Freshwater Voices

The Newsletter of Freshwater Future

Freshwater Voices is the newsletter of Freshwater Future, published four times per year. Freshwater Voices is intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas among citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin.

Volume 17, Number 3 • Summer 2009

Grant Deadlines - Helping You Protect The Great Lakes

Freshwater Future Fall 2009 Grants Available

Our lakes, rivers, wetlands and Great Lakes have never needed citizen and community involvement more. Fortunately, more and more citizens are getting involved to help protect and restore the waters in their community, watchdog the enforcement of environmental laws, and create change through civic engagement. Realizing the importance of grassroots involvement, Freshwater Future provides financial assistance through our grants program to grassroots projects working to protect inland lakes, rivers, and wetlands. Organizations must be a member of Freshwater Future to be eligible for our grants program.

NEW!!!! Insight Services Grants: Growing Success

This program is a competitive program to receive financial assistance for Freshwater Future’s professional organizational development and technical assistance. The Insight Services Grants: Growing Success Program provides grant awards be used for assistance from Freshwater Future to build capacity of grassroots organizations, which could include training, board development, membership expansion, fundraising, and strategic planning. Grant funds will be used for Freshwater Future staff time to provide professional assistance to your project or organization, no monetary award will be made to your organization. A 25% match by your organization is required for this program.

Our priority funding areas include:

Program and Technical Assistance Grants Priority Funding Areas Include:

  • Projects to protect and restore wetlands
  • Restoration activities
  • Land use planning and zoning
  • Development, implementation and enforcement of local, state, provincial and federal habitat protection regulations

NEW—Insight Grants Funding Areas Include:

  • Financial management
  • Board Development
  • Fundraising planning
  • Membership tracking

Deadline: September 30, 2009.
Go to www.freshwaterfuture.org/grants.html for more information and to apply.

Disclaimer: The interpretations and conclusions presented in this newsletter represent the opinions of the individual authors. They in no way represent the views of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, the C.S. Mott Foundation, subscribers, donors, or any organization mentioned in this publication.

Freshwater Future builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. Freshwater Future is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

For more information, please contact:

info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479,
Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200;