Otter Tail County Community Partners Grant Project 2014

The Otter Tail County Community Partners Grant Project will enable community groups to go beyond planning and take action to protect their water resources. This grant program will provide targeted community groups with the means to make positive improvements now and identify high priority projects for future opportunities. Engaging community members in the identification of water protection opportunities with the data in recently completed lake assessment reports will help build connections and foster a stewardship ethic. Selecting projects requires community groups to collaboratively develop priorities among the range of water quality impacts. Implementing projects creates a unique, active social environment that helps build energy and momentum to motivate the community toward the next project. Community groups that participate in the Otter Tail County program will emerge with an engaged and energized membership, a better understanding of how to positively influence their water quality, and be well-positioned to identify high priority water quality protection projects.