Project Grant 00E03011
- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) will receive $1,025,108 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct invasive species control and habitat enhancements across the 52.1-acre Four Mile Creek Coastal Wetland in Youngstown, New York from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. Specifically, OPRHP will expand ongoing efforts to map and control invasive plant species...
- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $219,507 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to develop a restoration plan for the 115.3-acre Yanty Marsh coastal wetland on Lake Ontario. The design will include plans to create open water channels and potholes through dredging of cattail monocultures to provide fish and wildlife access to spawning and nesting sites while enhancing habitat. The...
- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) was awarded a $837,500 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to control invasive species and restore approximately 110 acres of silver maple-ash swamps at Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island State Parks. The key activities funded include invasive species control, forest restoration plantings, deer impact...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded a $1,034,940 Project Grant to Erie County, New York. The grant will fund a collaborative effort between Erie County and the City of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences to enhance a 75-acre coastal marsh in Buffalo, adjacent to underserved communities. Key activities include replacing a failed pump structure to manipulate water levels, native plantings, woody...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,458,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District. The funding will be used to mitigate soil erosion and restore two streambanks along 1,900 linear feet of Cattaraugus Creek in New York, which flows into Lake Erie. The restoration activities will reduce sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen inputs to the creek, and add a new...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation received a $347,160 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), effective August 1, 2025 through March 31, 2029. This award funds a scientific research initiative to identify critical spawning habitat for walleye, lake trout, and lake whitefish along New York's Lake Erie shoreline using acoustic...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $520,000 Project Grant to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant will fund the treatment of 530 acres of hemlock forest in 4 New York state parks to address the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). The project activities include chemical treatment of hemlock trees using Imidacloprid and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $490,328 to the Wyoming County Soil & Water Conservation District under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to restore and stabilize 2.5 acres of stream corridor habitat along Tonawanda Creek in Attica, New York. The award, effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted by December 31, 2028, will deliver comprehensive restoration services including...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program, funds two high-priority wetland restoration projects in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will partner with the Heritage Trails Park District, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and The Nature Conservancy to implement these restoration activities. The...
- 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 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $1.47 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program (CFDA 66.469) to expand and enhance wetlands in Woodlawn Beach State Park from September 2021 through September 2024. Specifically, the recipient will increase existing wetland areas by 1.36 acres and plant over 16,000 native trees, shrubs and wetland plants across 4.46 acres. This expanded and enhanced wetland system will reduce untreated urban stormwater runoff entering Blasdell Creek by an estimated 4.1 million gallons annually before flowing into Lake Erie. The EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative aims to restore and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 7/21/21 | ||
| Not listed | $1.2m | 7/21/21 |