Cooperative Agreement NA22NOS4290009
- H2OHIO Students Take Action Program Award Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $131,180 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife on July 15, 2025, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement the H2OHIO Students Take Action Program. This project grant supports experiential environmental education for K-12 students throughout Ohio, with completion targeted for June 30, 2026. The program...
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will deliver two experiential learning programs focused on Great Lakes literacy and environmental stewardship through $133,650 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ODNR's Interpretive Paddle Program and H2Ohio Students Take Action Program (IPP + H2Ohio) will provide guided kayaking experiences for...
- 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 Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District received a $1.237 million cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to restore stream habitat and stabilize streambanks on Euclid Creek West Branch. The award, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, addresses beneficial use impairments within the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern (AOC) to support its eventual delisting....
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $108,972 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Office of Coastal Management on August 1, 2025, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). This Project Grant funds the implementation of the Great Lakes Literacy and Experiences Program within the Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve to deliver place-based experiential learning for K-12 students in Ohio's Lake Erie...
- 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 Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will fund the Children and Teachers Foundation of the Chicago Teachers Union to implement an environmental education program in Chicago, Illinois. The $223,600 award, effective February 1, 2025, will support the design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) aims to demonstrate the potential of electric cell lysis (ECL) as an effective mitigation strategy for nutrient runoff and harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Western Lake Erie watershed. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA), partnering with the Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA), will pilot the ECL technology in three...
- The Milwaukee Public Schools was awarded a $600,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support the installation of green infrastructure at five Milwaukee area schoolyards to capture an estimated 4.3 million gallons of annual stormwater runoff. Reflo, a subawardee, will lead education and outreach activities and participate in project discussions with the school district and their...
PROJECT PROPOSED FROM CUYAHOGA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (SWCD): FIRST RINGS FIRST- MEANINGFUL WATERSHED EDUCATION EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS AND UNDER-REPRESENTED STUDENTS IN THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AREA OF CONCERN WILL EMPOWER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AREA OF CONCERN (CRAOC) TO ADDRESS COMPLEX LOCAL CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES GROUNDED IN MEANINGFUL WATERSHED EDUCATION EXPERIENCES (MWEES). THE PROGRAM WILL INTEGRATE NEW AND EXISTING ELEMENTS TO DELIVER A MENU OF TRAININGS, TOURS, CERTIFICATIONS, CURRICULA, AND TOOLS TO THE FIRST RING SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE (FRSC), A COLLECTION OF LAKE ERIE BASIN DISTRICTS THAT PRIMARILY SERVE LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BASED WITHIN CRAOC. CUYAHOGA SWCD, TOGETHER WITH A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WILL HELP TEACHERS LEVERAGE THIS TOOLKIT TO REFRAME LOCAL WATERSHED ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH RACE,
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($195) | 2/2/26 | ||
| Not listed | $80.0k | 4/6/22 |