Protecting Local Water Quality Through Permanent Land Protection
This grant will provide the final 5% needed to permanently protect 35 acres of critically important property in the Stony Creek region of the Huron River Watershed in southeast Michigan. The property is mostly wooded with extensive wetlands and 3,000 feet of frontage on a tributary to Stony Creek, which flows to Lake Erie. The property features vernal pools – seasonal wetlands that appear in the spring – that provide critical habitat that is vital to the forest ecosystem and is in an area that is at high risk for development.