The Grand Traverse Conservation District is proud to announce the new Grand Traverse Stewardship Initiative (GTSI), one of only eight regional hubs for the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI).

The Grand Traverse Stewardship Initiative (GTSI) will provide leadership, training and support to help teachers, students and community partners work together on water-related issues in the region. The GTSI will focus on cross-curricular teams of teachers in 3-5 target schools at the elementary, middle and high school level for this first 20-month implementation phase. Other K-12 teachers in the region will also benefit by access to professional development workshops and online resources. Professional development will begin in the summer of 2010, with water-related projects being designed and implemented during the 2010-11 school year.

Leadership for the GTSI will be provided by the GTCD, in partnership with Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA), the Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS), the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (TBAISD) and over a dozen partner organizations that participated in the planning phase of the Initiative in 2009. The Initiative will compliment many of the GTCD’s new education programs at the Boardman River Nature Center.

A $200,000 grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust (GLFT) under the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI) is making this Initiative possible.

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