Project Grant 00E00581

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $250,000 to the City of Superior under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) effective August 1, 2025, through April 30, 2028. The grant funds planning and design activities for public access improvements along a 22.5-acre waterfront parcel containing 7,550 feet of shoreline on the St. Louis River and Allouez Bay. Project deliverables include a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), conceptual...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will evaluate habitat improvement of the St. Louis River Area of Concern through collecting and analyzing habitat construction and sediment quality data under a $396,586 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded September 30, 2021. Deliverables will include data sets to generate biological metrics, sediment quality assessments, and biological and stream parameter measurements to quantify restoration efforts and evaluate progress...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a $12.28 million Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This award funds restoration activities on the St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC) in Duluth, Minnesota, designed to support the delisting of the AOC through...

This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $455,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The award will fund the City of Duluth, Minnesota to provide public access to the newly restored St. Louis River through new and improved access at four sites adjacent to restoration project areas in the St. Louis River Estuary Area of Concern. Key...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to collect and analyze fish tissue data samples from the St. Lawrence River area of concern (AOC). The $997,503 award will support at least 2 years of field collection, sample analysis, and reporting to update fish consumption advisories for the Mohawk and New York State communities. The...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to update the 2002 Lower St. Louis River Habitat Plan. Through this grant, MNDNR will collaborate with partners to develop a new habitat plan that includes conservation targets, measurable habitat metrics, and a funding matrix to guide future habitat restoration work in the St....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $1.35 million Cooperative Agreement to the South St. Louis Soil & Water Conservation District under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) on October 1, 2026, with a completion date of September 30, 2029. The award funds the design and implementation of aquatic connectivity restoration on Coffee Creek, a cold-water tributary to Lake Superior in Duluth,...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $632,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) for invasive species control within the St. Louis River Estuary. The award, effective July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, supports early detection surveys and invasive species management activities across ten priority coastal wetland sites on the Wisconsin side of the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $1,205,540 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to conduct contaminant analysis on fish samples collected from 13 locations in and around the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern at Massena/Akwesasne. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, supports NYSDEC's...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The grant provides funding to the DNR to administer a project addressing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in the St. Louis River coastal wetlands and adjacent shorelines. Key activities include determining the location, extent, and impact of known AIS infestations,...