The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $294,326 Project Grant to the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on September 18, 2023. This grant funding will support a three-year initiative to reduce runoff in Brown County, Wisconsin as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Key activities include planting vegetative buffers, removing invasive species along streams, stabilizing eroded streambanks,...
The County of Brown, Wisconsin will receive $598,955 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #66.469) to implement agricultural sediment and phosphorus removal structures. Specifically, the county will install four agricultural sediment basins with phosphorus removal filters and three tile line phosphorus removal systems. These structures are expected to capture 800 tons of total suspended solids and 1,260 pounds...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $2,132,846 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to administer four projects addressing high priority nonpoint source pollution concerns in the Fox River watersheds in Wisconsin. The three main projects will reduce agricultural nonpoint source loads in the Wuerches and Roy Creek, East River and Lower Fox River, and Plum and Kankapot Creek...
This $998,570.00 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to implement voluntary agricultural management practices in several Wisconsin counties. The goal is to reduce phosphorus loading and improve water quality in Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Key activities under this award include WDNR working with...
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 County of Outagamie will receive $599,643 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) project grant program to install five acres of Agricultural Runoff Treatment Systems enhanced with Phosphorus Removal Devices in the Plum Creek Watershed. These innovative best management practices will mitigate dissolved phosphorus and reduce total suspended solids and total phosphorus from both surface and subsurface cropland runoff. By...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,675,000.00 is provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The grant funds WDNR to administer 9 projects that will identify management actions to address several beneficial use impairments within the Milwaukee Estuary and Lower Green Bay Fox River Areas of Concern. Key activities include baseline assessments,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $5,394,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The grant funding will support 7 projects to identify management actions to address several beneficial use impairments within the Lower Green Bay and Fox River Areas of Concern and the St. Louis River Estuary. Key activities include preparing quality assurance plans, conducting...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,721,800 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to administer 6 habitat restoration, protection, and enhancement projects in the Wisconsin Great Lakes Basin. Key activities include acquiring 37 acres of Lake Superior shoreline habitat, stabilizing 1.8 acres of severely eroding riverbank, enhancing 2,300 linear feet of stream...