Organization: UPPER PENINSULA RC & D
Mission: PROVIDE LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR DEVELOPING AND CARRYING OUT A PLAN FOR THE ORDERLY CONSERVATION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND WISE USE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.
Activities: THE MICHIGAN UPPER PENINSULA COASTAL WETLAND PROJECT III-FACILITATED A PARTNERSHIP OF STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO PROTECT 3,704 ACRES OF CRITICAL GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND INTERIOR WETLAND HABITAT AGAINST THE THREATS FROM DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCE KEY WETLAND AREAS TO CONSERVE MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT AND BUILD ECOTOURISM. THIS PROJECT SECURES APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES OF RIPARIAN WATERWAYS AND PROTECTS AN ADDITIONAL 8 MILES OF INDISPENSABLE MIGRATION AND BREEDING HABITATS ALONG BEACHES, LAKESHORES, ISLANDS, AND GREAT LAKES SHORELINES FROM DEVELOPMENT.
LIFE AFTER PHRAGMITES: WETLAND RESTORATION AND LANDOWNER STEWARDSHIP-- FACILITATED AN U.P. WIDE EFFORT TO FUNCTIONALLY ERADICATE PHRAGMITES FROM MICHIGAN'S U.P. THROUGH A HOLISTIC HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM BY WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN 4 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNER AGENCIES, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO TREAT 62 ACRES. LONG-TERM PHRAGMITES SUCCESS IS BEING DELIVERED THROUGH A LANDOWNER COST SHARE PROGRAM.
INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT IN THE HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST COASTAL ZONE-- FACILITATED INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT WITH A FOCUS ON NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES ON USFS-MANAGED LAND WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST. WORKED WITH LAKE TO LAKE CISMA PARTNERS TO SURVEY LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND TREAT 24 ACRES OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES.
NTEE category: Environment
Secondary category: Animal-Related