Apple Canyon Lake, Apple River, IL
Aeration Equipment for Lake
Name of organization
Apple Canyon Lake Property Owners Association
Project
Apple Canyon Lake, is a 450-acre lake surrounded by over two thousand homes
and lots. This community has full time residents, families from surrounding
communities, families who visit on weekends or vacation, who come to fish,
water ski, and boat on the lake.
Our lake is a major expense. Although we are very proactive in keeping our
lake clean, some projects fall by the wayside due to lack of funding.
Installing Aerators has been recommended by professionals as the best option
for our bays.
Oxygen is an essential ingredient for a healthy marine environment. Aeration
increases the level of oxygen in a body of water and promotes the growth of
desirable bacteria, which out-compete algae for the available nutrients.
Installing aeration equipment to promote the growth of desirable bacteria,
would be aiding nature's systems for cleaning, up not just algae but also
organics, oils, food, etc. that get into the water
thereby creating a healthier environment for fish in which to thrive and
reproduce. ACLPOA has prepared a conceptual plan and is ready to comply with
all requirements of the program. Each system would cost approximately $2500
to $3500 per bay. We have six bays which would benefit from the program.
Installing aeration equipment would be an important contribution toward
maintaining our beautiful lake. This project would also benefit all
properties down stream from Apple Canyon Lake, and help us in complying with
our nations Clean Water Act.
We do qualify as a 501c organization.
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Apple Canyon Lake applied for a grant in order to help us with our lake
quality.
Please go visit this site to add your comments to our request for a grant!
http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/c2000/
The State of Illinois faces challenges in its effort to
manage its natural resources and preserve and enhance biological resources in a
landscape that is 90 percent privately owned with more than 75 percent of the
state in farmland. Broad-based, multi-disciplinary solutions to ecological
problems were explored by the Water Resources and Land Use Priorities Task Force
and Illinois' First and Second Conservation Congresses and their realistic,
goal-driven recommendations are bringing the dawn of a new age to land
management in Illinois.
Participants in these public involvement processes believed
that it was possible to have and preserve the natural resources of Illinois
through ecosystem-based management and through protection and enhancement
strategies that are matched to each ecosystems scale.
In response to these recommendations, landmark legislation was passed
(without a dissenting vote) by the General Assembly in 1995 initiating
Conservation 2000, (C2000) a comprehensive, six year, $100 million initiative,
designed to take a holistic, long-term approach to protecting and managing
Illinois' natural resources. With overwhelmingly positive support for the
program, in 1999, House Bill 1746 was signed into law in August of 1999
extending the C2000 Program until the year 2009.
Some areas that grants may cover are:
Land Acquisition
Conservation Easement
Forest Restoration
Lake Restoration
Riparian Area Restoration
Wetland Restoration
Stream Restoration
Soil Loss Restoration
Lake Monitoring
Conservation 2000
Illinois Clean Lakes Program
Conservation 2000 is a six-year, $100 million initiative designed to take a
broad-based, long-term ecosystem approach to conserving, restoring, and managing
Illinois' natural lands, soils, and water resources while providing additional
high-quality opportunities for outdoor recreation. It is an innovative and
visionary approach to natural resource conservation promoted by the State of
Illinois.
Illinois' 3,000 inland lakes and 84,000 ponds will greatly benefit from the
passage of Conservation 2000, as one of its major components is the funding of a
six-year, $7.0 million program through the Illinois EPA for implementation of
the recommendations contained in a report called the Illinois Lake
Management Program Act - Administrative Framework Plan.
The Illinois Clean Lakes Program (ICLP) is a financial assistance grant
program that supports lake owners’ interest and commitment to long-term,
comprehensive lake management.
The ICLP provides up to 60 percent of the Phase I study cost with the lake
owner and/or other sources providing the remaining portion. The maximum amount
of state funds is $75,000 for any Phase I project. Phase II grants are available
to any lake owner who has completed an ICLP Phase I study. 50 percent of the
Phase II study cost is provided by the state ICLP with the lake owner and/or
other sources providing the remaining portion. The maximum amount of state funds
is $300,000 for any Phase II project. Grant availability in any given year will
depend on the level of ICLP funding appropriated by the state legislature.
