Cooperative Agreement F15AC01093

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded $400,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission for the Flint River Restoration project in Flint, Michigan. The two-year project will restore nearly 25 stream miles to improve fish habitat and passage for species of conservation concern in the Flint River watershed. Key activities include removing dams and installing constructed riffles...

The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly (MRWA) was awarded a $207,500 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The funding will support MRWA's project to remove the Altona Dam on the Little Muskegon River in Altona, Michigan by December 2025. Removal of the derelict Altona Dam will reconnect over 14 miles of instream habitat, improve conditions for brook...

The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District will receive $315,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) federal grant program to restore riparian corridors along 16 miles of Ashwaubenon Creek and 10 miles of Dutchman Creek in Wisconsin. Over the next three years, the Sewerage District will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat through...

This $337,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 supports the City of Northwood, Ohio to improve habitat conditions within Dry Creek at Nature Trails Park in the Maumee River Area of Concern through June 2025. Funded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grant program (CFDA #66.469), key deliverables include restoring 350 feet of riparian buffer, stabilizing 1,400 feet of eroding streambank, and enhancing instream and riparian habitat through the...

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...

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Michigan has been awarded a $312,610 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to support habitat restoration efforts in Saginaw County. The funding will be used to remove invasive species and restore approximately 40 acres of upland habitat and 100 acres of wetland habitat along the Tittabawassee and Shiawassee Rivers near the city of Saginaw. This work aims to rehabilitate...

This $618,176.83 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will fund habitat restoration activities along 17 miles of Beavertail Creek in Chippewa County, Michigan. The awardee, Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (dba Huron Pines), will replace two impaired road stream crossings on South Prentiss Bay Road to restore natural river processes,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $1.78 million cooperative agreement to the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608) to support the Flint River Restoration project in Flint, Michigan from August 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The project aims to improve fish passage and habitat in nearly 25 miles of the Flint River and its tributaries by removing dams and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) to create 4 acres of wetland habitat adjacent to the Middle Rouge River in Westland, Michigan. The project aims to address three beneficial use impairments in the Rouge River Area of Concern: loss of fish and wildlife habitat, degradation of fish and wildlife populations, and...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace twin perched culverts at the H-58 crossing on the Sucker River with an open bottom arch culvert. This will restore the natural connectivity of the Sucker River, enabling 20 miles of stream access for native fish communities including brook trout within the Lake Superior...