OGL Coastal Note: Apply for the Coastal Program's Annual Grant Funding Opportunity

Michigan Coastal Program Announces Annual Grant Funding Opportunity
Funding supports work to protect, enhance, and restore Great Lakes coast

The Coastal Management Program in the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes today announced the opening of its annual Grant Funding Opportunity.

The Coastal Program provides funding to communities and local organizations to protect and restore unique ecological resources along the Great Lakes coast and to support coastal communities with resiliency planning and sustainable development strategies. In addition to funding, the Coastal Program offers technical assistance and guidance to grantees.

Past grantees have received awards to implement public access projects, protect coastal habitat and water quality, research coastal ecosystems, and create zoning plans incorporating Great Lakes water resources. The projects for this cycle will begin in the program's Fiscal Year 2019, which starts in October, 2018.

The program estimates that $700,000 in funding will be available in this grant cycle. Complete applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered no later than the December 15, 2017 deadline.

Learn how the Office of the Great Lakes’ Coastal Management Program works to protect, restore, and enhance Michigan’s coastal resources at www.michigan.gov/coastalmanagement. For more information, contact Program Manager Ronda Wuycheck at wuycheckr@michigan.gov.

Michigan’s Coastal Management Program is funded in part through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which supports a nationwide network of state-federal partnerships protecting America’s fresh and saltwater coasts. Michigan’s program will celebrate 40 years in 2018.

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