GLIN==> 2011 HOW Coalition Implementation Grants Available!

[Apologies for cross postings]

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition Funding Now Available!
Applications due May 15th, 2011

For the second year, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes (HOW) Coalition is teaming up with Freshwater Future to help local groups in the Great Lakes region obtain and use funds from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and other federal sources as part of the Coalition's Implementation Grants Program.  The HOW grants program will be providing $115,000 to help jump-start projects.   The effort will ensure local groups are equipped to manage and complete effective projects with GLRI and other federal 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 areas in the Great Lakes to focus our efforts to support available GLRI funding for 2011 and in the upcoming 2012 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

Want to learn more?  Attend one of our informational meetings!

Freshwater Future is hosting meetings in each of the HOW Priority Areas to meet with groups, discuss project ideas, and answer questions about the HOW RFP.  See the list of meetings below.
St. Louis Bay/St. Louis River and Tributaries Priority Area Meeting
Tuesday, April 5th from 3:30pm - 6:00pm
USEPA's  Gitchee Gumee Conference Center
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN

Eastern Lake Ontario Priority Area Meeting
Tuesday, April 5th from 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Sodus Bay Township Hall
8356 Bay Street
Sodus Point, NY

Chicago Land Priority Area Meeting
Wednesday, April 6th from 2:00 - 4:00pm
Bowen Park, Lilac Cottage
1911 N. Sheridan Road
Waukegan, IL

Western Lake Erie & Maumee Bay Priority Area Meeting
Thursday, April 14th from 2:30 - 5:00
347 N. Dunbridge Road
Bowling Green, Ohio

Saginaw Bay Priority Area Meeting
Friday, April 15th from 9:00 - 12:00
Sage Branch Library
100 East Midland Street
Bay City, Michigan 48706

To view the entire Healing Our Waters Request for Proposals, the application, and the Priority Area maps, go to:  http://www.freshwaterfuture.org/grant-programs/healing-our-waters-grants.html . To RSVP for a Priority Area 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!

Questions? Contact Cheryl Mendoza at Cheryl at freshwaterfuture.org<mailto:Cheryl at freshwaterfuture.org> or 231-571-5001.

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