Project Grant 00E01967

This $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program supports the City of Ashland, Wisconsin in planning, designing, and implementing habitat and stream bed modifications to enhance the Bay City Creek riparian corridor. The project aims to improve water quality and habitat for critical species in this urbanized area through best management practices such as removing invasive species, encouraging native plant...

The City of Milwaukee was awarded a $760,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative CFDA 66.469 to redevelop an industrial brownfield site adjacent to an existing public playground in an underserved community. The City will create a new neighborhood park that will manage over 93,000 gallons of stormwater per rain event through green infrastructure features such as bioswales, native plantings, and porous...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $827,600 Project Grant award under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). With oversight from WDNR, the Bayfield County Land and Water Conservation Department and the City of Ashland will use this funding to address nonpoint source pollution concerns in the Fish Creek watershed and restore the Bay City Creek riparian corridor within Lake Superior. Key...

This Kenosha County Division of Parks project funded through a $1,887,220 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 aims to control erosion and prevent untreated stormwater overflows into Lake Michigan through green infrastructure improvements. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program (CFDA #66.469), native vegetation will be planted along streambanks to stabilize soils and enhance infiltration, reducing an estimated...

The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District will receive $315,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) federal grant program to restore riparian corridors along 16 miles of Ashwaubenon Creek and 10 miles of Dutchman Creek in Wisconsin. Over the next three years, the Sewerage District will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat through...

The City of Melrose has been awarded a $596,500 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202). The funding is provided to design and construct improvements to the stormwater management system at Ell Pond Park, as directed in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The key activities to be performed include the design and construction of stormwater management and treatment infrastructure. The...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports the City of Berkeley in implementing water quality improvement measures for the Aquatic Park Lagoon. The key activities include: Designing and constructing a bio-retention garden upstream of the lagoon to reduce contaminants and trash entering the water body. Additionally, the project will...

Summary The Town of Medway received a $1.625 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), awarded January 1, 2026 and extending through February 27, 2027. The award funds the design and construction of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) stormwater control measures at two municipal sites—Medway Middle School and Medway Senior Center—to improve Charles River water quality by reducing...

The City of Oregon, Ohio will receive $1.344 million under a Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support a stream restoration project at the Oregon Recreational Complex Area of Concern in the Maumee River watershed from July 2021 through December 2024. Specifically, the City will stabilize 5,300 linear feet of eroding stream banks and install riparian buffers...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), will provide $4,375,000 in funding to the City of Willoughby, Ohio to implement the Willoughby-Eastlake Water Pollution Control Center Lakeshore East Equalization Basin Project. The project aims to reduce sanitary sewer overflows by installing a 1.35 million gallon equalization basin, a pump station, and making improvements to the...