by: Reed Parker, Inside INdiana Business
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May 5, 2021 / 10:35 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) A multi-state effort to improve water quality and soil in the Western Lake Erie Basin has been awarded millions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. The effort is being led by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, which received nearly $8 million for the five-year Lake Erie Conservation Partnership program.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ohio State University are working together with Indiana to focus on erosion control and nutrient and water management. The USDA says funding allows for new conservation programs in the three states to be used as demonstration sites of soil conservation practices.
Multi-state conservation project awarded nearly $8 million for Western Lake Erie Basin
For immediate release: May 4, 2021
LANSING, MI - Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) announced that a multi-state conservation program led by Indiana and including the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as a key partner received $7,780,799 to protect natural resources, enhance soil health, improve water quality, and support landowners in the Western Lake Erin Basin (WLEB) region. This is a tremendous opportunity to expand and accelerate the work our states have been doing to preserve and protect our fresh water, which has been a top priority of Governor Whitmer s administration since day one, said
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.
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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.