Mar 16, 2021
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Alcona Historical Society received a $2,972 Community Impact Grant for the Sprucing Up Bailey School project.
ALPENA The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan recently awarded a new round of community grants covering a four-county area that includes Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle counties.
The CFNEM Board of Trustees recently approved 46 new grants totaling $106,515. Of that amount, $84,289 was awarded in Community Impact Grants, and $22,226 was awarded in grants from the Northeast Michigan Youth Advisory Council.
New Community Impact Grants are:
¯ Alcona Community Schools $1,000 for the Alcona Wrestling program;
¯ Alcona Community Schools $3,000 for the Elementary School Outdoor Classroom;
¯ Alcona County Commission on Aging $1,500 for the Alcona County Commission on Aging Technology Loan Center;
Photo(s) by Noah Jurik courtesy of GTRLC
2020 was a big year for land conservation in Northern Michigan fragile wildlife habitats were preserved, forests were fortified and trails were blazed. We touched base with five regional conservancies to hear about their accomplishments and to see what’s in store for 2021.
Note: Acreage numbers were collected in November 2020, prior to publication, and may have increased since then.
Acres Protected in 2020: As of November, Leelanau Conservancy had protected 888 acres, with another 89 expected by year-end. That adds up to a total of more than 15,000 acres since the conservancy’s inception in 1988.
Goals for 2021: “Our 2021 goals are to focus on farmland protection, in addition to protecting forests and wildlife habitat. We’re also looking forward to working on our goal to establish up to 40 miles of recreational trails for public enjoyment at our 1,000-acre Palmer Woods Forest Reserve after having completed the fundraising for purc