Cooperative Agreement P20AC00383

This $260,079 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) supports research and monitoring to better understand how changes in Lake Michigan, such as invasive species and climate change, are impacting the ecosystem. The main objectives are to monitor the chemistry and biota of Lake Michigan to assess how invasive quagga mussels and round gobies may be altering the food web and promoting nuisance algal growth....

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...

This $166,454 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) supports a 5-year research collaboration to evaluate how adult fish use reef habitats and assess the impact of invasive mussels on the survival of fish eggs and larvae in the Great Lakes. The primary activities include initiating a before-after-control-impact (BACI) study to monitor lake whitefish adult use, egg deposition, and larval production...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $199,797.28 Cooperative Agreement to Huron Pines Resource Conservation And Development Council Inc. (Huron Pines) on October 1, 2023 under the Coastal CFDA 15.630 grant program. Through this award, Huron Pines will engage regional stakeholders and tribal leadership to develop coordinated coastal conservation and climate resilience plans for the Obtawaing Biosphere Region in Michigan. The project will compile and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award for $108,388.00, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), supports a research project to investigate the relationship between ice cover and water movement at fish spawning reefs in Lake Erie. The objective is to observe the effects of ice cover on currents, waves, and bottom stress at one or two spawning reefs, across a range of environmental conditions, over two winter field seasons....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $875,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) federal grant program. This funding will build the capacity of Michigan's federally-approved coastal management program to implement projects, initiatives, and programs that increase the climate resilience of coastal communities within the state's coastal...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) was awarded a $207,997 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct natural community surveys on Lake Superior islands. EGLE will collaborate with the Michigan Natural Feature Inventory (MNFI) on activities including geographic information systems analysis, aerial photo interpretation to delineate preliminary...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to Huron Pines Resource Conservation And Development Council Inc. under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) from May 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. Under this award, Huron Pines will provide habitat restoration, invasive species control, population monitoring and management, and prescribed burning services across 10 ecologically significant islands in Lake Huron. Activities include replacing...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) will receive $1,025,108 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct invasive species control and habitat enhancements across the 52.1-acre Four Mile Creek Coastal Wetland in Youngstown, New York from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. Specifically, OPRHP will expand ongoing efforts to map and control invasive plant species...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405), will upgrade the Great Lakes Operational Forecast System (GLOFS) to simulate coastal flood processes along the Lake Ontario shoreline. The $783,134 project will expand the model domain to include critical ports, harbors, and floodplain regions, improving the representation of nearshore processes and the...