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For immediate release
May 3, 2000
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Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control announces 18 new grant awards
Ann Arbor, Mich. – Eighteen proposals have been selected to receive funding under the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in FY2000. The Basin Program seeks to improve Great Lakes water quality by promoting erosion and sediment control and sound land-use practices through information/education, demonstration grants, technical assistance and coalition building in the Great Lakes states.
Funding for this highly competitive grants program is made available through a cooperative agreement between the Great Lakes Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Commission’s Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Task Force met March 17 to select the winning projects.
With the addition of the current awards, the Basin Program has supported 158 projects and invested nearly $4.64 million, with an additional $2.15 million of nonfederal matching funds applied toward the projects. Also, the Basin Program has placed well over 60,000 acres of land under some form of erosion and sediment control. In the process, the program has involved hundreds of community volunteers in watershed improvement projects, improved local ecosystems and built support for ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
The following 20 projects, pending the signing of grant agreements, have been selected for FY2000 funding under the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control. Visit www.glc.org/basin/searchproject.html for information on past projects funded by the Basin Program.
Indiana
Forestry Best Management Practices Implementation in the Great Lakes Basin. Indiana Department of Natural Resources-Division of Forestry. $24,300. Contact: Joe Tutterrow, 317-232-4115
Lower St. Joseph River Vegetative Buffer Project. St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative. $24,605. Contact: April Ingle, 219-426-4637 x 3
Michigan
Upper Tahquamenon River Restoration Project. Tahquamenon Sportsman’s Club. $4,270. Contact: Paul Ross, 517-742-4225
Sediment Reduction on the South Branch of the Boardman River. Grand Traverse Conservation District. $21,160. Contact: Steve Largent, 231-941-0960
Great Lakes Better Backroads (Phase III). Huron Pines RC&D Area Council. $20,000. Contact: Brian Benjamin, 517-348-9319
Soil Erosion Control Practices along Detroit’s Urban Waterfront. Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority. $25,000. Contact: John Kerr, 313-331-3842
Erosion and Sediment Control on Non-agricultural Property. Clinton Conservation District. $19,760. Contact: Christine Corgan, 517-224-8769
Thunder Bay River Watershed Habitat and Protection Project. Montmorency Conservation District. $12,976. Contact: Donna Hardies, 517-785-4083
Industrial Site Erosion Control with Native Prairie Grass Plantings. Kalamazoo Conservation District. $17,853. Contact: Kathy Buckham, 616-327-1258
Minnesota
Environmental Guidelines for Access Roads and Water Crossings. Minnesota Erosion Control Association. $7,500. Contact: Mark Nelson, 218-723-4752
Miller Creek Wetland Inventory and Functional Analysis. South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District. $9,675. Contact: R.C. Boheim, 218-723-4867
New York
Road Ditch Geotextile Demonstration Project. Chemung Soil and Water Conservation District. $20,000. Contact: Mark Watts, 607-739-2009
Erosion and Sediment Control: Cayuga Lake Watershed. Tompkins Soil and Water Conservation District. $20,250. Contact: Craig Schutt, 607-257-4320
Ohio
Urban Stormwater Wetland Sampling Demonstration. Summit Soil and Water Conservation District. $21,225. Contact: Dave Ritter, 330-929-2871
Pennsylvania
Design and Evaluation of a Sediment Basin Dewatering Device. The Pennsylvania State University. $27,734. Contact: Albert Jarrett, 814-865-5661
Cascade Creek Bank Stabilization and Erosion Control. Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority. $24,000. Contact: Thomas Maggio, 814-455-7557
Headwaters Park Educational Monitoring Station. Erie Conservation District. $24,600. Contact: LeRoy Gross, 814-796-6760 x 5
Wisconsin
Demonstration of Streambank Stabilization from Submerged Vanes. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. $25,000. Contact: Kim Walz, 608-264-9220
The Great Lakes Commission is a nonpartisan, binational compact agency created by state and U.S. federal law and dedicated to promoting a strong economy, healthy environment and high quality of life for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region and its residents. The Commission consists of state legislators, agency officials and governors’ appointees from its eight member states. Associate membership for Ontario and Québec was established through the signing of a “Declaration of Partnership.” The Commission maintains a formal Observer program involving U.S. and Canadian federal agencies, tribal authorities, binational agencies and other regional interests. The Commission offices are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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