LANSING – The Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has approved 76 projects for the coming fiscal year totaling $27.68 million.
Of the total, 32 of the grants ($19.03 million) were for land acquisition and 44 grants ($8.64 million) were for development projects.
Among the acquisition grants, the largest was $3.4 million to Detroit to purchase rail right-of-way for its Inner Circle Greenway. The largest grant to the state was $3.03 million for additions to the Holly Recreation Area.
The smallest grant was $26,400 to Manistique for additions to its Manistique River Waterfront, though that was one of three grants toward that project totaling $253,700.
Among the development grants, 12 received the $300,000 maximum grant. Many of those projects were trail construction and improvement, including facilities along the Belle Isle to Wisconsin trail proposed by Governor Rick Snyder.
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