This document summarizes a conference on Great Lakes restoration. It discusses how northern Michigan's ecosystems and tourism economy rely on its 10,000 miles of streams and 8 million acres. It highlights the benefits of healthy greenways in connecting communities, concentrating development, sustaining lands, saving money, and protecting wildlife. The document outlines various habitat improvement projects and notes the impacts of fragmentation on wildlife. It advocates for consolidating programs and changing approaches to improve conservation results and reduce costs while engaging partners, landowners, and alternative funding sources.

1. Northern Michigan Wild Link
Great Lakes Restoration Annual Conference
September2013

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Inspire
Share the Success
Tools and Approach
Discuss Near Term Innovations

3. “Up North”
Michigan
10,000 Stream Miles
8 Million acres

4. Ecosystem
Resiliency

7. Tourism in Michigan adds $18.8 Billion and Employs 200,000

8. $2 Billion Sport
Fishing

9. Delivery System That Works
Relevant Priorities, Places and Practices
Results-Oriented Accountability

10. Landowner
Goals

12. Skills and
Assistance and

13. Waiting Lists

14. “Program Neutral”
Before

15. After
Common Priorities – Combining
Resources for Maximum Results

16. Delivery System That Works
Relevant Priorities, Places and Practices
Results-Oriented Accountability

19. Healthy Greenways
Connect communities
Concentrate development in
the right places
Sustain forests, farms and
working lands
Save money in flood
protection, water treatment,
erosion control
Protect waterways
Keep fish and wildlife
healthy
Are a key element in
anticipating climate change

20. Food plots
Nest boxes
Quality timber management
Shrub plantings
Tree plantings
Invasives control
Stream/River habitat improvements
Conservation easements

21. Credit: Kristin Hurlin

22. Maple River Wildlife Corridor, Emmet County, MI
“Ecological Corridors, Northwest Lower Michigan,” Dr. Richard Fischer, ACOE

23. Bear home ranges in NW Michigan
Map courtesy of the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources

24. M-115 near Cadillac
11 bears killed in past 5
years
Numerous near hits
Source: MDNR Website
Three mile stretch of I-75
25 car/elk accidents in
past 5 years
Source: MDNR Website

25. www.northernmichiganstreams.org

26. Targeting
for
Maximum
Benefit

27. After

28. Before

29. Impacts are Large in Rural
Michigan

30. Delivery System That Works
Relevant Priorities, Places and Practices
Results-Oriented Accountability

31. Before
Before
After

33. We Have the Science

37. Typical severe site
50 tons sediment per year
In March, Governor Snyder
signed a $20 million bill for
dredging bays and harbors

38. YES – Consolidate Programs
YES – Change Traditional Approaches
ü Improve Results
ü Reduce Costs
ü Reduce Demand on Federal
Resources

40. Conservation
Innovation Grant
Other Funding Sources
Landowners
Frey Foundation
Michigan Coastal Management
Cooperative
Program
Conservation
Norcross Foundation
Partnership Initiative
US Fish & Wildlife Service
USDA Rural Development
Sustain Our Great
Michigan Department of
Lakes - GLRI
Transportation
Americana Foundation
Rotary Charities of TC

41. Purposefully Focused
Relevant and Necessary
Conservation
Right Sized
Shared Responsibility and
Shared Results
Results Oriented
Accountability
Regional Conservation
Partnership Program
2013 Farm Bill

42. Thank You!
Conservation Resource Alliance