Project Grant 00E01099

This federal 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 Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management (ODNR OCM) to monitor wetland sites within the Lake Erie watershed and Maumee River basin. The $699,000 award will support activities such as soil sampling in multiple wetland restoration projects to measure parameters that predict phosphate...

This federal Project Grant award of $191,320.00, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program, funds the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (LCSWCD) in Minnesota to conduct feasibility studies and design plans for riparian habitat restoration projects along the Beaver and Baptism Rivers. The key deliverables include two feasibility study reports and two sets of project design...

This two-year, $369,325.67 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) will enable the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) to continue expanding the regional Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Landing Blitz program. Key objectives include: Providing at least 15 subawards to increase capacity for boat inspections and in-person outreach to prevent the spread of AIS through the recreational boating pathway. This will...

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 $3,675,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to administer 9 projects in the Milwaukee Estuary and Lower Green Bay Fox River Areas of Concern (AOCs). The projects will identify management actions to address several beneficial use impairments, including conducting baseline assessments, gathering...

This $668,000 Environmental Protection Agency project grant supports restoration of a 2,500-foot section of Blue Creek in the Maumee River Area of Concern in Ohio under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) CFDA 66.469 program. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will oversee adding 2.9 acres of riparian buffer, improving 1.3 miles of instream habitat, and diverting runoff through 1.3 acres of new wetland. Biohabitats Inc. will conduct assessments and...

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Project Grant award for $127,090 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) will support efforts by the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) to understand how state and tribal agencies in the Great Lakes region organize and fund their aquatic invasive species (AIS) management programs. The key objectives are to: 1) identify the key components and functions of AIS programs, and 2) summarize the different models used by jurisdictions for program...

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...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will provide funding to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to implement a comprehensive aquatic invasive species (AIS) outreach and monitoring program across Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Key activities include: sharing AIS information on social media and through billboards, conducting mobile boat wash and vegetation...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $748,000.00 in funding to the City of Toledo to increase public access to a recently naturally-restored 59-acre waterfront area along the lower Maumee River near Lake Erie. The key activities include constructing public access features such as a 1-mile loop trail, paved entrance drive, small parking lot, accessible kayak...