Riparian Buffer Restoration at the Eco-Justice Center

  • Grant Recipient: Eco-Justice Center
  • Amount: $28,375
  • Year: 2023
  • Watershed: Lake Michigan Coast
  • Focus Area: Habitat Restoration

This Grant will support a comprehensive land survey and management plan for the fifteen acre Eco-Justice Center Environmental Education Center and Urban Farm. The center will conduct an extensive survey of existing ecological communities and water conditions.  They will then create a land management plan for the property.  Their long term goals are to implement and highlight lesser used practices such as silva pasturing, coppicing and harvesting of perennial crops.  All practices are conducted under the tenants of regenerative agriculture which seeks to continually improve soil health and water quality. 

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