Cooperative Agreement 00E06081
- Under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program, Central Michigan University will conduct basin-wide Great Lakes coastal wetland monitoring. The $2,034,969 award will support annual sampling and assessment of fish, macroinvertebrates, birds, amphibians, and macrophytes, as well as water quality and habitat measurements at designated sites from 2026 to 2030. The project aims...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $274,200 in funding to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to collect and analyze fish samples for contaminant monitoring. The goal is to establish or evaluate current fish consumption advisories in Michigan. Key activities include fish collections, sample preparation, contaminant analysis for...
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will receive $350,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to assess perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) contamination in fish tissue along Illinois' Lake Michigan border from July 2021 through June 2024. Specifically, IEPA and its project partners will collect approximately 100 composite fish tissue samples from 20 existing sampling stations in Lake...
- This $649,915 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will enable the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to conduct liver histology analysis of fish in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern (AOC) over a 3-year period. The activities include collecting a minimum of 560 brown bullhead and surrogate fish species, extracting liver samples, and transporting them to a laboratory for histological...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), provides $1,205,540.00 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to process and analyze fish samples collected by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern around Massena, NY. The project deliverables include determining the current status of contaminants such as PCBs, pesticides,...
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $2,137,750 Project Grant to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission under the EPA's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant funds will be used to implement three priority projects: 1) develop new sea lamprey control methods, 2) issue grants for restoration of native Great Lakes fish populations, and 3) design and conduct pre-construction work on a new sea lamprey barrier on the Grand River in...
- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) received a $947,108 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to expand its Eat Safe Fish (ESF) community engagement program across Michigan. The program aims to reduce public exposure to chemical contaminants in fish by directly engaging with shoreline anglers, participating in community events, distributing ESF...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to collect and analyze fish tissue data samples from the St. Lawrence River area of concern (AOC). The $997,503 award will support at least 2 years of field collection, sample analysis, and reporting to update fish consumption advisories for the Mohawk and New York State communities. The...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $267,088 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to Health Research, Inc. (HRI), through the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), to develop communication options for a new, more protective fish consumption advisory in New York. HRI will create culturally appropriate outreach materials, including spoken-word videos, to inform English-speaking anglers and Burmese/Karen...
- The Minnesota Department of Health Financial Management Division (MDH FMD) received a $280,347 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program (CFDA 66.469). The award funds MDH FMD to administer and facilitate the Great Lakes Consortium for Fish Consumption Advisories through April 2026. Activities include organizing consortium events to share data on fish contaminants, evaluate health risks...
The University of Rhode Island received a $1,105,900 cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to support long-term monitoring of organic pollutants in Great Lakes top predator fish tissue. The project will analyze fish samples collected from 2025-2029 by EPA, state, federal, and tribal partners to increase understanding of contaminant trends and their impacts on the Great Lakes ecosystem. Key activities include evaluating novel contaminants through non-targeted screening and combining contaminant data with food web tracers to characterize source pathways and bioeffects. This work will help meet EPA's obligations under the Clean Water Act to monitor the Great Lakes. The award period runs from December 15, 2025 to June 14, 2032.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.1m | 12/9/25 |