Project Grant 00E02461

The City of Akron, Ohio will receive $650,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 66.469). The funding will support the completion of designs to remove lowhead dams along 1.4 miles of shoreline along the Cuyahoga River. Removal of the dams will restore and enhance fish habitat in the river, addressing two beneficial use impairments under the Cuyahoga...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), provides $500,000.00 in funding to Cleveland Metroparks. The funding will support a project to modify an existing fish barrier and replace it with a rock ramp or similar solution to improve fish passage and stream and riparian habitat and resiliency within the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern (AOC). Key activities include...

The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District received a $1.237 million cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to restore stream habitat and stabilize streambanks on Euclid Creek West Branch. The award, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, addresses beneficial use impairments within the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern (AOC) to support its eventual delisting....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management State Accounting, doing business as the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The project will remove two low dams and reconnect a 1.5-mile oxbow channel on the Middle Great Miami River in Ohio, creating a bank-to-bank nature-like fishway riffle across a 12-inch sheet pile dam that provides drinking water for...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $750,000 in funding to the City of Indianapolis for the full removal of the Emrichsville Dam located in the East Fork White River. The project aims to improve fish passage, ecological resilience, recreational fishing, economic development, and recreational use of the river. The Emrichsville Dam is approximately 250 feet long and 8 feet...

Federal Grant Award Summary The City of Akron received a $941,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The grant funds design and permitting activities for the removal of the Gorge Dam, which will address three beneficial use impairments in the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern: degradation of fish populations,...

This $265,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The funding will support the Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Indiana, to remove two low-head dams on the Flatrock River, a tributary to the East Fork White River. The dam removals will reconnect 141.3 stream miles and open 1.5 miles of new fish and mussel habitat currently inaccessible behind the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,419,619 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Fort Wayne City Utilities to improve aquatic habitat connectivity and restore populations of imperiled fish and mussel species. Key project activities include: Replacing two culverts on the Pierson Drain, removing the Spy Run Dam on Spy Run Creek, and completing a feasibility study to remove the Hosey Dam on the Maumee River. These actions...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,203,550.00 to American Rivers Inc. to implement a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. The key activities include removing 10 dams to reconnect 190 miles of aquatic habitat for species of conservation concern, imperiled, and federally endangered species. The project will also restore approximately 28...

The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...