GLIN==> Updated information on Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition grants program - Don't miss out

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition and Freshwater Future invite you to join us to learn about a new grants program to help local environmental and conservation groups take part in the Obama administration's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
WHAT:

Through a new grants program to help develop and implement projects and proposals, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes (HOW) Coalition is going to help local groups in the Great Lakes region obtain and use funds from the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) as part of the Coalition's new Implementation Program. The effort will ensure local groups are equipped to manage and complete effective projects with GLRI funds and by so doing, will help ensure sustained support from the federal government to clean up, restore and heal the Great Lakes.

The HOW Implementation Program has identified five of the most degraded areas in the Great Lakes to focus our efforts to support available GLRI funding for 2010 ($475 million) and in the upcoming 2011 fiscal year. These priority areas were selected by a panel of Great Lakes scientists because they were in great need of restoration yet hold significant promise for restoration success. The areas include:
* Lake Superior: St Louis Bay and St. Louis River
* Lake Michigan: Chicagoland
* Lake Huron: Saginaw Bay
* Lake Erie: Western Lake Erie & Maumee Bay
* Lake Ontario: Eastern Lake Ontario

The HOW program will be providing $200,000 to help jump-start projects.
DATE, TIMES AND LOCATIONS:

Eastern Lake Ontario Priority Area Meeting
Monday, May 24th from 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County
249 Highland Avenue
Rochester, New York

Saginaw Bay Priority Area Meeting
Wednesday, May 26th from 2:30 - 5:00
Sage Branch Library
100 East Midland Street
 Bay City, Michigan 48706

Updated! Western Lake Erie & Maumee Bay Priority Area Meeting
Tuesday, June 8th from 1:00 - 4:00pm
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Northwest District Office
347 N. Dunbridge RD.
Bowling Green, Ohio  43402

NEW! While the in-person meetings will be the most beneficial format to develop project ideas on how this new grants program can help your organization, we will be offering a conference call to review the grants program and provide a format for you to get your questions answered on Thursday, June1 7th, from 1:00 - 3:00 EST. Please RSVP by June 15th to Cheryl at freshwaterfuture.org<mailto:Cheryl at freshwaterfuture.org>

To view the entire Healing Our Waters Request for Proposals and application, go to: http://www.freshwaterfuture.org/requestforproposals.html.  To RSVP for the meeting, please email Cheryl Mendoza, Associate Director for Freshwater Future, one week before the meeting date at Cheryl at freshwaterfuture.org<mailto:Cheryl at freshwaterfuture.org> or by calling 231-571-5001.

Please forward this opportunity to others you think would be interested too!


Kristy Meyer, M.S.
Director of Agriculture & Clean Water Programs
Ohio Environmental Council
1207 Grandview Ave., Ste. 201
Columbus, OH 43212
Direct Phone: (614) 487-5842
OEC Phone: (614) 487-7506
Kristy at theOEC.org
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