Overview
SURVEY: Nature Based Project Ideas
WMSRDC collaborated with community leaders, stakeholders, and Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT) to develop a prioritized list of nature-based projects that benefit community resilience and fish and wildlife habitat along coastal Lake Michigan and its associated drowned river mouth systems in Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, and Oceana counties. WMSRDC hosted West Michigan Watershed Partners meetings and county level planning meetings to allow participants to provide input on locations in need of protection and the ideal outcomes and benefits from resiliency and restoration efforts. Identified projects of high priority will be prepared to flow into the Site Assessment and Preliminary Design phase of the NCRF pipeline. The additional projects recognized in the plan are continuing to work through development and community preparedness to be submitted under future years of the NCRF pipeline or through other funding programs.
Although the community and capacity building component of this funding is complete. WMSRDC remains interested in hearing about new project ideas or updates to ideas that have been shared. As updates to the priority list can continue to influence the project WMSRDC will submit to open opportunities.
Contact Information
Fallon Chabala
Program Manager
(231) 722-7878 ext. 130
