Grant Description
The competitive Habitat Enhancement Landscape Program (HELP) grant prioritizes landscape and regional scale initiatives that restore and enhance strategically located, diverse native habitat across Minnesota on conservation lands and natural areas to benefit populations of bees, butterflies, dragonflies, birds, and other wildlife. Projects are located on lands with a long-term commitment to conservation management.
Reporting Overview
A workplan must be approved before work can begin on this grant. The workplan should be developed in eLINK using the activities proposed in the application, although BWSR may require additional details at this stage. The workplan will lock upon submittal to BWSR for approval, preventing edits to the approved budget but allowing you to enter expenses and reporting details as work is completed.
Grant recipients are required to report on grant outcomes, activities, and accomplishments in eLINK according to the requirements outlined in the grant agreement and policies within BWSR’s Grants Administration Manual.
eLINK Reporting Requirements
Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Program Requirements | FY25 HELP RFP (pdf) FY25 HELP Exhibit A (pdf) |
| Reporting Deadlines | Refer to the FY25 HELP RFP (pdf) and your Grant Agreement |
| Administered By | BWSR |
| Funding Request Completed in eLINK | Yes |
| Proposed Indicators in Funding Request | Yes |
| Exempt from eLINK Reporting | No |
| Grant Agreement Distributed Through DocuSign | Yes |
| Additional Report Attachment | No |
| Non-eLINK Reporting Required | No |
| Work Plan Required | Yes |
| Match Requirement | 10% |
| Activity Details (Practices & Indicators) | Yes |
| Mapping | Yes |
| FTE Estimate | N/A |
| Payment Schedule | 50/40/10 |