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Lake Michigan Watershed Academy

Lake Michigan Watershed Academy. Summary of Regional Planning Commission Small Grant Projects. The Lake Michigan Watershed Academy. 10 Regional Planning Commissions Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

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Lake Michigan Watershed Academy

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  1. Lake Michigan Watershed Academy Summary of Regional Planning Commission Small Grant Projects

  2. 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

  3. Regional Planning Commissions

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. For More information Todd Parker, Senior Manager Delta Institute tparker@delta-institute.org 517-482-8810 www.delta-institute.org www.lakemichiganacademy.org

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