Emergency insect management grant applications now available

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Emergency Insect Management Grant application is now available.

Applications for the grant must be submitted by March 31, 2026. The Wyoming Emergency Insect Management Grant package can be found on the Wyoming Department of Agriculture website at agriculture.wy.gov/emig.

The Emergency Insect Management Program was enacted by the Wyoming Legislature in 2003 to create an account, and program oversight, to assist with emergency management of insect pests and insect vectors.

Funding from the account is allocated from a committee and details of the committee’s allocation meeting will be published once the date/place/time have been set.

Insect vectors may include blood-feeding arthropods, mosquitoes, biting flies or other such insects that harbor or transmit pathogens harmful to humans, agriculture, livestock or natural resources. Insect pests may include grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, or other cyclic or outbreak insect species, in addition to incipient populations of invasive insects including fire ants and Africanized honeybees.

Any state agency or political subdivision (cities, towns, counties, weed and pest districts and special districts) is eligible to apply for funding. Approved programs shall receive not more than 50% of the total program cost. In special circumstances, programs for the control of outbreak insects may receive up to 75% of the program costs.

Additional clarification and requirements are outlined within the grant package on the Wyoming Department of Agriculture website.

If you have any questions, please contact Lindsey Woodward at (307) 777-6585.