Past Healthy Ecosystems Grants
December 2011
- Friends of Grand Rapids Parks received $253,825 to significantly increase public engagement in support of the City's urban forest through a citizen inventory, web resource center and public events to achieve a 40% tree canopy goal.
August 2011
- Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, City's Tree Canopy, received $27,500 to develop recommendations for updating City tree ordinances, policies and regulations to support attainment of the City's tree canopy goals set forth in the Green Grand Rapids plan.
June 2011
- Kent County Parks Department, M-6 Trail Bridgelink, received $100,000 to construct a bridge across Division Ave to provide a needed, safe central link between the east and west segments of the M-6 Trail.
- Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited, Coldwater Inventory and Strategic Plan, received $84,000 to produce a coldwater inventory and strategic plan for Kent County and clean up and restore a public access portion of Cedar Creek.
February 2010
- Kent/Michigan State University Extension, Preserving Kent County's Prime Farmland, received $300,000 to preserve 2,250 acres of prime and unique farmland in Kent County over the next three years.
December 2009
- City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Tree Inventory, received $9,000 to collect sample tree data to assist with the development of an urban forestry plan.
October 2009
- Kent County Michigan, Open Space & Agriculture/Farmland Preservation Perception Survey, received $8,350 to conduct a baseline survey of perceptions and attitudes about open space and agriculture/farmland preservation to assist in developing a long-term strategy for awareness and education.
June 2009
- Grand Rapids Christian Schools Foundation received $50,000 to increase and preserve the greenspace and renovation of Pontiac Park.
August 2008
- Land Conservancy of West MI received $125,000 for permanent land protection and to increase the organization's long-term sustainability.
June 2008
- Timberland Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. received $100,000 to continue the work of installing in stream woody debris structures for the purpose of improving trout and other aquatic species habitat.
- Timberland Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. received $27,000 to target high risk sediment yield areas for appropriate best management practices to protect and restore water quality and aquatic habitats using web based high impact targeting tools and assistance.