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| Innovative Outreach to Absentee Landowners |
| Status: |
Completed |
| Grantee: |
M&M Divide Resource Conservation and Development |
| Grant Amount: |
$542,000 |
| Award Date: |
December 8, 2006 |
| Contact: |
Rick Tafoya |
| Phone: |
712-792-4415 |
| E-mail: |
rick.tafoya@ia.usda.gov |
| Category: |
Natural Flow Regimes |
| Origination: |
General Guidelines |
The project team will reach out to an untapped audience in the Great Lakes Basin, absentee landowners, to undertake conservation practices that will ultimately restore stream and river health, increase riparian habitat, improve water quality and reduce the impact of agriculture on the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The group will work in three Great Lakes watersheds: Saginaw Bay (MI), Manitowoc County (WI), and Oak Orchard (NY). They will inform over 1,200 absentee landowners of conservation opportunities, convert at least 1,600 acres of production land to vegetative filter strips and ultimately reduce the input of 2,320 tons of sediment, 3,840 pounds of phosphorous and 7,600 pounds of nitrogen into the Great Lakes each year. They will develop, test, and implement new outreach tools that encourage absentee landowners to install conservation practices on their property. Local agencies will work with the owner and operator to ensure the conservation practices are installed, maintained and evaluated for ecological outcomes. The team will build a best practices guide and tool kit for local outreach agencies throughout the Basin; host planning workshops in five Great Lakes states to inform regional, state and local entities of the best practices and tools available; and provide financial start-up assistance to outreach campaigns throughout the basin. |
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