City of Lake Forest Park News Release

Environmental Mini-grants Program

The City of Lake Forest Park is offering an incentive mini-grant program for businesses, individuals and non-profits up to $500.

If you are planning to enhance your business or private land you may be eligible for up to $500 in an incentive grant from the City. The matching grants are available to foster the improvement of the natural environment within the City. If, for example, you do any of the following you may be eligible for a grant:

Removing non-native invasive plant species from aquatic habitats and restoring native plant species and riparian vegetation.
Replacing lawns with native plants near streams and wetlands.
Creating native buffers between lawns and rivers, streams, or lakes.
Replacing non-native vegetation with native species.
Installing less water – and chemical-intensive alternatives to grass lawns.
Removing fish passage blockages that are located on private property and located within a lake, stream, or wetland.
Removing bank armoring where it had been installed to protect from flows associated with waterways.
Re-establishing creek connectivity where connectivity has been disrupted.
Improving onsite stormwater infiltration and management

Additional matching money is available for neighbors who work on contiguous property.

Applications for work being need to be completed by the last Wednesday in September. The Environmental Quality Commission will review the application and forward a recommendation to the City for final approval.

For more information you can obtain the complete LAKE FOREST PARK ENVIROMENTAL MINI-GRANT PROGRAM information brochure at City Hall, or email City Hall. Go to the Environmental Quality Commission for more about what people are doing for fish, streams and forests in Lake Forest Park.