$1.4 million in grants statewide were announced by Governor Tony Evers on Wednesday, with the goal of improving the environment and people’s access to it. Three Bay-Lake Region projects were granted a total of over $71,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Wisconsin Coastal Management Program. The collaboration between government and private sectors advances priorities such as enhancing public access, sustainable user practices, community development, habitat restoration, and pollution control.
In Sheboygan, Bookworm Gardens was granted $36,900 to develop a master plan that will focus on green infrastructure. The main goal is to address concerns about stormwater runoff from that site into the Sheboygan River, and in the end, should improve water quality and the surrounding habitat.
The Glacial Lakes Conservancy was granted $10,063 to engineer and design plans for a regenerative stormwater conveyance system on the Willow Creek Preserve’s southernmost outfall into the Sheboygan River near Esslingen Park. The money will be put towards plan development, cost estimates and construction permit acquirement.
In Two Rivers, $25,408 will be used by the City to provide Great Lakes education programs by kayak through staff training, installation of an adaptive kayak launch in Two Rivers, assembling a fleet of 14 recreational kayaks, a trailer, essential paddling gear, a wide variety of adaptive paddling equipment, and the addition of “mobi-mats” for the city beach.
