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EPA GRANT
GL-97581601-0
SUPPORT FOR DETROIT RIVER CONSERVANCIES AND THE DETROIT RIVER INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
The Friends of the Detroit River (FDR) has just received a grant from the EPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO). With this grant, the FDR will form a coalition of interest organizations and individuals to support the recently designated Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. The FDR will investigate the possibility of a new or existing conservancy to accept contaminated brownfield sites along the Detroit River and its tributaries. The project will also involve researching and reporting on the advantages of placing conservation easements on public and private properties. The FDR will expand on the existing USGS database of 104 river sites in need of protection, and incorporate inventoried and spatially referenced databases and thematic maps to identify unique and significant ecosystem features along the Detroit River and the major tributaries.
RIVER ATLAS The FDR will work toward the long-term desire of protecting these sites through public ownership or through ownership by a conservation minded private sector.
- Taken from EPA Grant Agreement Project Title and Description (October 2002)
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
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