Ann Arbor leads effort to secure $7.4M for land and water conservation Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 Jesse Raudenbush shows guests a pile of in-process compost at Slow Farm on Whitmore Lake Road in Ann Arbor Township during an Ann Arbor greenbelt bus tour through Washtenaw County on Oct. 12, 2019. Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI — Another $7.4 million in federal funding is coming to southeast Michigan land and water conservation organizations, officials announced this week. The city of Ann Arbor’s greenbelt program, administered by The Conservation Fund, led efforts to secure the funding, acting as the lead partner among nine conservation groups that joined to create the Lake Erie Conservation Partnership.