Project Grant 00E01968

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $935,106 to the City of Willoughby, Ohio to implement the Chagrin Floodplain Restoration and Protection Project. The project activities include stormwater management and treatment, as well as floodplain restoration. Key outcomes include the restoration of a 32-acre former nursery site, creation and enhancement of 27.7 acres of wetlands,...

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...

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...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Brunswick, Ohio a $927,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to implement a project to improve stormwater management by removing accumulated sediment within North Park Lake. The key activities to be performed include mobilization, lake dewatering, dredging and embankment, erosion and sediment control, stone roadway construction for access, path restoration, and grass...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $1.3 million to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MIDEGLE) on May 1, 2025, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement a green infrastructure stormwater management project in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The project, which extends through January 31, 2027, will reduce stormwater runoff across the Ox Creek, Paw Paw River, and...

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...

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 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...

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will implement the $311,000 Fish and Benthos Improvements with Urban Chloride Reductions Project under a Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The project aims to develop a three-phased approach to reducing chloride levels in the Maumee Area of Concern and implement the first phase, helping to restore biological communities impaired by degraded benthos and fish populations. The Ohio...

This $1,616,800 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides funding to the City of Lorain, Ohio to improve public access at two sites along the Black River within the Lake Erie basin. The first project involves creating a detailed design for the Sunset Pier Park, which will replace 6 acres of impervious surfaces with green space and green infrastructure. The...