee shall apply.

Individual Property applications

Submerged, emergent or floating leaf control - $35
Duckweed - $20 per property ($200 maximum)
Snails, Filamentous Algae, Chara, or Leech control - $4 per 100 feet of shoreline, or any portion thereof. ($200 maximum fee) (Fee for 150 feet = $8)


Multiple party application

Plankton Algae $20 plus $0.40 per acre, $200 maximum fee. (Acres to be treated x $0.40) + $20 = Fee

All other types of control $35 per property (maximum fee $2,500) $35 x number of properties to be treated = Fee


Offshore Harvest of Submerged Vegetation
(Offshore >150 feet from shore)

Mechanical Control of Submerged Vegetation $35 for the first acre plus $2 each additional acre to a maximum of $2,500 (total # of acres to be harvested -1) x 2 + $35 = Fee

Aquatic Plant Control Permit fees for water-bodies that are 20 acres or less in size are one-half of the Plant Control fees described above. Individual fee on lakes 20 acres or less is $17.50 and the maximum fee for multiparty permits is $1,250.


Period of Issuance:

Aquatic plant management permits expire on December 31, of the year they are issued.


Length of Determination:
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