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Property Acquisition
Funding
Priorities
The GLFT
will consider funding fee simple acquisitions/leases/easements
or similar land control costs if the project demonstrates,
at a minimum, that the proposed land control cost is an essential
component in support of one of the following activities:
- Fisheries
research that will provide critical information required
to maintain or enhance benefits associated with the Great
Lakes fishery (e.g., purchase of easements/leases to place
monitoring or other devices on private property as part
of the research effort)
- Rehabilitation
of lake trout, lake sturgeon, or other important Great Lakes
fish populations (e.g., acquiring interest in property required
to implement management plans to rehabilitate fish populations)
- Protection,
enhancement, and/or restoration of valuable Great Lakes
fisheries habitat (e.g., acquiring property interest to
preserve, enhance, or restore coastal wetlands or to provide
fish passage)
- Public
education and information on the Great Lakes ecosystem and
fisheries (e.g., providing a physical location for Great
Lakes education facilities or education kiosks)
- Recreational
or tribal access to the Great Lakes fisheries (e.g., acquiring
interest in property to secure public access to shore-based
recreational fishing facilities or to construct/operate
a tribal fishing facility)
The Trust has determined that its primary mission
is not to acquire property except in limited circumstances
where the acquisition of fee simple or lesser interest in
property is an essential element in accomplishing its primary
mission. In general, the Trust relies upon federal, state,
and local agencies, private land conservancies, and private
foundations that routinely acquire interest in lands to protect,
enhance, and preserve natural resources or access of value
to the public
Application
Process and Materials
Grant applications that involve property acquisition for the
purposes of research, fishing access, or education must be
submitted by those grant category's respective application
deadlines (click here to view deadlines).
Applications that involve property acquisition for the purpose
of habitat protection can be submitted at any time. Grant
awards will be available to successful applicants immediately
upon formal action by the board.
Funded
Projects
Click
here to go to our searchable grant database and view funded
projects.
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