Sheboygan County conservation initiatives will be getting nearly $50,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources through its Healthy Lakes and Rivers grants as well as the Clean Boats, Clean Waters and Lake Monitoring and Protection Network programs.
Locally, Sheboygan County Lake Monitoring and Protection Network efforts will receive $12,148. Under the Clean Boats-Clean Waters program, the Elkhart Lake Improvement Association will receive $1,950 and the Lake Ellen Association will receive $2,905. The battle against invasive aquatic species at Crystal Lake is being given a $10,000 boost through an application filed by the Towns of Rhine and Plymouth Sanitary District number-1. Finally, Sheboygan County’s Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership was given two $10,000 grants: one directed towards improvements to Elkhart Lake’s Neuses Bay Tributary, and the other to study phosphorus loading at Elkhart Lake.
Of 428 applicants, 207 programs totaling around $6 million were selected this year by the DNR for the annual awards.
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