Grants: Water Resources
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Creating a Sustainable Region through an Investment in Children
November 2007This project, proposed by the new Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum, requested funding to assist with the construction of the exhibit space component of the museum. In particular, the request was for exhibits that most closely align with WIN’s mission and objectives: Water, Water, Everwhere, Aunt Sugar’s Farm and Night ‘n’ Day. It was the desire of the Museum to incorporate “sustainable’ concepts into the displays as much as possible. They also invited Win representatives to assist in the development of the education programming that will be an integral part of the museum’s operations.
Hampton School Rain Garden
May 2007Students at Bay City’s Hampton Elementary have developed a “rain garden” on low lying property at their elementary school. Designed to reduce runoff from the school grounds, as well as filter pollutants from the water, the rain garden will serve as an important demonstration of on-site water quality management and green development in a very visible location. A local architect and a landscape architecture firm consulted on this project.
Expressions of Learning
November 2006The “Just a Drop of Water” curriculum is part of the National Literacy Through Photography project and was implemented by the University of Michigan – Flint. Addressing writing and literacy, the project uses photography to stimulate basic learning skills, particularly reading, writing and verbal communication. This project focused on water issues and water conservation. The University partnered with two schools – one urban and one rural to kick off this program. U-M Flint was the first site in Michigan to host this unique curriculum.
Townline Road Closure
November 2006The Rifle River is a majority direct tributary of Saginaw Bay and has been the focus of numerous regional efforts to improve fisheries, control erosion, and recreation opportunities. One of its tributaries, Fritz Creek, has been identified as a major source of sedimentation and erosion, the soue of which is the road stream crossing at Townline Road. In response to this, and recognizing that other roads provided access to neighboring properties, the Arenac County Road commission decided to abandon the road. However, they were not fully committed – financially – to restoring the crossing site where a culvert needs to be removed. In partnership, the Saginaw Bay RC&D decided to raise money to leverage county resources and other financing from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to restore the are to a nonerodable condition.
Top of the Shiawassee River Trail Signage
November 2006Headwaters Trail created the first canoe access site in the upper Shiawassee River (headwaters of the Saginaw River). This project created interpretive signage for a “water trail” that stretches from Holly to Fenton. The signage package included planning, construction and it addressed way-finding panels, as well as guideposts, markers, and maps delineating water features. The fact that this is a tributary to Saginaw Bay was addressed. A Trail brochure and a website supported this implementation activity. WIN funds supported signage and brochure design and sign fabrication.