The Chapter received 27 separate grant applications for a total of $106,000.  The Board of Directors approved 25 requests totaling $31,400.  In addition, $1,000 was given to Trout Unlimited’s Coldwater Conservation Fund and $2,000 was given to the Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited, divided equally between the Executive Director’s Fund and the re-usable water bottle project.  Details of this year’s PHY grants follow.  Please do not hesitate to contact any of the Board members if you would like additional information concerning any of the grants or if you would like to participate in the granting process.  Your input is valued and always welcomed. 

AmeriCorps Support
Amount Granted: $ 500
Administered by:  Huron Pines 

The focus of the Huron Pines AmeriCorps Program is to help existing nonprofit and volunteer conservation organizations increase their ability to implement resource conservation projects.  The role of members will be focused in three core areas: Organizational Development, Recruiting/Retaining Volunteers and Public Outreach.

Anglers of the Au Sable – Kolke Creek
Amount Granted: $ 1,800
Administered by:  Anglers of the Au Sable 

The Anglers of the Au Sable (Anglers) and Lynn lake Property Owners (LLPO) continue to challenge DEQ’s granting of a permit to allow Merit Energy to discharge over a million gallons a day of treated water from the Manistee headwaters into the headwaters of the Au Sable mainstream.  The effects of this dumping, if it is allowed to proceed, include increased flows and water levels, erosion, sedimentation, pollution, changes in water chemistry, temperature modification of the local ecology and unnatural transport of water between watersheds. 

Au Sable River Grayling Stormwater Project – Phase III
Amount Granted:  $ 1,500
Administered by:  Huron Pines 

Phase III of the Grayling Storm water Project will include the construction of new rain gardens on the north side of town. Current rain gardens will also be enhanced with new plant material.  Surrounding municipalities will be approached to explore the opportunity of installing a low-impact storm water project in those communities.   

Paul H. Young Chapter Conservation Edition Print
"Out for a Look" by Larry Tucci
"500 by 50" Fundraising Campaign

Larry created these prints exclusively for the Paul H. Young Chapter of Trout Unlimited.  Trout Unlimited was founded on the banks of the AuSable in 1959 and will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2009.  The Paul H. Young Chapter has provided $404,850 in support of coldwater conservation, restoration and preservation since 1990.  The PHY "500 by 50" campaign will allow the Chapter to grant an additional $95,150 by 2009 for a total of $500,000.

"Out for a Look" by Larry Tucci
Image size: 16" x 21 1/2"
Conservation Edition, Signed & Numbered Print of 25
Price: $145.00 ea. - (Price includes shipping)

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The Chapter received  22 separate grant applications totalling $99,960.  The Board of Directors approved 20 requests totaling $32,905.  In addition, $1,000 was given to Trout Unlimited’s Coldwater Conservation Fund and $1,485 was given to the Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited by way of new member rebates, Griffith Challenge and the Century Club.  Details of this year’s PHY grants follow.  The PHY grants are facilitated by the Chapter members’ and its supporters’ generous contributions.  Please do not hesitate to contact any of the Board members if you would like additional information concerning any of the grants or if you would like to participate in the granting process.  Your input is valued and always welcomed.