MICHIGAN’S COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM (CELCP)
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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