Great Lakes Restoration Project - Ohio Department of Natural ...
Great Lakes Restoration Project - Ohio Department of Natural ...
Great Lakes Restoration Project - Ohio Department of Natural ...
- No tags were found...
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Illinois <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong>sImproving Illinois’ Public ShorelineThanks to the legacy <strong>of</strong> open space advocates like Montgomery Wardand Daniel Burnham who called for Illinois’ lakefront to remain open,clear and free, today more than 50% <strong>of</strong> the state’s sixty miles <strong>of</strong> LakeMichigan shoreline is in public ownership.This legacy enables millions<strong>of</strong> our residents and national and international visitors to enjoy the manyrecreational opportunities that living along the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> provides.It also creates tremendous pressure – in terms <strong>of</strong> overcrowding andstress on both terrestrial and aquatic habitats – which demand constantattention and commitment <strong>of</strong> limited state resources.Restore and Protect the Lake Michigan Coast.The provision <strong>of</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> Coastal <strong>Restoration</strong> Grants is making adifference along the Illinois shoreline, providing the incentive toundertake a variety <strong>of</strong> projects to preserve, restore, create and maintainunique coastal habitats.While the funded projects are diverse, they allshare a common objective to restore and protect our coastal areas forfuture generations.In Illinois, Coastal <strong>Restoration</strong> funds are being used in a variety <strong>of</strong>ways including acquisition <strong>of</strong> valuable property in an area undergoingtransformation from industrial to open space, the restoration <strong>of</strong> nativevegetation in Illinois’ only coastal state park, reduction <strong>of</strong> contaminatedrun<strong>of</strong>f, the protection <strong>of</strong> a shoreline area containing wetlands and therestoration <strong>of</strong> a dune area adjacent to a public beach.A common thread running through all the projects is a desire toprovide additional recreational and educational opportunities that willshowcase the benefits – both tangible and intangible – <strong>of</strong> a healthycoastal area.Only a Start. The projects funded with the first <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong>Coastal <strong>Restoration</strong> Grants are only a start. Much remains to bedone.The State <strong>of</strong> Illinois – and our local units <strong>of</strong> government alongthe shoreline – support continuing the good work that this programhas initiated.[ 2] GREAT LAKES RESTORATION PROJECT
Change language