GLIN==> Michigan Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Grant Awards for 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 17, 2010

 

Contact:  Robert McCann  

              (517) 373-7917

 

Michigan Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Grant Awards for 2010

 

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) and the Great Lakes Commission have selected 12 organizations to receive 2010 Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Program (VRSCCP) grants totaling $21,335.61. 

 

Michigan’s VRSCCP provides grants in the range of $500 to $5,000 to local units of government to help clean up rivers, streams, and creeks to improve Michigan’s waters.  Local units of government often partner with nonprofit organizations or other volunteer groups to carry out the cleanups that often include the removal of trash and debris from the water and from the top of the stream banks to below or at the water’s edge. 

 

The groups selected to receive funding in 2010 for their projects, include: 

 

•     City of Battle Creek, “Global Citizens River Conservation Day” - $1,500. 

 

•     City of Charlotte, “6th Annual River Cleanup” - $739.61. 

 

•     Grand Traverse Conservation District, “Boardman River Clean Sweep 2010” - $1,513. 

 

•     Chesaning Area Parks and Recreation Commission, “Annual Shiawassee River Cleanup” - $1,700. 

 

•     Muskegon Conservation District, “Muskegon River (Milliron Road) Cleanup Project” - $970. 

 

•     Saginaw Conservation District, “2nd Annual Cass River Cleanup” - $943. 

 

•     Shiawassee County Health Department Environmental Health Division, “13th Annual Shiawassee River Cleanup” - $1,800. 

 

•     Missaukee Conservation District, “Missaukee/Muskegon Cleanup” - $2,145. 

 

•     Barry Conservation District, “15th Annual Thornapple River Cleanup” - $1,825. 

 

•     City of Ann Arbor, “Ann Arbor Canoe Liveries Keep the River Clean” - $3,204. 

 

•     Van Buren Conservation District, “Community Creek Cleanup in the Paw Paw and Black Watersheds” - $3,715. 

 

•     Macomb County Public Works Office, “Conservation Easement River Cleanup in the North Branch Subwatershed” - $1,281. 

 

Michigan’s VRSCCP began in 1998 and has been funded through various public acts.  Since 2001, funds for this program have originated from the sale of the state’s Water Quality Protection license plates.  Grants are administered by the Great Lakes Commission, under contract with the DNRE.  These grants help foster local stewardship and a sense of community while protecting Michigan’s waters.

 

Additional information on the VRSCCP is available online at http://www.glc.org/streamclean or by contacting Laura Kaminski, Great Lakes Commission, at 734-971-9135 or laurak at glc.org; or Ralph Bednarz, DNRE, at 517‑335‑4211 or bednarzr at michigan.gov. 

 

The DNRE is committed to conserve, manage, protect, and promote accessible use and enjoyment of the state’s environmental, natural resource, and related economic interests for current and future generations.

 

 

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