JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Consumers Energy Foundation celebrated Earth Month on Monday, April 25, by providing $500,000 dollars for three projects aimed at making a significant impact on Michigan’s environment.
Oshtemo Charter Township in Kalamazoo County is set to receive $150,000 dollars for their effort of working with the Kalamazoo Nature Center in restoring the ecological health of a two-mile section of the historic Fruit Belt Rail Corridor, along with providing hands-on environmental education and stewardship opportunities focused on climate resilience.
Other awardees include the city of Brighton, slated to receive $100,000 dollars for the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority’s “Healing the Huron River Headwaters” project which will restore the forested wetland and floodplain habitats that make up the headwater area of the Huron River.
The two-year project will include planting native replacement trees in areas where ash and oak trees were killed by pests and disease. It will also include restoration and enhancement of native pollinator habitat in nearby prairies and meadows.
$250,000 dollars is on it’s way to Macomb County for The Green Macomb Urban Forest Partnership which will enhance the county’s urban tree canopy and plant 1,000 trees, 1,500 native shrubs, and 40 acres of pollinator habitat on public land throughout communities that include Mount Clemens, Harrison Township and Clinton Township with additional planting opportunities being offered to Shelby Township, Macomb Township, Roseville, Eastpointe, Warren, St. Clair Shores, Sterling Heights, Utica and Center Line.
The Consumers Energy Foundation is the charitable arm of Consumers Energy.
In 2021, the Consumers Energy Foundation, Consumers Energy, its employees and retirees contributed over $17.5 million to Michigan nonprofits.
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