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Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund is sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Provides grants to enhance community and natural resource resilience in Southeast Michigan.
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Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund | NFWF Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund The Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund is a public-private partnership that improves natural habitats and resources for the benefit of communities, fish and wildlife in Southeast Michigan by reducing the impact of stormwater, improving water quality, and increasing the accessibility and usability of public green space and natural areas.
These actions help communities prepare for changing environmental stressors, including loss of habitat, invasive species, nonpoint source pollution and other factors. The Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund supports projects in the seven-county region of Southeast Michigan, including St. Clair, Macomb, Oakland, Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, and Monroe counties.
By investing in nature-based infrastructure solutions (NbS), the Fund seeks to reduce flooding and other threats associated with major storm events, while also creating safe, dynamic, and enjoyable public natural areas that improve habitat values for wildlife and quality of life for residents.
By restoring the region’s unique natural areas, the Fund seeks to enhance the quality and connectivity of habitat for wildlife, improve the ability of these habitats to withstand and absorb the impact of environmental stressors, and make nature more accessible for people.
Grants are awarded in three categories: Expanding Nature-based Solutions and Access to Nature: The Fund supports nature-based infrastructure projects that improve stormwater capture and storage to reduce runoff, combined sewer overflows, basement backups and flooding.
NbS projects must be designed with a dual purpose; to increase stormwater storage capacity while also enhancing the quality of, access to, and/or use of community natural areas. Improving Habitat Quality and Connectivity: The Fund supports habitat restoration projects that improve the quality and connectivity of in-stream, riparian, upland, and wetland habitats throughout Southeast Michigan.
Habitat projects must be designed with a dual purpose, to restore habitat while also improving public access to and/or use-opportunities of natural areas throughout the region.
Activating Restored Habitats and Natural Areas: The Fund supports projects that activate spaces that have been restored through habitat enhancements and improvements to natural areas, including those previously funded by GLRI or NFWF, by increasing community engagement, public access, community participation and ownership and long-term stewardship of those sites. Since 2018, The Fund has awarded 39 grants totaling $9. 2 million.
Together, these projects are: Adding 21 million gallons of stormwater storage Restoring and enhancing more than 940 acres of wildlife habitat Developing or improving 93 public access points to natural areas and parks Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund 2025-2026 Request for Proposals - CLOSED Program Fact Sheet and 2026 Grant Slate Program Fact Sheet and 2025 Grant Slate Program Director, Great Lakes Senior Manager, Great Lakes Programs Senior Coordinator, Regional Programs Karner blue butterflies measure only 1 inch wide, and are native to the oak savannas stretching from New York to Minnesota.
The species requires specialized habitats where wild blue lupine is abundant, the exclusive food plant for Karner caterpillars. Populations were in steep decline following habitat loss and modifications, which prompted their listing as an endangered species in 1992.
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund Credit: Lisa Nordstrom Kuck Credit: Lisa Nordstrom Kuck Pollinators are a group of insect, avian and mammalian species that fertilize many flowering plants and agricultural crops by transferring pollen from the male structures (anthers) to the female structures (stigma) during foraging.
More than 80 percent of flowering plants on Earth need pollinators to produce the next generation, and it is estimated that they add hundreds of billions of dollars to the global economy, highlighting their extreme importance to human food security.
Conservation Partners Program Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund Monarch Butterfly Business Plan Nature-Based Solutions Take Root with $1. 6 Million Investment Across Southeast Michigan Detroit Hives working to transform vacant lots into pollinator habitats More than $5. 2M raised for these six conservation projects in southeast Michigan
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations enhancing community and natural resource resilience in Southeast Michigan. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The most recent published deadline was October 16, 2025, which has passed. This is an annual program, so a new cycle should follow. Check the funder's website for the next application window.
Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund is funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Michigan. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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