NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Assessing Nature-Based Solution to Enhance the Grand River Coastal Corridor (MI)
Organization:
County of Ottawa
Project ID:
0318.23.075868
Description:

Conduct site assessment and preliminary design to enhance and restore habitat on approximately 200 acres of publicly owned land in the Grand River Coastal Corridor in northwest Ottawa County through natural features inventory and analysis, feasibility determination, and cost estimating of potential nature-based solutions. Project will improve resilience and habitat in historically degraded lowland and shoreline areas.

Award Amount:
$275000.00
Location:
The project is located near the mouth of the Grand River into Lake Michigan in northwest Ottawa County. The Grand River is Michigan's longest river. Two cities, Grand Haven and Ferrysburg, comprise the shoreline of this stretch of river. This project will focus on two public properties in this area.