The Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks Toledo) will receive $310,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA #66.469). Metroparks Toledo will improve 2,200 linear feet of the Prairie Ditch hydrologic unit within Secor Metropark in the Maumee River Area of Concern by expanding existing floodplains by two acres, creating 1.3 acres of wetlands, removing...
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority was awarded a $5,080,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement ecological restoration activities that will protect and recreate the Delaware Islands Complex habitat. Key activities to be performed include permit issuance, contractor selection, mussel surveying, earthwork, invasive species management, and habitat restoration. Anticipated outcomes include enhanced open water...
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority will develop $320,000 in project engineering designs and permit applications under a Fiscal Year 2023 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The grant is part of the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469), which aims to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem. Deliverables for the August 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 performance...
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 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $748,000.00 in funding to the City of Toledo, Ohio to increase public access to a recently naturally-restored 59-acre waterfront area along the Lower Maumee River near Lake Erie. The key activities under this award include construction of public access features such as a 1-mile loop trail, paved entrance drive, small parking lot,...
The Toledo Zoological Society was awarded a $953,770 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 66.469). The funding will support the construction of a parking lot bioretention project at the Toledo Zoo to manage 7.2 million gallons of annual stormwater runoff. Two bioretention basins and two bioswales with native plantings will be installed to filter stormwater and provide...
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 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...
The City of Oregon, Ohio will receive $1.344 million under a Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support a stream restoration project at the Oregon Recreational Complex Area of Concern in the Maumee River watershed from July 2021 through December 2024. Specifically, the City will stabilize 5,300 linear feet of eroding stream banks and install riparian buffers...
The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority will partner with the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation to implement green infrastructure measures at Lake Erie Metropark and the Six Points site in Rockwood, Michigan under a $1.1 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded May 1, 2022 for completion by April 30, 2025. Funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the award will support construction of 16 naturalized swales and two rain gardens at Lake Erie Metropark totaling...