The Marquette County Conservation District will hire a Soil Conservationist for a three year term to increase private, non-industrial landowner participation in forest management planning and implementation of recommended conservation practices within the central Upper Peninsula
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Landowner Technical Assistance in Michigan’s Central Upper Peninsula
Organization:
Marquette County Conservation District
Project ID:
0501.17.059945
Description:
Award Amount:
$323638.49
Location:
The central Upper Peninsula Soil Conservationist will be housed at the Marquette NRCS Service Center. The coverage area will include all of Marquette, Alger, Delta, Schoolcraft, Menominee, Dickinson, and Iron counties, encompassing 8,036 square miles and 5,143,040 acres of land.