Coastal Program
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Coastal Program - Great Lakes

 

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Coastal Program gifThe Coastal Program-Great Lakes will be accepting new projects throughout the year and entering into cooperative agreements on an ongoing basis. 

 

Staff Contacts:

dotBob Kavetsky, US Fish & Wildlife Service, East Lansing Field Office, 2651 Coolidge Rd., Suite 101, East Lansing, MI.  48823, 517-351-5293

dotTed Koehler, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Ashland NFWCO, 2800 Lake Shore Dr., East, Ashland, WI.  54806, 715-682-6185 (Ext. 201)

dotDarin Simpkins, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Ecological Services, 2661 Scott Tower Dr., New Franken, WI.  54229-9565, 920-866-1739

dotDave Stilwell, US Fish & Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, 3817 Luker Rd., Cortland, NY.  13045, 607-753-9334

Office Contacts:

Map showing location of lead Coastal Program offices and Internet links

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Ashland National Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office (NFWCO - located in Ashland Wisconsin), East Lansing Ecological Services Field Office (East Lansing Michigan) and the New York Field Office (Cortland New York), are the three lead Service facilities charged with the responsibility to organize successful partnerships to restore, protect, and manage Coastal Programs in the Great Lakes basin. 

 
 
How To Apply For Coastal Programs

Overview of the Coastal Program - Great Lakes

The Coastal program focuses efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in bays, estuaries and watersheds around the Great Lakes basin.  The Service provides funding through the program to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitats and to support healthy coastal ecosystems.  Because coastal areas have the highest population densities in the country and are expected to face continuing population pressures, there is a strong need for action to protect and restore these habitats.
   

The program is guided by three ecological principles:

1)  Maintain natural coastal ecosystem diversity, functions and productivity
2)  Promote natural, self-sustaining populations of native species within their historic ranges
3)  Provide for ecologically sound levels of public use, economic benefits,  and the enjoyment of natural resources
 

Ideal Projects Include:

Variety of partners

  • states, tribes, local governments, non-governmental organizations, other federal agencies

Variety of ecosystems

  • urban, pristine, riparian, coastal wetland

Variety of strategies

  • restoration, outreach, planning, monitoring

Project Emphasis

With the expertise of Service biologists and the flexibility and initiative of this community based program, the Coastal Program has initiated efforts that focus on:

  • Coastline, estuary wetlands, and stream corridor restoration

  • identification and application of Best Management Practices to avoid fish and wildlife habitat loss

  • Invasive species prevention and control

  • Applied research and

  • Education
 

Partnerships between the Coastal Program – Great Lakes and its cooperators will all substantially involve
the Service through technical assistance or other direct project assistance.

 

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Last updated: October 31, 2008