The Conservation Fund is helping to implement the Ann Arbor
Greenbelt Initiative, a far-reaching project designed to protect and link city parks, natural areas and working farms throughout the city, while curbing the growth and effects of sprawl.
Read more>In 2005 the Fund and its partners worked with the city and the surrounding townships to refine and carry out the Galien River Watershed Management Plan, an initiative supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to reduce sediment and improve water quality.
Read more>A generous lead grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has enabled the Fund and its partners to protect nearly 20,000 acres, valued at nearly $56 million, within the Great Lakes Basin, the nation's most significant freshwater ecosystem.
Read more>Through a loan to Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, the Conservation Fund has protected the 58 acres of Maple Bay Farm in an effort to safeguard vital rural lands along the Great Lakes’ shorelines.
Read more>Launched by the Fund and its partners in 2000, the Michigan Dune Alliance promotes conservation and stewardship of coastal marshes, dunes, forests and freshwater river systems along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Read more>The Conservation Fund, in concert with the Michigan Department of Agriculture, has protected 15,000 acres of Michigan's farmland to date through the Farmland and Open Space Preservation Program.
Read more>Through a state agricultural protection program, the Fund has arranged conservation easements on more than 13,000 acres of farmland in 27 counties.
Read more>The Conservation Fund, through its Great Lakes Revolving Fund, provided a loan to the Michigan Karst Conservancy to safeguard 75 acres in the valley.
Read more>Recently, Mike Kelly spoke with Mott Foundation Communications Officer/New Media Ann Richards from his office in Bay City, Michigan, about how the fund works and why it is such an important tool to conservancies throughout the Great Lakes states.
Read more>The Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network is a collaborative effort of communities, conservationists, foundations and businesses to enhance the natural resources of the Saginaw Bay Watershed and create a more sustainable future for all its inhabitants.
Read more>With the support of the new Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund, initiated through a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Fund helped Northwoods Conservancy acquire the point, including its 150 feet of Lake Superior shoreline.
Read more>The Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, located near Frankenmuth, a historic town of Bavarian heritage, serves as the gateway to the Great Lakes. In partnership with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Fund acquired 113 acres to establish a Great Lakes Visitors Center.
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