Project Grant 00E02799

The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District was awarded a $227,108 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) on November 13, 2024. The grant funds the "St Marys River Stormwater Reduction Initiative" to implement conservation practices and environmental protection measures in the Great Lakes region. Key activities under this initiative include conducting environmental surveys, managing...

The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District received a $153,994.42 Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program. The grant will support the Munuscong River Watershed Green Infrastructure and Tree/Shrub Management Project from February 2022 through September 2023. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the project aims to advance forest resources management and...

The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District received a $326,894 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant supports the implementation of agricultural best management practices on 2-4 high priority livestock farms over approximately 350 acres within the Waishkey River watershed in Michigan. Key activities include installing exclusion fencing, developing manure management plans,...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $333,992 Project Grant to Lake Superior State University on January 20, 2021 through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664). The grant will fund the St. Marys River Green Stormwater Demonstration Project through May 30, 2025. The project will advance forest resources management and conservation by developing and demonstrating green stormwater infrastructure practices to improve water quality in the St....

This $618,176.83 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will fund habitat restoration activities along 17 miles of Beavertail Creek in Chippewa County, Michigan. The awardee, Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (dba Huron Pines), will replace two impaired road stream crossings on South Prentiss Bay Road to restore natural river processes,...

The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) was awarded a $130,000 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program. The award will support MACD's efforts from September 2022 through September 2025 to increase participation in USDA Farm Bill contracts among underrepresented and underserved populations throughout the state of Michigan. It will also help...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace twin perched culverts at the H-58 crossing on the Sucker River with an open bottom arch culvert. This will restore the natural connectivity of the Sucker River, enabling 20 miles of stream access for native fish communities including brook trout within the Lake Superior...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.630 - Coastal Program) will support a coastal wetlands project focused on European frog-bit invasive species management in the Straits of Mackinac region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The project, led by the Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District, aims to enhance 20 acres of wetlands through invasive species removal, protect 700 acres of wetlands through monitoring activities, and conduct 8 outreach...

This $2,185,000 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides funding to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to partner with local conservation districts in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The project aims to enroll approximately 1,000 farmers to implement best management practices for reducing nutrient and sediment loading in cropland runoff,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to replace an undersized and failing culvert on Claybank Creek at Pine Creek Road in Manistee County, Michigan. This project will restore aquatic organism passage, enhance flood resiliency, and improve infrastructure at the crossing. The replacement culvert will reconnect 3.5 miles of upstream high-quality...