The future: Restoring and protecting ecosystem integrity
The project funded through The Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency to remove sawmill waste is complete. Several projects and efforts summarized
on the Catalyzing Change page
are ongoing or have yet to be initiated.
Projects to protect and Restore Grassy Point in the future will likely focus on one or more of the
following areas:
Stresses include sawmill waste, illegal dumping of garbage, and exotic species.
Based on the findings from ongoing monitoring efforts, additional wood waste
removal projects may be proposed. Other area cleanup efforts are needed to address
the garbage problem.
Wetland area has been lost to filling for development and road building. There is
potential for more projects that would remove fill and convert upland areas back into
wetland habitat.
Because access to the site has been difficult, there has been little or no sense of public
ownership of the site. Developing a sense of stewardship for the site by improving
access and increasing appropriate uses while discouraging inappropriate uses will be
essential to the long-term protection of the area.
| Top of Grassy Point page | LSHC home | Next |