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Michigan conservation districts tell committee current funding limits their capacity; MEEP trust fund and reforestation singled out
Summary
The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) told lawmakers current state operational funding limits district capacity, highlighted programs that leverage federal dollars, and urged maintaining or increasing the MEEP trust fund and other state support to expand technical assistance statewide.
Jerry Miller, president of the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD), and Rivkah (Rivka) Hutchinson, MACD executive director, presented an overview of the state's 75 conservation districts and asked the committee to consider higher, sustained operational funding.
Hutchinson said conservation districts are locally organized, non‑regulatory units that deliver technical assistance to private landowners for water quality, forest and wildlife management, invasive‑species control and similar practices. She said the districts are the primary vehicle for connecting private landowners with federal conservation programs and local education efforts.
MACD described the current state operational…
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