Citizens for a Safe and Clean Lake Superior – $25,000

This grant will support the second phase of a targeted program to strengthen wetland protections in Powell, Marquette, and Chocolay townships in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, along the shores of Lake Superior. In the first phase of the project, Citizens for a Safe and Clean Lake Superior (CSCLS) engaged local residents in the need for wetland protections, reviewed local wetland protections, and began conversations with townships on the need for policy reform. In this second year, CSCLS will complete the project by maintaining the community’s increased awareness and ramping up engagement with local decision makers to convince them to adopt CSCLS’s policy recommendations. In addition, CSCLS will use a portion of the grant to expand a new program designed to incentivize landowners to protect wetlands on their properties through conservation easements.