Michigan Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Grant Awards
Announced
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The Department of Environmental Quality announced today that 14
organizations have been selected to receive 2008 Volunteer River,
Stream, and Creek Cleanup grants totaling $27,014.
Michigan's Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Program (VRSCCP),
administered by the Great Lakes Commission under contract with the DEQ,
provides small grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to local units of
government to help clean up and improve Michigan's rivers, streams,
and creeks. Local units of government often partner with nonprofit
organizations or other volunteer groups to carry out the cleanups.
Volunteer stream cleanup activities include removal of trash and
unnatural debris from water bodies and their banks, and minimal
repositioning of natural woody material to allow stream passage while
maintaining the cover necessary for fish and other aquatic organisms.
Groups selected to receive funding in 2008 are:
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Holton Township - Cedar Creek Cleanup Project, $1,250;
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City of Detroit General Services Department - 2008 Rouge Park
River Cleanup, $2,385;
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Grand Traverse Conservation District - 4th Annual Boardman River
Clean Sweep-2008, $1,005;
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Village of Dimondale - Mill Stream Cleanup, $1,415;
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Ingham Conservation District - Red Cedar Cleanup, $2,269;
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Dearborn Heights Watershed Stewards Commission - 2008 Rouge River
Creek Clean-up, $2,585;
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Sweetwater Township - Pere Marquette River Clean-Up, $900;
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St. Joseph County Conservation District - River Country Stream
Cleanup, $2,720;
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Barry Conservation District - 13th Thornapple River Clean-up,
$2,625;
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Missaukee Conservation District - Missaukee/Muskegon River
Cleanup, $1,110;
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City of Monroe Commission on the Environment - River Raisin
Cleanup, $2,000;
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Northeast Michigan Council of Governments - 2008 Big Splash Clean
Up, $1,000;
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Shiawassee County Health Department - 11th Annual Shiawassee River
Cleanup, $2,140;
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Hamburg Township - 3rd Annual Hamburg Township Huron River Cleanup
Day, $3,610.
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Michigan's VRSCCP began in 1998 and has been funded through various
public acts. Since 2001, funding for this program has originated from
the sale of the state's Water Quality Protection license plates.
Additional information on the VRSCCP is available on the Internet at
http://www.glc.org/streamclean/ or by contacting John Hummer of
the Great Lakes Commission at 734-971-9135 or by e-mail at
jhummer@glc.org. Information is also available from the DEQ by
contacting John Wuycheck at 517 335-4195 or by e-mail at
WuycheckJ@michigan.gov.
Editor's note: DEQ news releases are available on the department's
Internet home page at
www.michigan.gov/deq.
"Protecting Michigan's Environment, Ensuring Michigan's Future"
Revised May 7, 2008 by Pat Watson |
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