How to Get the Pollinator Habitat Cost-Share Program
Richland County Soil Conservation District · Richland County, North Dakota, ND
What you get
The Richland County Soil Conservation District cost-shares 60 percent of actual cost for pollinator habitat plantings, capped by site size: up to $250 for a small site of 8 to 1,000 square feet, $500 for a medium site under an acre, and $1,000 for a large site over an acre. The 8 square foot floor is real, so an ordinary front-yard bed qualifies at the small tier. Choose one covered planting type per application: Native Pocket Planting, Pollinator Beneficial Trees and Shrubs, Pollinator Meadow, or Community Orchard. Cost share applies to site preparation, seed or tree costs. Receipts and seed tags are required for payment along with photos of the process and the finished planting, and one payment is issued at approved project completion. Seed may be sourced through the district; buying your own requires receipts and an approved vendor list (Richland County SCD, Pollinator Habitat Application; last verified August 2026).
- Residential: 60% of actual cost, up to $250 (small site), $500 (medium site), or $1,000 (large site)
Are you eligible?
- Be a Richland County Soil Conservation District customer
- Property located in: Wahpeton, Hankinson, Lidgerwood, Wyndmere, Fairmount
- Live in Richland County, North Dakota, or plant on land you own there
- Choose one covered planting type: Native Pocket Planting, Pollinator Beneficial Trees and/or Shrubs, Pollinator Meadow, or Community Orchard
- Cost share covers site preparation, seed or tree costs at 60% of actual cost
- Receipts and seed tags required for payment
- Photos of the process and the finished planting required
- Self-purchased seed or plants must come from the district approved vendor list
Before you start
Do not remove turf or begin work before you have written approval. This program requires pre-approval. Starting early can disqualify the project even if everything else is correct.
Application window: No deadline published. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Found during the 2026-08-10 discovery sweep and independently re-verified against the district page and its own application PDF, whose embedded creation date is 2026-07-29, twelve days before this check, so currency is well established. Only the second North Dakota entry in the directory after Cass County. The hosted application filename still contains "319" from a former Section 319 funding stream, but the document titles itself "Pollinator Habitat Application", the string 319 appears nowhere in its text, and the district page states in the present tense that it can continue to offer the grant through a different resource. Scope confirmed as a uniform per-practice rate keyed to site size, not a shared multi-category pool; the Community Orchard option is defined by the district as a pollinator planting of fruit trees, shrubs and flowers, not a food-garden grant. preApprovalRequired set true because payment is made at approved project completion and self-purchase requires an approved vendor list, though the district does not print an explicit do-not-buy-first instruction.
What applying usually looks like
A general guide. Always confirm the exact steps on the official program page, since each provider runs its process a little differently.
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Apply and get written approval first
Submit your application to Richland County Soil Conservation District and wait for written approval before you remove any turf or start work. Starting early is the most common reason a rebate is denied.
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Do the conversion
Replace your lawn with the qualifying landscaping, following the eligibility requirements above.
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Submit your claim
After the work is done, submit your claim on the official program page. Confirm the exact forms, receipts, and any photos they require there, since those vary by program.
The application checklist
How to apply for the Pollinator Habitat Cost-Share Program
These are the steps this application actually takes. The Pollinator Patch app walks you through each one free, with reminders and a photo locker.
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Check eligibility
Make sure you qualify with Richland County Soil Conservation District before you start.
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Get pre-approval if required
Some programs require approval before any work begins. Check with Richland County Soil Conservation District and take before photos of the existing yard first.
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Do the work
Complete the project, take before and after photos, and save every receipt.
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Submit your application
Send Richland County Soil Conservation District the completed application with your photos and receipts, then watch for the confirmation.
In the app
Track this rebate free in the Pollinator Patch app
Free step-by-step guidance for the Pollinator Habitat Cost-Share Program, warnings before the mistakes that disqualify applications, and a photo locker that keeps your before and after photos, receipts, and notes together for the months a rebate takes.
Every program listed cites its official source, and each program page shows the date we last verified it against that source. Program details change throughout the year, so always confirm requirements, amounts, and eligibility directly with the program before starting work. Pollinator Patch is not affiliated with any rebate program and does not guarantee approval.
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