In 2010, the Sustain Our Great Lakes partners invested significant time in a strategic planning exercise to refine the mission, goals and funding priorities of the program. This exercise established a framework to further focus grant-making toward important ecological and social outcomes, enable meaningful assessments of grant performance, and improve evaluation of the program as a whole.
Top priorities that emerged from the strategic planning exercise include improving the quality and connectivity of tributary, wetland and coastal habitats through the restoration and enhancement of:
Please click on the links above to learn more about these focal issues.