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Communities In US, Canada Work Together For Great Lakes Cleanup Event

April 28, 2021 Some Michiganders are part of a multi-state effort this week to clean up and protect the Great Lakes. The volunteer campaign involves seven Great Lakes communities, and is made possible through $300,000 in funding from the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Grand Traverse Baykeeper Heather Smith says each of the communities involved has been conducting its own annual cleanups but the EPA Trash Free grant allows for broad collaboration. “This is unique in that we have a number of organizations working across the basin,” Smith said. “We’re getting a lot of momentum to remove some of the trash on our area beaches and our near shore waters that are certainly threatening habitat and drinking water sources.”

Conservation practices grants now available for farmers in the River Raisin Watershed

Conservation practices grants now available for farmers in the River Raisin Watershed April 27, 2021 Farmers can sign up for conservation practices grants such as crop rotation and filter strips before May 21, 2021. Soybean growing in no-till field. Photo by Ricardo Costa, MSU Extension. The Institute of Water Research at Michigan State University is working with producers and various conservation partners to improve water quality in Lake Erie by reducing nutrient runoff and sediment loss from farm fields. As part of their goal, the Institute of Water Research coordinates a grant in the River Raisin Watershed called the Accelerating Conservation Adoption Program, where participating farmers within the River Raisin Watershed are eligible to apply for reimbursement for the following conservation practices through the Lenawee Conservation District:

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