Project Grant 00E05068
- This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to collect and analyze fish tissue data samples from the St. Lawrence River area of concern (AOC). The $997,503 award will support at least 2 years of field collection, sample analysis, and reporting to update fish consumption advisories for the Mohawk and New York State communities. The...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The funding will support the tribe in filling traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) data gaps related to past and current beneficial use impairment assessments in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern (AOC). Key activities include plant and wildlife contaminant monitoring,...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,205,540 Project Grant to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support NYSDEC in processing and analyzing fish samples collected by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at 13 locations in and around the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern near Massena, NY. NYSDEC will prepare the fish tissues, arrange...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The grant will fund a 4-year effort by the tribe to provide traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) education to the Akwesasne community about traditional practices in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern. The tribe will host a minimum of 40 educational workshops related to ecological activities,...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded a $347,160 Project Grant to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The grant funds will be used to identify critical spawning habitat for walleye, lake trout, and lake whitefish along New York's Lake Erie shoreline. The project involves capturing, tagging, and tracking the movement of these three fish species using acoustic...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $267,088 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to Health Research, Inc. (HRI), through the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), to develop communication options for a new, more protective fish consumption advisory in New York. HRI will create culturally appropriate outreach materials, including spoken-word videos, to inform English-speaking anglers and Burmese/Karen...
- The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe received a $302,546 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The Tribe will provide technical assistance to snow and ice management businesses on the reservation to help them adopt source reduction practices for road salt. Specifically, the Tribe will assess current salt storage and handling, develop best management practices by benchmarking application rates, and provide...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $274,200 in funding to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to collect and analyze fish samples for contaminant monitoring. The goal is to establish or evaluate current fish consumption advisories in Michigan. Key activities include fish collections, sample preparation, contaminant analysis for...
- The Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) will receive $2.14 million under a four-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #66.469). The GLFC will implement four priority projects from 2022-2026 to control invasive species, support native fish restoration planning and implementation efforts, and aid the recovery of native fish populations such as lake trout and...
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe was awarded a $649,915 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to conduct liver histology in fish in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern (AOC). The activities include collecting a minimum of 560 brown bullhead and surrogate fish species, extracting liver samples, and performing laboratory analysis to gather data for the removal of the Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) #4 - Fish Tumors or Other Deformities. The project is expected to take 3 years to complete field collection, with laboratory analysis and data processing occurring in 2026-2028. The anticipated deliverable is fish liver histology data from 2012-2014 and 2026-2028 to support drafting a BUI removal document, which will benefit anglers and fish consumers in New York State and the Akwesasne region.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $649.9k | 7/31/25 |