GLIN==> Michigan Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Awards for 2011

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A bulletin of the Michigan Clean Water Corps

June 9, 2011 

 

	

 


 


Michigan Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Awards for 2011

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

The MiCorps Program was established by former 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 grants, awarded through the DEQ's MiCorps Volunteer Stream Monitoring
Program <http://www.micorps.net/streamoverview.html> , provide training and
support for volunteers to help them collect quality data on the state's
water resources. Full grants provide two years of support for existing
volunteer programs to monitor macroinvertebrate communities and habitat
characteristics in wadeable streams and rivers. Start-up grants provide one
year of support for organizations seeking to develop volunteer monitoring
programs to assist with designing a monitoring strategy as a first step
toward the development of a full proposal for the following year's Volunteer
Stream Monitoring Program. 

The data collected through these volunteer water quality monitoring programs
are used to support local activities and the DEQ's efforts to protect and
manage the state's water resources. 

The nine organizations sharing nearly $46,000 in grant funds to support
their volunteer monitoring work beginning in 2011 are: 

Full Grants: 

. Cannon Township - $13,556.81 to study macroinvertebrate health on Bear
Creek at five monitoring sites.

. Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council - $9,351.66 to monitor eight sites on
the Maple and Sturgeon rivers, including macroinvertebrate and habitat
assessments. 

. Gogebic Conservation District - $8,975 to collect data on habitat and
macroinvertebrates in the Black River and its tributaries in Presque Isle
Watershed for tracking water quality changes over time. 

. Clinton River Watershed Council - $1,350 to add six new sites to the
existing stream monitoring program on the Clinton River. 

  

Start-Up Grants: 

  

. Kalamazoo Nature Center - $3,000, Kalamazoo River Basin.

. Mason-Lake Conservation District - $2,988, Hamlin Lake and the Big Sable
River Basin streams.

. Macatawa Area Coordinating Council - $2,980.48, Macatawa Watershed.

. Lake Leelanau Lake Association - $2,500, Lake Leelanau area streams.

. Cass River Greenway Committee - $1,033, Cass River. 

 

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. For additional information about the Michigan Volunteer Stream
Monitoring grants, please visit the MiCorps Web site at www.micorps.net
<http://www.micorps.net/>  or contact Dr. Paul Steen of the Huron River
Watershed Council at 734-769-5123 or by e-mail at psteen at hrwc.org.

 

Interested in becoming a volunteer monitor? 

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

 

 


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The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps <http://micorps.net/> ) was created
through an executive order by former Governor Jennifer M. Granholm to assist
the Department of Environmental Quality in collecting and sharing water
quality data for use in water resources management and protection programs.

 

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Staff Contact: Laura Kaminski, Great Lakes Commission, (734) 971-9135

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