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 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...
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 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 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 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to implement stream restoration on 0.4 miles of Keene Creek in Duluth, Minnesota. The project will use an aesthetically pleasing bio-filtration basin to treat approximately 85 acres of the highly urbanized portion of Keene Creek, which directly discharges into Lake Superior. This...
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 $748,000 Project Grant to the City of Toledo, Ohio under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will be used to increase public access to a recently naturally-restored 59-acre waterfront area along the lower Maumee River near Lake Erie in the Maumee River Area of Concern (AOC). Key project activities include constructing a 1-mile loop trail, paved entrance drive, small parking lot,...
The U.S. National Park Service Midwest Region awarded the City of Saint Paul a $1,250,000 federal Project Grant under the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area State and Local Assistance program (CFDA 15.941). The award, with a performance period from August 13, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund trail improvements at the Lower Landing site along the Mississippi River. The grant supports the City of Saint Paul's efforts to enhance public access, recreational opportunities, and...