Last Updated on April 7, 2025 by The HD Post Staff
Photo credit: StihlSAN BERNARDINO COUNTY – The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) announced April 2, that its Landscaping Equipment Alternatives Funding (LEAF) residential exchange program is now open.
MDAQMD said the annual program to reduce emissions from gas-powered landscaping equipment has a new name, but the mission remains the same.
LEAF offers incentive funding through discounts on battery-powered STIHL-brand residential landscaping equipment when participants trade in their working, gas-powered equivalents.
“With every gas-powered lawnmower, chainsaw, leaf-blower and the like traded in, we’re benefitting ambient air quality in neighborhoods throughout our jurisdiction,” said MDAQMD executive director Brad Poiriez.
Eligible equipment
Residents with working, gas-powered lawnmowers, trimmers, edgers, leaf-blowers, and chainsaws can take that equipment to one of five participating dealers in Apple Valley, Blythe, Hesperia, Lucerne Valley or Phelan.
Once they’ve turned in the old equipment, participants can purchase battery-powered STIHL equivalents (lawnmower for lawnmower, chainsaw for chainsaw, etc.) at a reduced cost.
Gas-powered equipment intended for trade-in must be in operable condition at time of exchange. Inoperable equipment will not be accepted.
Participants must live in the MDAQMD jurisdiction.
Photo credit: MDAQMDEligible equipment for purchase includes:
Chainsaws
MSA 60 C-B kit $45.99**
(Retail $299.99)
MSA 70 C-B kit $69.99**
(Retail $369.99)
Lawnmowers
(each kit includes free extra battery if purchased before 6/30/2025)
RMA 460 V (self-propelled) kit – $269.99**
(Retail $599.99)
RMA 348 (walk-behind/push) kit – $119.99**
(Retail $449.99)
Trimmers
FSA 60 R kit – $45.99**
(Retail $299.99)
FSA 80 R kit – $99.99**
(Retail $399.99)
Blowers
BGA 57 kit – $30.99**
(Retail $199.99)
BGA 60 kit – $99.99**
(Retail $299.99)
Hedgetrimmers
HSA 50 20″ kit – $39.99**
(Retail $259.99)
HSA 60 kit – $52.99**
(Retail $349.99)
HLA 56 (extended reach) – $99.99**
(Retail $399.99)
**Advertised purchase price is based on the purchase price of the equipment itself and excludes additional costs to the consumer such as taxes, fees, accessories, and delivery charges.
For more information visit https://www.mdaqmd.ca.gov/grants/electric-lawn-garden-equipment-exchange
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