Groundwater Stewardship Program Agricultural

The Northwest Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program is here to be of service to you. The Program offers:

• Farmstead Assessments (Farm*A*Syst)
  
  
• Homestead Assessments (Home*A*Syst)
  
  
• Cost-share Funding
  
  
• An Information Network/Partnership
  

It's about Risk Reduction to improve the quality of our region's groundwater and your personal groundwater supply. This program is funded through PA216 of 1994, which assesses a surcharge on nitrate fertilizers and pesticides. The revenues generated are to be used to help farmers and homeowners to undertake management changes that will reduce the threat of groundwater contamination on their property. The bulk of the grant funds will be used to deliver on-site technical assistance to landowners and to provide cost-share funds to landowners for closing abandoned wells, installing anti-backflow devices on agricultural wells and implementing other practices that protect groundwater.

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What Can You Do to Protect the Great Lakes?
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Farm*A*Syst
Cost Share Program
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Related Events

MEAP Education Agenda
MAEAP Phase I Educational Session

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Useful Links

DEQ Michigan Watershed

Grand Traverse County - Resource Recovery

Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy

MDA - Domestic Supply Well Baseline Study Report

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation

Michigan Department of Agriculture

Michigan Department of Agriculture - Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Michigan Natural Resource Conservation Service

MSU Fruit Pest Management News

Nitrogen Strategies for 2001

NW Michigan Horticultural Research Station

The Importance of Ground Water in the Great Lakes Region

Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay


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