LANSING, MI-- Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation authorizing $26 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants.
The bill approves funding for 64 recreation development projects and land purchases recommended by the Trust Fund board.
The board recommended $18.6 million in acquisition grants and nearly $7.4 million in recreation development grants.
Of the recommended development grant funding, $6.8 million would support 30 local government projects and $540,000 would support four DNR projects.
Development grants for U.P. projects include $85,000 for the Rapid River Falls ORV/ATV Campground; $299,900 for the Bessemer to Ramsay Iron Belle Trail; and $297,000 for development of the Keweenaw Point Trail from High Rock to the Montreal River.