Van Buren CD Wins $400K+ Grant to Reduce Watershed Pollution

Colleen Forestieri of Van Buren CD oversees installation of a water control structure that helps reduce runoff from farm fields and hold water in the field during drought periods.MACD congratulates the Van Buren Conservation District for their recent award of a 2-year Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant of $413,362!

The grant will fund efforts to reduce nutrient and pathogen runoff in the Pine and Mill creeks, which are both tributaries of the Paw Paw River listed as impaired by the State of Michigan.