LARE Reps Speak at Grace
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Daniel [email protected]
LARE provides financial assitance as well as technical help for qualifying projects that reduce non-point sediment and nutrient pollution of surface waters.
According to Gregory L. Biberdorf of LARE, in 2010 his program had $2 million in grant money while $8 million in grant requests came in.
The money comes from boat registration fees charged throughout the state.
Bieberdorf said that the amount LARE gets each year changes but usually the program is able to award 25 percent of the grants it receives.
Rod Edgell, biologist with LARE, said he and his colleagues try to meet in different parts of the state with lakes associations, soil water conservation districts, drainages and municipalities to help with projects they may be working on.
New legislation puts logjams under the scope of what LARE can do.
According to Edgell, severe logjams can cause such problems as severe erosion.
Kosciusko Lakes and Streams served as host for Tuesday night’s program at Cooley Science Center on the campus of Grace College.
Dr. Nate Bosch, director of KLAS, and Anna Burke, program manager, were on hand Tuesday night.
Bosch said he looked forward to having KLAS serve as a conduit between local lakes associations and conservancy groups and state agenciees like LARE.
“Programs like this are important,” said Bieberdorf. “We are a three-person department so we can’t travel as much as we’d like to. So when we can it’s really important to meet with people and answer their questions about our grant process or their proposed projects.”
Grant applications are accepted through Jan. 15.
A big part of the projects that LARE helps nurture are focused on maintaining the recreational aspect of waterways throughout the state.
Bieberdorf said that healthy lakes and rivers help maintain healthy economies, especially in counties like Kosciusko where the population swells during the summer due to lake traffic.
Complete sediment removal and logjam projects are alloted 24 months while invasive species control projects can take up to 12 months.
Around 20 people, representing different organizations and interests, were on hand to talk to LARE staff members about projects they have in mind.
For more information on the LARE Program, visit http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2364.htm
For more information on KLAS, visit water.grace.edu/[[In-content Ad]]
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LARE provides financial assitance as well as technical help for qualifying projects that reduce non-point sediment and nutrient pollution of surface waters.
According to Gregory L. Biberdorf of LARE, in 2010 his program had $2 million in grant money while $8 million in grant requests came in.
The money comes from boat registration fees charged throughout the state.
Bieberdorf said that the amount LARE gets each year changes but usually the program is able to award 25 percent of the grants it receives.
Rod Edgell, biologist with LARE, said he and his colleagues try to meet in different parts of the state with lakes associations, soil water conservation districts, drainages and municipalities to help with projects they may be working on.
New legislation puts logjams under the scope of what LARE can do.
According to Edgell, severe logjams can cause such problems as severe erosion.
Kosciusko Lakes and Streams served as host for Tuesday night’s program at Cooley Science Center on the campus of Grace College.
Dr. Nate Bosch, director of KLAS, and Anna Burke, program manager, were on hand Tuesday night.
Bosch said he looked forward to having KLAS serve as a conduit between local lakes associations and conservancy groups and state agenciees like LARE.
“Programs like this are important,” said Bieberdorf. “We are a three-person department so we can’t travel as much as we’d like to. So when we can it’s really important to meet with people and answer their questions about our grant process or their proposed projects.”
Grant applications are accepted through Jan. 15.
A big part of the projects that LARE helps nurture are focused on maintaining the recreational aspect of waterways throughout the state.
Bieberdorf said that healthy lakes and rivers help maintain healthy economies, especially in counties like Kosciusko where the population swells during the summer due to lake traffic.
Complete sediment removal and logjam projects are alloted 24 months while invasive species control projects can take up to 12 months.
Around 20 people, representing different organizations and interests, were on hand to talk to LARE staff members about projects they have in mind.
For more information on the LARE Program, visit http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2364.htm
For more information on KLAS, visit water.grace.edu/[[In-content Ad]]
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