Cooperative Agreement 00E07013
- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was awarded a $450,000 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program (CFDA #66.469) to improve degraded benthic communities and fish habitat in Tenmile Creek in Berkey, Ohio. Specifically, the Ohio EPA will work with Partners for Clean Streams, Inc. on a stream restoration project to stabilize approximately 600 feet of eroding streambanks, restore 900 feet...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), provides $500,000.00 in funding to Cleveland Metroparks. The funding will support a project to modify an existing fish barrier and replace it with a rock ramp or similar solution to improve fish passage and stream and riparian habitat and resiliency within the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern (AOC). Key activities include...
- The City of Akron, Ohio will receive $650,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 66.469). The funding will support the completion of designs to remove lowhead dams along 1.4 miles of shoreline along the Cuyahoga River. Removal of the dams will restore and enhance fish habitat in the river, addressing two beneficial use impairments under the Cuyahoga...
- The City of Northwood, Ohio received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to restore aquatic and riparian habitat along Dry Creek within the Maumee River Area of Concern. The project activities include increasing stream sinuosity, creating a wider floodplain with more in-stream cover, and restoring wetland habitat. The anticipated outcomes include 0.8 acres and 560...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) a $2.26 million Cooperative Agreement under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) on April 30, 2026, with completion targeted for December 1, 2028. In partnership with the Black Swamp Conservancy (BSC), ODNR will restore approximately 152 acres of the Heron Crest Property along 1.2 miles of the Maumee State Scenic and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The City of Akron received a $2.61 million Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to address beneficial use impairments in the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern (AOC). The project, awarded September 1, 2025 with completion targeted for December 1, 2026, will deliver fish passage restoration and river habitat rehabilitation services through the removal or...
- This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) supports the State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management, doing business as the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA), and its partner local governments in Lucas, Defiance, and Ottawa Counties. The project aims to increase the ability of ditches and streams to intercept runoff and reduce the delivery of nutrients...
- The City of Oregon, Ohio will receive $1.344 million under a Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support a stream restoration project at the Oregon Recreational Complex Area of Concern in the Maumee River watershed from July 2021 through December 2024. Specifically, the City will stabilize 5,300 linear feet of eroding stream banks and install riparian buffers...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $699,000.00 in funding to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management (ODNR OCM) to monitor wetland sites within the Lake Erie watershed in the Maumee River basin. The activities will involve sampling soils in multiple wetland restoration projects to measure parameters that predict phosphate retention and...
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $685,436 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Office of Coastal Management under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) on July 1, 2025. The project grant will support implementation of a 35-acre nature-based barrier wetland restoration project at the Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area on the south shore of Sandusky Bay, Ohio, with a completion date of October 30, 2027. Key deliverables include...
The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District received a $1.24 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) on July 1, 2026, for completion by June 30, 2027. The award funds stream habitat restoration and stream bank stabilization efforts on Euclid Creek West Branch in Lyndhurst, Ohio, to address beneficial use impairments and support the delisting of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern (AOC). The District will deliver restoration activities that include habitat enhancement to increase habitat heterogeneity, stream bank stabilization to reduce sedimentation, riparian habitat restoration to minimize nutrient runoff, and installation of in-stream habitat structures and chronologs. Project deliverables encompass a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), restoration contract, educational materials (factsheets and press release), and completed restoration infrastructure. Expected outcomes include restoration of 2,236 linear feet of stream and enhancement of 3.9 acres of riparian habitat, with anticipated improvements to fish populations, benthic communities, and overall aquatic habitat quality benefiting residents, recreational users, and workers throughout the Cuyahoga River watershed.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.2m | 5/4/26 |