LAKE MICHIGAN WATERSHED ACADEMY Summary of Regional Planning Commission Small Grant Projects.
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THE LAKE MICHIGAN WATERSHED ACADEMY
• 10 Regional Planning Commissions
• Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
• East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Council
• Michiana Area Council of Governments
• Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission
• Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
• Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
• South Central Michigan Planning Council
• Southwest Michigan Regional Planning Commission
• West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission
SMALL GRANT PROGRAM2012
• Encouraged to Focus on Biodiversity/Climate Adaptation• Coordinate with existing green infrastructure or
other work, like LID, NPS or land use
• Tie to recommendations in the Biodiversity Blueprint
• Approximately $7000 in funding for each RPC that applied
RESULTS OF 2012 SMALL GRANT PROGRAM
• Bay-Lake RPC• Make regional land use and environmental corridor
GIS datasets publicly accessible in a Google Earth format (.KML/.KMZ) and provide the information on the Wisconsin Sea Grant Coastal Atlas website.
• East Central Wisconsin RPC• Complete the Biodiversity & Habitat and Green
Infrastructure plans for the Niagara Escarpment Greenway Plan project.
RESULTS OF 2012 SMALL GRANT PROGRAM
• Southeastern Wisconsin RPC• Create a popularized summary of the RPC’s Natural
Areas and Critical Species Habitat Plan and distribute this summary to citizens and stakeholders
• West Michigan Shoreline RDC• Develop a plan to strategically manage and eradicate
non-native invasive plants, particularly Phragmites, along the Muskegon Lake and Bear Lake shorelines.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Todd Parker, Senior Manager
Delta Institute
517-482-8810
www.delta-institute.org
www.lakemichiganacademy.org