Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources is seeking applications for its Habitat Enhancement Landscape Pilot (HELP) Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/23/2022
Size of the Grant: $20,000 to $40,000
Details:
The Habitat Enhancement Landscape Pilot (HELP) program is focused on restoring and enhancing strategically located, diverse native habitat across Minnesota on conservation lands and natural areas to benefit populations of pollinators and beneficial insects.
Funding Information
Applicants can apply for grants of $20,000 to $40,000 which can include projects on multiple properties.
Project Eligibility Criteria
Eligible projects can be located on lands with a long-term commitment to conservation management through conservation easements, long-term conservation contracts, and public ownership. Eligible lands include those with existing RIM easements, CRP (with a long-term commitment), lands with other types of conservation easements, non-profit conservation preserves, newly enrolled CRP, city parks, county parks, and protected natural areas. Projects can be located on multiple parcels.
To this extent, possible landscapes need to be specifically identified at the time of the application as information about proposed projects and their potential for benefitting beneficial insects will be part of the ranking. The goal of this program is to restore approximately 1,000 acres by installing 90 projects. Projects can focus on:
- Establishing new floral-rich plots or riparian plantings 0.25 to 5 acres in size; and/or
- Enhancing prairie, savanna, wetland, and shoreline communities that are not currently dominated by invasive species can be enhanced to provide high-value habitat that is planned to benefit a variety of beneficial insects and at-risk species.
- A plant or animal is considered “at-risk” when:
- It is proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act
- It is a candidate species for listing; or
- It has been petitioned by a third party for listing; or
- Its populations are rare, declining, or maybe vulnerable to decline.
- Find a list of At-Risk Pollinator Species on the Lawns to Legumes Partners webpage.
Eligibility Criteria
Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Watershed Districts, Watershed Management Organizations May Apply.
For more information, visit Habitat Enhancement Landscape Pilot (HELP) Program.
