ITHACA — The New York Sea Grant program and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on March 6 announced $200,000 is available for Great Lakes ecosystem-based management projects. The funding is available through the New York’s Great Lakes Basin small-grants program, which New York Sea Grant administers in partnership with the DEC. Up […]
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ITHACA — The New York Sea Grant program and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on March 6 announced $200,000 is available for Great Lakes ecosystem-based management projects.
The funding is available through the New York’s Great Lakes Basin small-grants program, which New York Sea Grant administers in partnership with the DEC.
Up to $25,000 is available for each project, according to a March 6 news release.
“These grants support eco-based recreation and tourism projects and reinforce Gov. Cuomo’s statewide efforts to connect more New Yorkers with the outdoors,” DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said in the release. “Not only do these grants protect our environment, they support recreation and tourism, major drivers of New York’s Great Lakes basin economy.”
Application instructions are online at www.nyseagrant.org. Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. on May 1. For more information, contact New York Sea Grant at (315) 312-3042.
New York Sea Grant, a cooperative program of Cornell University and the SUNY system, is one of 33 university-based programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.
Since 1971, New York Sea Grant has “promoted coastal vitality, environmental sustainability, and citizen awareness about the state’s marine and Great Lakes resources,” the release stated. New York Sea Grant maintains Great Lakes offices in Oswego, Buffalo, and Newark.
Eligible projects
Proposed projects must use a complete ecosystem-based approach rather than a single issue or single species focus, incorporate stakeholder participation, and address “key priorities” in the New York Great Lakes Action agenda, per the release.
Those priorities include “enhancing community resiliency and ecosystem integrity” through restoration, protection, and improved resource management; and “enhancing” recreation and tourism opportunities that capitalize on the rivers and lakes, “scenic beauty, and natural and cultural resources that define the character of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region.”
Eligible projects may include planning, design, implementation, information management tool development, demonstration projects, and targeted educational outreach.
Those eligible to apply include nonprofit organizations; county and local government or public agencies; municipalities; regional planning and environmental commissions; and educational institutions, including public and private K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
“These small grants create opportunities for stakeholders to build upon the unique natural strengths of their communities to enhance environmental quality, resiliency, and the economic benefits intrinsically tied to New York’s Great Lakes coastal resources,” Katherine Bunting-Howarth, associate director of New York Sea Grant and assistant director of Cornell University Cooperative Extension, said.
New York’s Great Lakes Basin small-grants program is funded through the New York State Environmental Protection Fund and article 14 of Environmental Conservation Law, per the release.