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County and federal funding uncertainty likely to limit Mormon cricket spraying
Summary
Officials said federal funds that boosted last year’s control work are uncertain for the coming season; a roughly $500,000 federal program pot would need to be split across several states, reducing expected treated acreage.
A program budget update at the meeting made clear that funding availability will shape how much of the proposed acreage can be treated in 2025.
The presenter handling the budget discussion (identified only in the transcript as speaker 3) recalled that a $500,000 allocation helped last year’s work and said a similar total for the program this year is uncertain. "We are anticipating for the program as a whole this year to have about a $500,000," the presenter said, but cautioned that the money must be split among multiple states and that priority blocks would likely be funded first.
The presenter gave ballpark contractor rates and past spending: some past blocks varied from 10,000 to 40,000 acres and one year’s nine blocks cost over $300,000; the discussion also noted an average contractor rate of about $5 per acre for the reported configurations. Officials encouraged local advocacy with congressional delegations to secure targeted funding if communities want larger treatment efforts.
