Driving Resilience in the Great Lakes

Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds (LGROW) brings together local municipalities and community stakeholders to address issues facing the Lower Grand River and its watersheds.

Rainscaping: an LGROW program that assist homeowners and businesses in the Greater Grand Rapids area in designing and implementing customized natural infrastructure solutions, distributing the benefits of these practices across the watershed.

Contact LGROW: [email protected]
Website: https://www.lgrow.org/

Michigan Sea Grant is a cooperative program of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fund research, education, and outreach projects designed to foster science-based decisions about the use and conservation of Great Lakes resources.

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Southeast Wisconsin Watershed Trust (Sweet Water) brings diverse partners together to provide the leadership and innovation necessary to protect and restore our shared water resources in the Greater Milwaukee watersheds

Sweet Water’s Water Quality Mini-Grant Program distributes grants each year to community groups to implement natural solutions that improve water quality, enhance environmental conservation, restore aquatic habitat, or educate the public.

Contact Sweet Water: [email protected]
Website: https://www.swwtwater.org/

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) cultivates, connects, and creates community stewardship with the strategic, administrative, programming and funding support needed to improve the health of the land and waters in northeast and east central Wisconsin

Coastal Resilience Community Impact Project supports communities in Northeast Wisconsin with project planning, design, funding, and implementation of coastal resilience strategies.

Contact LNRP: [email protected]
Website: https://www.lnrp.org/

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute supports and enhances the sustainable use, conservation and health of Great Lakes resources and the well-being of Great Lakes communities through research, education and outreach.

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Project Staff Contact:
Michael Friis, (608) 267-7982, Program Manager, Public Access, Wetland Protection, and Land Use Planning Coordinator
Kathleen Angel, (608) 267-7988, Federal Consistency and Coastal Hazards Coordinator
Lydia Salus, (608) 266-3687, Project Coordinator

Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange (GILEX) is a project of the Global Philanthropy Partnership and seeks to activate local governments and water agencies in the U.S. and Canada to implement green stormwater infrastructure equitably.

Contact GILEX: [email protected]
Phone: (410) 657-2657
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GLISA – NOAA’s Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Partnership Team (GLISA) is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. GLISA works at the boundary between climate science and decision making, striving to enhance Great Lakes communities’ capacity to understand, plan for, and respond to climate impacts now and in the future. Established in 2010, GLISA serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin in the U.S., and the Province of Ontario in Canada.

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