Conservation projects are part of the Michigan Fly Fishing Club’s mission, so we provide grants, coordinate clean up teams, and teach conservation concepts in our member’s school, youth school and through monthly speaker meetings.
To donate to our Conservation fund to help promote conservation projects go to our donation page. Please come join us sometime!
Help Us Clean Up Michigan Rivers
Another conservation project is protecting game fish and their habits as part of the Michigan Fly Fishing constitution. So members are linked with opportunities to help clean up and maintain many of our popular Michigan Rivers. As many of our members reside in Grayling, the Au Sable River Clean Up is a conservation project that we support annually with a team of volunteers.
Conservation Project Grants
The Michigan Fly Fishing Club funds conservation projects that serve to enhance and protect fish habitats. Historically, related grants given exceeded $20,000 annually funding habitat preservation conservation projects.
The Michigan Fly Fishing Club Conservation Committee reviews monetary requests annually. In 2019, a total $21,245, for 12 Grants, was distributed. This includes funding for: the Pere Marquette River, Big Sable River, Paint Creek River , the Muskegon River and two different organizations performing activities on the Au Sable River.
If you have a conservation project, please fill out the grant request below and contact an MFFC member to sponsor your request.
Photos of the Local Clinton Valley Trout Unlimited projects funded in part by MFFC grant funds.
Paint Creek – Dinosaur Hill Access Site: before restoration 
Paint Creek – Dutton Road Access Site: before restoration
Paint Creek – Dutton Road Access Site: After restoration 
Paint Creek – Dinosaur Hill Access Site: after restoration