MICHIGAN’S COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND

CONSERVATION PROGRAM (CELCP)

Alisa Gonzales-PenningtonMatt Warner

Michigan Coastal Management ProgramEnvironmental Sciences and Services Division

Department of Environmental Quality

Coastal Wetlands Funding NeedsMarch 25, 2008

Presentation Overview

Introduction to CELCP History/Background – Michigan’s

Involvement in CELCP Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan Seven Mile Point Acquisition RFP For FY 2009 Projects

Introduction to CELCPFederal Level

Established 2002; Protect coastal and estuarine lands with significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical or aesthetic values or threatened by conversion.

Purchase Conservation Easements or Fee Simple Lands.

Priority to lands that can be effectively managed.

Must ensure conservation in perpetuity. 1:1 Non-federal match required (cash

or in-kind; value of donated lands/services).

State CELCP Plans

Eligible States: Approved CZM Plans or National Estuarine Research Reserves.

Plans - simple and concise. Make use of work already done. Eligibility in FY 09 competition requires

a draft state plan. Plan must include:

Geographic extent Type of land/values to be protected Existing plans incorporated by reference Eligible applicants Project review/prioritization process

Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan

Draft CELCP Plan Available on-line at: www.michigan.gov/deqcoastal

Submit to NOAA – April, 2008. Lands with the following values are

high-priority in Michigan: Lands with Conservation and Ecological

Value Recreational Value Cultural and Historic Value Aesthetic Value

Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan

Eligible applicants: State of Michigan Departments County Governments Township Governments City, Town, or Village Governments Conservation Districts Tribal Governments State Colleges and Universities

Michigan’s CELCP Program Purpose

Encourage working partnerships: public, nonprofit groups, state and local government.

Provide support for coastal preservation and restoration.

Ensure that high priority coastal protection projects are funded.

Consolidate existing conservation efforts and planning strategies.

Michigan’s CELCP Program Goals

Protect high quality, sensitive coastal areas.

Protect rare and threatened species, and natural communities.

Maintain biodiversity. Maintain Michigan’s cultural heritage. Fulfill recreational needs. Use existing conservation and

management plans. Ensure effective management of

CELCP Lands.

Michigan’s CELCP Boundary

Includes townships within coastal counties except those not lakeward of coastal 8-digit USGS hydrologic cataloguing units and Michigan’s coastal non-point source boundary.

Includes entire CZM boundary. Federally-owned lands excluded.

Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan

“Project areas” representing Michigan’s priorities for conservation:

Designated Environmental Areas State and globally imperiled natural

communities Coastal portions of Wild and Scenic; Natural

Rivers Designated Critical Dune Areas Designated High-Risk Erosion Areas SOLEC Biodiversity Investment Areas Sites identified by The Nature

Conservancy’s Binational Blueprint for the Conservation of Great Lakes Biodiversity.

Lands associated with existing state and federally managed areas.

Michigan’s Model CELCP Plan

Primary Conservation Plans Referenced: TNC, Towards a New Conservation Vision for

the Great Lakes Region. MDNR, Forest Legacy Program –

Assessment of Needs SOLEC, Biodiversity Investment Areas NAWMP, Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes

Joint Venture MWAC, Michigan’s Wetland Conservation

Strategy MDA, Eastern Lake Michigan Shoreline Plan

and Eastern Lake Michigan Coastal Conservation Plan: Part II.

GLC, Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Assessment.

MDNR, State Game Area, Wildlife Area, and Wildlife Research Area Management Plans.

FY07 – Seven Mile Point Acquisition

FY07 – Seven Mile Point Acquisition

~$929,000 Federal Award for Acquisition of Conservation Easement.

Protect 120 acres; including 2000 feet Lake Superior basaltic bedrock shoreline & 42 acres coastal wetland.

MDNR – Applicant and holder of CE, in partnership with North Woods Conservancy.

Seven Mile Point Basaltic bedrock shore; cobble beach coves.

Species on-site: Eagle pair/nest tree; Gray wolf; Canada Lynx; Peregrine Falcon; Common Loon; Merlin

Protection of Seven Mile Creek – Coaster Brook Trout

FY 09 Request for Proposals

RFP Available on-line at: www.michigan.gov/deqcoastal

Application deadline April 15, 2008 Site Visits – April/May 2008 Project Scoring & Ranking – May/June

2008 Submission to NOAA – July 2008?

States submit up to 3 projects to NOAA Max $3,000,000 each

Funding Available – October 2009

CELCP GIS