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Posted: March 28, 2010

Southeast Michigan to get about $200,000 to improve shorelines, = coastal=20 areas

BY CHRISTINA HALL
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Communities, nonprofits and environmental = groups in=20 southeast Michigan are to receive nearly $200,000 of the more than $1.4 = million=20 in federal funds coming to the state this year for shoreline-related = projects=20 and to improve coastal areas.


Fifty-two grants were awarded, including = several in=20 metro Detroit. The groups to receive them are required to match the = grants. "We=20 were really pleased to get that level of funding out to the local = communities,"=20 said Robert McCann, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Natural = Resources=20 and Environment.

Macomb County is to receive $40,000 to = identify sites=20 to conserve and restore, said Gerard Santoro, a senior planner with the = county's=20 planning and economic development department. Sites may be wetlands or = adjacent=20 areas.

Santoro said projects may include identifying = and=20 removing invasive species, installing rocky seawalls used by amphibians = and=20 water fowl, as well as creating more public access to the water. = Gibraltar is to=20 receive $10,000 to create a waterfront development plan for its = downtown, said=20 Mark Kibby, city administrator. The plan is to help the city create and = enhance=20 pedestrian and canoe/kayak access to the Detroit River and downtown, = install a=20 fishing pier and improve facades.

Other grants and projects include:

=95 $30,000 to the Tourism and Economic = Development=20 Council Foundation to establish so-called destination districts in = Detroit and=20 nearby areas.

=95 $40,000 to St. Clair County to develop a = trail along=20 the shoreline from Lake St. Clair to the northern border of the county = along=20 Lake Huron, and inventory canoe and kayak access sites.

=95 Nearly $200,000 to Michigan State = University groups=20 for a sand dunes study and project involving bat migration.

A version of this story appears on page 9A of the Sunday, March 28, = 2010,=20 print edition of the Detroit Free Press.

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