GLIN==> 2009 Michigan Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Awards Announced

 <http://micorps.net/> 	
 A bulletin of the Michigan Clean Water Corps
<http://micorps.net/email/images/micorps-header-a2.gif> 	May 18, 2009

 	

Michigan Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Awards for 2009

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Great Lakes Commission
(GLC) are pleased to announce that six organizations have been chosen to
receive volunteer water quality monitoring grants (four full grants and two
start-up grants) to be awarded under the Michigan Clean Water Corps
(MiCorps)  <http://www.micorps.net/> Program. 

The MiCorps Program was established by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm to
involve and assist the state's volunteer water quality organizations with
water quality assessments, protection, and stewardship of Michigan's lakes
and rivers. These volunteer dependent monitoring groups further expand the
existing network of committed citizens who are working hard to monitor water
quality in Michigan. 

  

The six organizations sharing nearly $50,000 in grant funds to support their
volunteer monitoring work beginning in 2009 are: 

Full Grants: 

. Jackson County Conservation District - Monitoring is to involve 16 sites
in the Upper Grand River and tributaries including Cahaogen Creek, Huntoon
Creek, Portage River, and Sandstone Creek. 

. Superior Watershed Partnership - Six sites are to be monitored within the
Millecoquins River Watershed.   

. Muskegon County Conservation District - Monitoring is to involve eight
sites within the Duck Creek Watershed.   

. Clinton River Watershed Council - Three additional sites within the North
Branch Clinton River watershed will be monitored. 

 

Start-Up Grants : 

  

.  Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited/Kalamazoo Valley Chapter - Initially
6 sites within the Spring Brook and Dickinson Creek watersheds will be
monitored along with the development of a more extensive monitoring plan
that can potentially receive full funding in the near future. 

  

.  Branch County Conservation District - The grant funding will be used to
develop a Coldwater River Watershed volunteer-based monitoring plan that can
potentially receive full funding in the near future. 

  

The grants, awarded through the DEQ's MiCorps Volunteer
<http://www.micorps.net/streamoverview.html> Stream Monitoring Program,
provide training and support for volunteers to help them collect quality
data on the state's water resources. The data are used to support local
activities and the DEQ's efforts to protect and manage the state's water
resources. 

The DEQ established the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program in 1998 and
contracted with the GLC to administer it as part of MiCorps in the fall of
2004. Through this year, nearly $500,000 in monitoring grants has been
awarded for volunteer stream monitoring. 

  

For additional information, visit the MiCorps Web site at www.micorps.net
<http://www.micorps.net/>  or contact Paul Steen of the Huron River
Watershed Council at 734-769-5123 or by e-mail at PSteen at HRWC.org, or Jack
Wuycheck of the DEQ at 517-335-4195 or by e-mail at WuycheckJ at Michigan.gov. 

 

Interested in becoming a volunteer monitor? 

Please visit http://www.micorps.net
<http://www.micorps.net/lakeoverview.html>  or contact Paul Steen
<mailto:psteen at hrwc.org>  for more information!

 

  <http://micorps.net/email/images/micorps-logo.gif> 	The Michigan Clean
Water Corps (MiCorps <http://micorps.net/> ) was created through an
executive order by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm to assist the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) in collecting and sharing water quality data for
use in water resources management and protection programs.	
 
Contact: Laura Kaminski, Great Lakes Commission, (734) 971-9135 or
laurak at glc.org
 
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