Grants: Water Resources
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Shiawassee River Resoration and Chesaning Dam Removal Project
November 2008The Chesaning Dam was identified in the 2003 WIN Fisheries Scoping Study and the subsequent WIN 2005
Low Head Barrier Analysis as a critical impoundment inhibiting fish passage in the Saginaw River system.
Like the Frankenmuth Dam, the Chesaning project opens river and makes native spawning areas available
to fish that have been compromised since the late 1800s. Fish passage at Chesaning will open 37 miles of
stream habitat – with native walleye and sturgeon being the targeted fish for restoration at this location.
Chesaning recently received a $900,000 grant from the State of Michigan to match the WIN funding to assist
this $1.4 million project.
Saginaw Bay Environmental Education Center
May 2008This project, sponsored by BaySail, will fund the development of a zero stormwater runoff facility as a permanent home for the Appledore Schooners. The main features of the project are a 2500 sq ft intensive green roof, a porous concrete and previous grass school bus irrigation system, and native species landscaping.
Dr. Eugene Kenaga Observation Tower
May 2008In late 2008, the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland broke ground on a major renovation and expansion of its facility. Major pieces of the expansion included new exhibit space, parking areas, classrooms, and office space. As part of the renovation, the facility became one of the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified facilities in the region. A major component of the project was a storm-water management system that incorporated a cistern and collection system to slow and cool water runoff from the facility before it is drained off to the Chippewa River. The cistern system will be incorporated in the Dr. Eugene Kenaga Observation Tower, which will also be used as an education exhibit for both observing nature, and rainwater collection.
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.
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