The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The grant will fund the design and planning to convert a 12-acre open water pond to a 4-acre pond and approximately 2,500 feet of stream in Duluth, Minnesota. Key project activities include preliminary engineering, field investigation, design, permitting, and community...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the restoration of Buckingham Creek in Duluth, Minnesota. The $990,000 award to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in collaboration with the City of Duluth and South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District, will restore approximately 3,500 feet of natural stream channels on the brook trout...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a $170,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of a project design to restore 1.14 miles of aquatic connectivity for brook trout on a tributary to the St. Louis River in Duluth, Minnesota. Specifically, the design project will replace up to six culverts and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $191,320.00 to the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (LCSWCD) in Minnesota to conduct feasibility studies and design plans for restoration projects on the Beaver and Baptism Rivers. The goal is to address significant erosion and habitat degradation in these Minnesota Lake Superior North Shore streams that provide...
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 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The grant provides funding to the DNR to administer a project addressing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in the St. Louis River coastal wetlands and adjacent shorelines. Key activities include determining the location, extent, and impact of known AIS infestations,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to update the 2002 Lower St. Louis River Habitat Plan. Through this grant, MNDNR will collaborate with partners to develop a new habitat plan that includes conservation targets, measurable habitat metrics, and a funding matrix to guide future habitat restoration work in the St....
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) on October 1, 2024. The grant will fund six projects that perform priority habitat restoration, protection, and enhancement efforts in the Wisconsin Great Lakes Basin. Key activities include acquiring 37 acres of Lake Superior shoreline habitat, stabilizing eroding riverbanks,...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will evaluate habitat improvement of the St. Louis River Area of Concern through collecting and analyzing habitat construction and sediment quality data under a $396,586 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded September 30, 2021. Deliverables will include data sets to generate biological metrics, sediment quality assessments, and biological and stream parameter measurements to quantify restoration efforts and evaluate progress...
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...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $455,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The award will fund the City of Duluth, Minnesota to provide public access to the newly restored St. Louis River through new and improved access at four sites adjacent to restoration project areas in the St. Louis River Estuary Area of Concern. Key...