The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, Inc. (FWWA) was awarded a $533,260 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program. FWWA will work with subawardee Calumet County to install three agricultural runoff treatment systems and stabilize 0.36 miles of streambank in the Pipe Creek watershed in Wisconsin. Specifically, the systems will capture and store runoff during storm and snowmelt events to reduce legacy...
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...
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 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 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $827,600 Project Grant award under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). With oversight from WDNR, the Bayfield County Land and Water Conservation Department and the City of Ashland will use this funding to address nonpoint source pollution concerns in the Fish Creek watershed and restore the Bay City Creek riparian corridor within Lake Superior. Key...
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 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $1.14 million Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The award will support two projects delivering critical habitat restoration in Wisconsin waterways from July 1, 2021 to March 31, 2025. Specifically, WDNR will replace an aging culvert on Little Balsam Creek to improve fish passage and open 5.07 miles of...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources $1,252,302 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 66.469) to administer three nonpoint source pollution reduction projects in key watersheds of Lakes Michigan and Superior. The Wisconsin DNR will establish subawards to reduce agricultural runoff in the Bear Lake watershed and Eldorado Marsh-Fond du Lac River watershed by over $4,000 lbs of...
Outagamie County, Wisconsin received a $548,250 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 to enhance natural resource conservation and habitat restoration efforts in local watersheds under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program. Through July 2026, the County will match existing lower Fox River Basin water quality grants with NRDAR funds to complement best management practices on agricultural lands with added...
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...