Grants Quarterly: 2025 Year End Reporting
Inside this Issue:
Important Upcoming Dates
Annual Reporting Feb. 1 Deadline
Tell Your Story! Grant Reporting for Clean Water Fund Grants
PTMApp Updates for Annual Reporting
BMP Effects Estimator Tool (BEET) Update from MPCA
Forestry Estimator for Runoff and Nutrients (FERN)
Returning Funds
Tip of the Quarter
Managing Contacts in eLINK
One Watershed, One Plan Participating Watersheds
In 2024, Minnesota achieved full participation (completed plan or plan in development) for all 60 One Watershed, One Plan planning areas. One Watershed, One Plan is a voluntary program.
Map of Participating Watersheds (pdf)
Scroll down for an interactive map of participating watersheds, including links to planning web pages.
Grants Monitoring and Financial Reconciliations
Procedure is required action to be followed: Procedure is the established way of doing something; a series of actions conducted in a certain order; and/or steps necessary to meet the terms of a grant agreement.
Guidance is supporting information or recommended action: Guidance consists of recommended best practices; helpful context; and/or tools, resources and examples.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
One Watershed, One Plan Resources
The One Watershed, One Plan program offers planning resources and staff support for groups working together to develop comprehensive watershed management plans. These resources are intended to support the board-adopted policies. Contact a BWSR staff person (maps below in the "external links" section) for more information.
- Program Videos
Learn about the One Watershed, One Plan program with videos that introduce and explore the concepts around watershed-based planning.
Tech Talk: Soil Fertility Management on Pasture
Education Educators Troy Salzer and Tarah Young (UMN Extension) discuss the basics of pasture soil fertility including soil testing, plant nutrient needs, and liming.
TTCP, UMN Extension
Tech Talk: Farm Economics - Overview
This session provides and overview of whole farm economics with Keith Olander (AgCentric). Historical context, challenges on the farm, the influence of government payments, and planning for the 2026 farm year are covered.
TTCP, CLC