Cooperative Agreement NR2252KYXXXXC007

The Lenawee Conservation District was awarded a $937,691 Project Grant by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to support and enhance nutrient management efforts by Michigan farmers to improve water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) watershed. The key activities include expanding engagement and technical assistance, working with agricultural retailers to create and implement phosphorus management...

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 Ohio Department of Natural Resources will restore 19 acres of wetlands in Allen County, Ohio under a $1.3 million Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program. The wetland restoration activities will reduce stormwater and nutrient runoff in the Western Basin of Lake Erie by an estimated 207 million gallons and 292 pounds of phosphorus annually. Allen County will hire a contractor to conduct excavation,...

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 Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to place conservation agronomists within the Western Lake Erie Basin region. The agronomists will work closely with farmers to implement sustainable farming practices and strengthen local conservation networks, with the goal of reducing off-site movement of nutrients. Key activities...

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was awarded a $1,450,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement agricultural conservation practices in the Western Lake Erie Basin from March 2023 through March 2026. Specifically, the Ohio EPA will partner with the Fulton, Ottawa, and Williams Soil and Water Conservation Districts to reduce nutrient runoff through practices such as grassed and cascading...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $774,074 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on March 29, 2021. The grant will support implementation of six non-point source pollution reduction projects in the Maumee Watershed by the Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water in partnership with local governments, soil and water conservation districts, and The Ohio State...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,750,000 Project Grant to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA #66.469) program. The grant funds will be used to demonstrate technologies for reducing nutrient loading from nonpoint sources and addressing harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie. Specifically, Ohio EPA will work with partners Maumee Watershed Alliance and The Ohio State University to implement the...

The Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks Toledo) will receive $310,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA #66.469). Metroparks Toledo will improve 2,200 linear feet of the Prairie Ditch hydrologic unit within Secor Metropark in the Maumee River Area of Concern by expanding existing floodplains by two acres, creating 1.3 acres of wetlands, removing...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded a $2,000,000 project grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to implement a large agricultural wetland restoration pilot project in Lenawee County, Michigan. The project aims to reduce phosphorus, nitrogen, and sediment runoff to the Western Lake Erie Basin. MDNR will oversee the project, with Ducks Unlimited (DU) serving as the...