Minnesota Wildlife Damage Management Program

Provides wildlife damage abatement materials, such as fencing and repellents, to producers of stored forage, crops hit by flightless geese, and specialty crops. Growers sign a cooperative damage management agreement with their area wildlife manager.

• Producers or growers of stored forage crops

• Owners of crops damaged by flightless geese

• Specialty crop growers: fruit, orchards, vegetables, tree farms, nurseries, turf farms, and apiaries

• Must enter a cooperative damage management agreement

Materials, not cash; producer pays costs above the cap.

Published amounts: Up to $1500 for damage to stored forage other than silage or grain and $3000 for stored silage or grain. Up to $1000 for damage caused by flightless geese. Up to $5,000 in damage abatement materials per eligible specialty crop grower (landowner, tenant, or parcel).

How to Apply: Contact your area wildlife manager.

Deadline text on the page: All crop damage projects are considered equally and are handled in the order they are received.