Project Grant 00E00845

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 Wyoming County Soil & Water Conservation District to restore and stabilize 2.5 acres of stream corridor habitat along Tonawanda Creek in Attica, NY. The $490,328 award will support activities such as final engineering designs, permitting, restoration implementation, native vegetation planting, and invasive species...

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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,458,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District. The funding will be used to mitigate soil erosion and restore two streambanks along 1,900 linear feet of Cattaraugus Creek in New York, which flows into Lake Erie. The restoration activities will reduce sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen inputs to the creek, and add a new...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program, funds two high-priority wetland restoration projects in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will partner with the Heritage Trails Park District, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and The Nature Conservancy to implement these restoration activities. The...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $1.47 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program (CFDA 66.469) to expand and enhance wetlands in Woodlawn Beach State Park from September 2021 through September 2024. Specifically, the recipient will increase existing wetland areas by 1.36 acres and plant over 16,000 native trees, shrubs and wetland plants across 4.46 acres. This expanded and...

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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded a $1,034,940 Project Grant to Erie County, New York. The grant will fund a collaborative effort between Erie County and the City of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences to enhance a 75-acre coastal marsh in Buffalo, adjacent to underserved communities. Key activities include replacing a failed pump structure to manipulate water levels, native plantings, woody...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $2.48 million Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The grant will fund six projects through March 2027 to improve habitat conditions and water quality in three Areas of Concern within the Great Lakes basin in Wisconsin. Projects include completing the Pickle Pond restoration by implementing stormwater best practices; constructing a fishway...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) provides $235,000 to the County of Erie, Pennsylvania to fund a project to monitor water quality and notify the public at Presque Isle State Park and Freeport Beach. The key products and services under this grant include: 1) Weekly beach water quality monitoring and twice-weekly water sample collection and analysis, 2)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to implement a technology assistance program. The program will demonstrate how advances in automated drainage water management (ADWM) systems can benefit water quality in Lake Erie by reducing nutrient loading, as well as provide farming benefits through improved conditions....