GLIN==> 2010 Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grants Now Available - Deadline Feb. 22, 2010

 <http://micorps.net/> 	
 A bulletin of the Michigan Clean Water Corps
<http://micorps.net/email/images/micorps-header-a2.gif> 	January 29,
2010 	 	

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grants Now Available under the Michigan Clean
Water Corps Program 

The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps <http://www.micorps.net/> ) is
pleased to announce the release of two grant opportunities for volunteer
stream monitoring in Michigan: the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program
<http://www.micorps.net/streamgrants.html>  and the Volunteer Stream
Monitoring Start-Up Grant  <http://www.micorps.net/streamgrants.html>
Program. This year a total of $50,000 is available to fund awards under the
two grant programs listed below. 

The application deadline for both programs is Monday, February 22, 2010 at
5:00 PM. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. 

 

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program:
http://www.micorps.net/app/gap10.html

The Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program (VSMGP) provides grants for
water quality monitoring in wadable streams and rivers. The monitoring
primarily includes an evaluation of benthic invertebrate communities and
stream habitat. The grants may be used to fund a local monitoring
coordinator and/or purchase water quality monitoring supplies. Local units
of government and nonprofit entities are eligible to receive grant funding.

This year up to $50,000 is available to fund organizations that seek to
develop community-based volunteer programs to monitor macroinvertebrates and
habitat characteristics. The Grant Application Package, which includes grant
information and application instructions, is available online at the above
URL.  <http://www.micorps.net/app/gap08> 

 

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Start-Up Grant Program:
http://www.micorps.net/app/startup10.html

MiCorps has set aside a portion of the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant
funds as "seed money" for newly forming volunteer monitoring groups. These
start-up funds will serve two purposes: 1) provide funding and support to
assist start-up groups in designing a monitoring strategy for their
community; and 2) help groups develop a full proposal for the 2011 Volunteer
Stream Monitoring Grant Program (VSMGP). 

Start-up grant recipients will have access to MiCorps resources and training
and can use the start-up money to conduct research on a monitoring project
and strategy. Interested individuals and small groups are encouraged to
apply, but applications must come from a local unit of government or a
nonprofit organization as the fiduciary agent to be eligible to receive
grant funding. 

Up to $10,000 (from the total pool of $50,000) will be available for
start-up grants, with multiple grants expected in the $1,000 to $3,000
range. The Grant Application Package, which includes grant information and
application instructions, is available online at the above URL.
<http://www.micorps.net/app/gap08> 

 

Contact: If you have questions about either the Volunteer Stream Monitoring
or the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Start-Up grant programs, please contact
Paul Steen at the Huron River Watershed Council at psteen at hrwc.org or
734-769-5123 x14. 

 

  <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
Natural Resources & Environment (DNRE) (formerly the Department of
Environmental Quality) in collecting and sharing water quality data for use
in water resources management and protection programs.	
 
Unable to view this message? Visit: http://www.micorps.net/email/gap10.html
to view this message in your web browser. 
 
Staff Contact: Laura Kaminski, Great Lakes Commission, (734) 971-9135
 
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