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MICHIGAN’S COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM (CELCP)

MICHIGAN’S COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM (CELCP). Alisa Gonzales-Pennington Matt Warner Michigan Coastal Management Program Environmental Sciences and Services Division Department of Environmental Quality Coastal Wetlands Funding Needs March 25, 2008.

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MICHIGAN’S COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM (CELCP)

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  1. MICHIGAN’S COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM (CELCP) Alisa Gonzales-Pennington Matt Warner Michigan Coastal Management Program Environmental Sciences and Services Division Department of Environmental Quality Coastal Wetlands Funding Needs March 25, 2008

  2. Presentation Overview • Introduction to CELCP • History/Background – Michigan’s Involvement in CELCP • Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan • Seven Mile Point Acquisition • RFP For FY 2009 Projects

  3. Introduction to CELCPFederal Level • Established 2002; Protect coastal and estuarine lands with significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical or aesthetic values or threatened by conversion. • Purchase Conservation Easements or Fee Simple Lands. • Priority to lands that can be effectively managed. • Must ensure conservation in perpetuity. • 1:1 Non-federal match required (cash or in-kind; value of donated lands/services).

  4. State CELCP Plans • Eligible States: Approved CZM Plans or National Estuarine Research Reserves. • Plans - simple and concise. • Make use of work already done. • Eligibility in FY 09 competition requires a draft state plan. • Plan must include: • Geographic extent • Type of land/values to be protected • Existing plans incorporated by reference • Eligible applicants • Project review/prioritization process

  5. Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan • Draft CELCP Plan Available on-line at: www.michigan.gov/deqcoastal • Submit to NOAA – April, 2008. • Lands with the following values are high-priority in Michigan: • Lands with Conservation and Ecological Value • Recreational Value • Cultural and Historic Value • Aesthetic Value

  6. Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan • Eligible applicants: • State of Michigan Departments • County Governments • Township Governments • City, Town, or Village Governments • Conservation Districts • Tribal Governments • State Colleges and Universities

  7. Michigan’s CELCP Program Purpose • Encourage working partnerships: public, nonprofit groups, state and local government. • Provide support for coastal preservation and restoration. • Ensure that high priority coastal protection projects are funded. • Consolidate existing conservation efforts and planning strategies.

  8. Michigan’s CELCP Program Goals • Protect high quality, sensitive coastal areas. • Protect rare and threatened species, and natural communities. • Maintain biodiversity. • Maintain Michigan’s cultural heritage. • Fulfill recreational needs. • Use existing conservation and management plans. • Ensure effective management of CELCP Lands.

  9. Michigan’s CELCP Boundary • Includes townships within coastal counties except those not lakeward of coastal 8-digit USGS hydrologic cataloguing units and Michigan’s coastal non-point source boundary. • Includes entire CZM boundary. • Federally-owned lands excluded.

  10. Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan • “Project areas” representing Michigan’s priorities for conservation: • Designated Environmental Areas • State and globally imperiled natural communities • Coastal portions of Wild and Scenic; Natural Rivers • Designated Critical Dune Areas • Designated High-Risk Erosion Areas • SOLEC Biodiversity Investment Areas • Sites identified by The Nature Conservancy’s Binational Blueprint for the Conservation of Great Lakes Biodiversity. • Lands associated with existing state and federally managed areas.

  11. Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan • Primary Conservation Plans Referenced: • TNC, Towards a New Conservation Vision for the Great Lakes Region. • MDNR, Forest Legacy Program – Assessment of Needs • SOLEC, Biodiversity Investment Areas • NAWMP, Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Joint Venture • MWAC, Michigan’s Wetland Conservation Strategy • MDA, Eastern Lake Michigan Shoreline Plan and Eastern Lake Michigan Coastal Conservation Plan: Part II. • GLC, Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Assessment. • MDNR, State Game Area, Wildlife Area, and Wildlife Research Area Management Plans.

  12. FY07 – Seven Mile Point Acquisition

  13. FY07 – Seven Mile Point Acquisition • ~$929,000 Federal Award for Acquisition of Conservation Easement. • Protect 120 acres; including 2000 feet Lake Superior basaltic bedrock shoreline & 42 acres coastal wetland. • MDNR – Applicant and holder of CE, in partnership with North Woods Conservancy.

  14. Seven Mile Point • Basaltic bedrock shore; cobble beach coves. • Species on-site: Eagle pair/nest tree; Gray wolf; Canada Lynx; Peregrine Falcon; Common Loon; Merlin • Protection of Seven Mile Creek – Coaster Brook Trout

  15. FY 09 Request for Proposals • RFP Available on-line at: www.michigan.gov/deqcoastal • Application deadline April 15, 2008 • Site Visits – April/May 2008 • Project Scoring & Ranking – May/June 2008 • Submission to NOAA – July 2008? • States submit up to 3 projects to NOAA • Max $3,000,000 each • Funding Available – October 2009

  16. CELCP GIS

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