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GLRI grants address water quality
The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded over $17 million dollars to reduce runoff in the Great Lakes. Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin received funding for 14 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants.
Elaine Brown, MAEAP Training and Grant Liaison with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says the grants add to several efforts to address water quality with the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
“We think that it very nicely complements the work that we’ve been doing with the MAEAP Program in the Michigan part of the Western Lake Erie Basin, and also the RCPP project that we have with Ohio and Indiana.”
Brown says several projects will offer farmers cost share incentives to implement practices that reduce sediment and phosphorus runoff.
EPA has awarded more than $25 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants so far this year.
AUDIO: Interview with Elaine Brown (3:22 mp3):
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