Spring 2006 Theme Grant Recipient
Applicant:
Melissa Scanlan
Midwest Environmental Advocates
551 W. Main Street, Suite 200
Madison, WI 53703
USA
608-251-5047 x3
E-mail: mscanlan@midwestadvocates.org
Website: www.midwestadvocates.org
Lake Basin: Lake Michigan
Project Title: Sustaining Communities Campaign: Connecting Smart Growth and Clean Water in the Great Lakes Basin
Fall Grant Award: $8000
Project Summary:
Midwest Environmental Advocates' ("MEA") Sustaining Communities Campaign links urban sprawl to water quality problems, using the issue of balanced growth to organize Great Lakes communities in defense of aquatic habitats. When residential and business development fragments existing agricultural and green spaces, increasing polluted runoff that threatens Wisconsin waterways, MEA will help grassroots groups educate their neighbors, businesses, and elected officials. A GLAHNF grant will allow MEA to provide impacted communities with the tools and expertise needed to help them make water-wise land use decisions. In addition to creating a Know-Your-Rights Tool-kit, MEA will help build coalitions among new and diverse grassroots partners, support grassroots media campaigns, and disseminate expert information in digestible formats.
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The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network & Fund is a 501(c)(3) organization. Funding for GLAHNF is provided by the C.S. Mott Foundation, private contributions and other private and governmental grants.
For more information, please contact:
Sandra Wilmore
Grants and Publications Manager
sand@glhabitat.org
(219)939-1655