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"To encourage and assist people in preserving, managing and enhancing Benzie County's
natural resources through services, education and demonstrations."

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Groundwater Stewardship

It's about Risk Reduction to improve the quality of our region's groundwater and your personal groundwater supply. This program is funded through Public Act 216 of 1994, which assesses a surcharge on nitrate fertilizers and pesticides. The revenues generated are to be used to help farmers and homeowners undertake management changes that will reduce the threat of groundwater contamination on their property. The bulk of the grant funds will be used to deliver on-site technical assistance to landowners and to provide cost-share funds to landowners for closing abandoned wells, installing anti-backflow devices on agricultural wells and implementing other practices that protect groundwater.

The Northwest Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program is here to be of service to you. This program offers the following services in Benzie County:

  • Farmstead Assessments
  • Homestead Assessments
  • Riparian Assessments
  • Information Networks
  • Partnerships
  • Cost-Share Funding

Please contact Dan Busby, Groundwater Stewardship Coordinator, by phone at (231) 941-4191 or by email for more information, or visit the Michigan Department of Agriculture's Groundwater Stewardship website.

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