Cooperative Agreement 07CA11420004202

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $1,700,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) on April 1, 2024 to implement the priorities of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative authorized under Public Law 114-113. This includes managing the Grants Program Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program. As a regional coordinating body, the GLC will deliver a range of environmental services and technical assistance focused on water resource...

The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) was awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service to promote efforts reducing nutrient and sediment runoff in the Great Lakes watershed from April 2023 through December 2027. Through this award, the GLC will provide conservation technical assistance to organizations across the Great Lakes states. As an interstate compact agency established to promote integrated development...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $5.75M to Lake Forest Open Lands Association through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grant Competition. The cooperative agreement, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, funds the "Advancing Innovative Great Lakes Habitat Solutions" project, which will restore and stabilize 61 acres of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Central Michigan University (CMU) is the prime recipient of a $2,034,969 Cooperative Agreement awarded September 30, 2025, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The award funds a five-year basin-wide coastal wetland monitoring program spanning 2026–2030 that provides scientific continuity with EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office monitoring data...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Lakes Commission on August 28, 2025, to administer the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP) through December 31, 2029, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). Under this cooperative agreement, the Great Lakes Commission convenes and manages the GLSNRP Task Force, which includes NRCS and U.S. Environmental...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662), awarded a $199,954 Cooperative Agreement to Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (Huron Pines) on March 1, 2024. This grant will fund Huron Pines to continue management and stewardship activities on over 6,800 acres of the Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area in Michigan's northern lower peninsula. The project aims to restore and enhance pine barrens habitat to...

The Finger Lakes Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance will restore approximately two acres of spawning habitat in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario under a $712,621 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Working with partners including the Service, U.S. Geological Survey and New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the Alliance will place spawning bed material in the Black River mouth and Chaumont Bay. The project aims to benefit native fish species...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a $6,160,679.62 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA #15.662) program. The award period is from August 2, 2021 through December 31, 2025. The funding will support NFWF's administration of the Sustain Our Great Lakes grant program, which provides technical and financial assistance to implement priority habitat restoration, green...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) was awarded a $14,174,757.28 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.662 Great Lakes Restoration) to administer and expand its Great Lakes conservation programs, including Sustain Our Great Lakes, Chicago and Calumet Rivers Fund, Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund, and Conservation Partners Program's Great Lakes priorities. This funding will support NFWF's program administration, contracts, and sub-awards for...

The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority will partner with the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation to implement green infrastructure measures at Lake Erie Metropark and the Six Points site in Rockwood, Michigan under a $1.1 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded May 1, 2022 for completion by April 30, 2025. Funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the award will support construction of 16 naturalized swales and two rain gardens at Lake Erie Metropark totaling...