Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Projects
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was launched in 2010 to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest fresh surface water in the world – the Great Lakes. During the first five years of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, over 2,500 projects were implemented to improve water quality, clean up contaminated shoreline, protect and restore native habitat and species, and prevent and control invasive species in the Great Lakes.
Little Traverse Bay Stormwater Management Initiative
From this fund, the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council received $887,723.00 for the Little Traverse Bay Stormwater Management Initiative. This initiative funded five key projects from the the Little Traverse Bay Watershed Protection Plan. To learn more about the projects, click on the link below:
Zequanox Study
In 2016, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council was awarded a $641,000.00 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to evaluate a new control method for zebra and quagga mussels. The biocontrol product Zequanox® will be applied to three acres of lake bottom in a Northern Michigan lake. Zequanox® has been proven, in both laboratory and lake environments, to selectively control zebra and quagga mussels while posing little threat to other aquatic organisms. Every aspect of the environment, from phytoplankton communities to chemical water quality parameters, will be assessed before, during, and after the treatments. One of the main objective of the study is to evaluate invasive mussel mortality and native mussel recovery in areas treated with Zequanox®.
Little Traverse Bay Stormwater Management Initiative
From this fund, the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council received $887,723.00 for the Little Traverse Bay Stormwater Management Initiative. This initiative funded five key projects from the the Little Traverse Bay Watershed Protection Plan. To learn more about the projects, click on the link below:
- Tannery Creek Stream Crossing Restoration Project (Complete)
- Holms Road - Hay Marsh Creek Road/Stream Crossing Restoration Project (Complete)
- Bay View Rain Garden Initiative (Completed)
Zequanox Study
In 2016, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council was awarded a $641,000.00 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to evaluate a new control method for zebra and quagga mussels. The biocontrol product Zequanox® will be applied to three acres of lake bottom in a Northern Michigan lake. Zequanox® has been proven, in both laboratory and lake environments, to selectively control zebra and quagga mussels while posing little threat to other aquatic organisms. Every aspect of the environment, from phytoplankton communities to chemical water quality parameters, will be assessed before, during, and after the treatments. One of the main objective of the study is to evaluate invasive mussel mortality and native mussel recovery in areas treated with Zequanox®.
- Click here to learn more about the Zequanox® Study. (In progress)
