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School & Community Habitat Grant

Our Mission: The WCCD is a local government agency with the mission to assist residents with and provide leadership in the conservation, management, and wise use of natural resources in Washtenaw County.

Grant Purpose: Assist schools and community organizations with accessing plants and establishing wildlife habitat.

Grant Award: Grants will be awarded in the form of tree, shrub, native plant material and technical assistance from WCCD and partners. Grant fund availability is dependent on donations made to the WCCD for this purpose and grant selections and awards will be made based on the amount donated. 

Eligibility:
  • Applicants must represent or be affiliated with a local school, nonprofit organization, or community group.
  • The proposed site location must be a public or semi-public space in Washtenaw County.
  • The applicant must be able to demonstrate ownership or permission in perpetuity at the proposed location.
  • The application must demonstrate a benefit to local communities, natural and human.  
  • Applicants need not be experts in ecology but demonstrate a willingness to learn! 

Application Submission & Deadlines: All grant applications must be submitted by the deadline and requirements outlined on the application.

Habitat Grant Application Criteria:
Please download the "SCHG Overview (PDF)" and read the complete requirements of an application to be considered by the selection committee, including the rubric used in evaluating the projects.

GRANT AWARD:
Each grant award will be provided in the form of plant materials, expert design plans, and installation assistance.

The WCCD staff and our partnering contractors, as requested by the project and within the award budget, may provide any combination of the following:
  • Site visit for assessment & consultation
  • Site design plan & maintenance plan
  • Site materials, such as native plants, trees, and/or shrubs and planting aids (tree shelters, etc.)
  • Site installation assistance through tools and volunteer outreach

Grant Awardee Responsibilities:
  1. Follow the Grant timeline
  2. Pre-installation: prep and coordination
  3. Post-installation: WCCD Habitat sign install and "Completed Project Report"
  4. Ongoing: maintenance, update WCCD on site coordinator changes, and "One Year Follow-Up Report"

Reporting & Documentation
  • Completed Project Report (Post installation)
  • One Year Follow-Up Project Report

What is considered Native?
We use the Ann Arbor Natural Areas Preservation description of native plants as “plants that were here before Europeans settled in Michigan in the 1700s”.  For more information about what is considered a native species, please visit the Michigan Natural Features Inventory at https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/

WCCD Program Contact
Please email the application form and all other supporting documents or questions to the WCCD Community Forester, Summer Roberts: summer@washtenawcd.org, (734) 302 -8716.
SCHG Overview (PDF)

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Apply to the 2023 Grant!

Applications must be submitted by the deadline with subject line “2023 School and Community Habitat Grant Application” to:
WCCD Community Forester, Summer Roberts:
Summer@washtenawcd.org (734) 302-8716.

Applications are accepted in the form of Word documents (.doc, .docx), PDF (.pdf), or a word document compatible format.

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Please reach out if you need support to access or edit this document and submit in those formats. If necessary, printed hand-written applications can be submitted by request. 
Application Deadline: 
​Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 5 p.m.
Download the Application (.docx)

Grant Annual Timeline:
  1. October 2022 – September 2023: Donations accepted during WCCD resource distributions.
  2. January 2023: Grant application period opens.
  3. June 11, 2023: Grant application period closes.
  4. July 2023: Grant recipients selected & notified.
  5. Aug-Oct 2023: Recipients schedule site assessments / design planning support visits as necessary.
  6. Sept-Oct 2023 OR April-June 2024: Recipients receive plant materials and support with installation.

Past Grant awards:

Learn about the 2022 Grant Awardees!
Learn about the 2021 Grant Awardees!

Support Local Habitat Projects:

Donate to the Habitat Grant
All donations will go to plant materials and support services for Schools and Communities to install wildlife habitat.
The grant's funds are dependent on these donations and grant selections will be made based on the amount donated.
All donations are tax deductible. A donation receipt will be provided at pick up or mailed to you.

2023 Grant Partners:

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Feral Flora creates living landscapes with a sense of place using native and nearly native plants in a naturalistic style and is one of the consultants working with grant 2022 awardees.  Learn more about the company at feral-flora.com.  A big thank you to Ashley and Matt!

Have a business or organization that consults / designs native plant projects? We're looking for future partners to match with our 2023 awardees. If interested, contact ​WCCD Community Forester, Summer Roberts:
Summer@washtenawcd.org (734) 302-8716.

Grant Selection Comittee

The grant awards will be determined by a committee of local experts and community members. Are you interested to join the committee or would like to nominate someone else? 

We'd love to hear from you. Please contact our WCCD Community Forester, Summer Roberts:
Summer@washtenawcd.org (734) 302-8716.
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