The City of Oregon, Ohio was awarded a $1,389,510 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The grant will fund the Otter Creek Stream Improvements in the Maumee Area of Concern project from August 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. The project aims to enhance approximately 2,500 linear feet of Otter Creek through activities such as diverting a storm sewer through a series of forebay ponds to...
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was awarded a $450,000 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program (CFDA #66.469) to improve degraded benthic communities and fish habitat in Tenmile Creek in Berkey, Ohio. Specifically, the Ohio EPA will work with Partners for Clean Streams, Inc. on a stream restoration project to stabilize approximately 600 feet of eroding streambanks, restore 900 feet...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) under the EPA's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant funding will support the retrofit of five drainage ditches within the Maumee River watershed in northwest Ohio to create floodplain benches. This project aims to increase water retention and sediment deposition, effectively slowing and capturing...
The City of Northwood, Ohio received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to restore aquatic and riparian habitat along Dry Creek within the Maumee River Area of Concern. The project activities include increasing stream sinuosity, creating a wider floodplain with more in-stream cover, and restoring wetland habitat. The anticipated outcomes include 0.8 acres and 560...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the City of Toledo, Ohio. The grant will fund the creation of instream habitat in the nearshore area of the Ottawa River along Harry Kessler Park in the Maumee Area of Concern (AOC). Key activities include preparing a Quality Assurance Project Plan, conducting project engineering designs, permit application, site conditions...
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 $3,026,300 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) will fund environmental restoration activities in Fostoria, Ohio. The grant supports the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in reconnecting a decommissioned drinking water reservoir to the adjacent stream, excavating the reservoir to increase floodplain storage, and constructing armored inflow and...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) a $2,884,871 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to address agricultural runoff that contributes to harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. This funding will support two restoration projects in the Western Lake Erie Basin: The first project in Allen County will relocate a 2,200-linear foot ditch and add 2,400-linear feet of a 2-stage...