The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources $160,985 under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461) for a cooperative agreement running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The purpose of this assistance is to fund the development of additional tools and resources that can be extracted from existing wetland monitoring and assessment data, and to grow the capacity of Wisconsin's Wetland Monitoring and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $119,258 in funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to develop a long-term wetland monitoring program. The key activities include identifying sites for repeated sampling, conducting pilot monitoring projects, developing field methods and data collection schedules, and analyzing changes in wetland...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $138,962 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to develop support for the effective launch and early promotion of a new legislatively mandated Hydrologic Restoration General Permit (HRGP) in Wisconsin. The key activities under this award include: 1) Completing the development and issuance of the HRGP, 2)...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will receive $200,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management to enhance waterway and wetland regulatory data management capabilities. Funded activities under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) include creating a waterway and wetland regulatory database, and increasing integration between the database and the agency's water...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $125,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) on April 1, 2024. The grant funding supports non-site-specific activities that enhance WDNR's overall capabilities to implement the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) within the state. Key activities include program...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Spirit Lake Tribe under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program. The funding will support the development of a comprehensive Wetland Program Plan (WPP) for the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota. Key activities include creating a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), conducting wetland inventory and assessments, establishing water quality monitoring, and developing...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) will receive $940,000 under a Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 through the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) to support Wisconsin's state comprehensive response program from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The WDNR's Remediation and Redevelopment Program oversees various state environmental cleanup and enforcement programs, including leaking underground storage tanks,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312). The agreement provides funding for WDNR to conduct outreach and education on water quality, fish consumption, and related health issues for Hmong, Hispanic, tribal, and rural communities in central Wisconsin. Key activities include training community health workers,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,580,800 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The grant funding will support 7 habitat restoration, protection, and enhancement projects in the Wisconsin Great Lakes basin. Key activities include developing a conceptual plan for hemi-marsh habitat creation, acquiring approximately 192 acres of shoreline along Lake...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $551,877 Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this 3-year award is to enhance WDNR's efforts to meet the SWIFR program's goals, which include supporting long-term planning, data collection, and implementation of plans to advance post-consumer materials management and a circular economy in...