Project Grant 23DG11094200257

This $205,212 Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service's Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Superior Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, will support efforts to enhance coastal and riparian forest connectivity to improve climate resiliency. The funding, provided through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, will enable the Superior Watershed Partnership to conduct activities such as restoring degraded lands, reducing runoff pollution into the Great Lakes, mitigating wildfire risks across forests and communities, and establishing community forests and nature areas along the Lake Superior coastline. The project will run from August 7, 2023, to October 31, 2025.