Project Grant 00E05073
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will deliver two experiential learning programs focused on Great Lakes literacy and environmental stewardship through $133,650 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ODNR's Interpretive Paddle Program and H2Ohio Students Take Action Program (IPP + H2Ohio) will provide guided kayaking experiences for...
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has been awarded a $108,972 Project Grant under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement the Great Lakes Literacy and Experiences Program within the Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve. The project will provide at least 20 place-based, grade-appropriate educational field experiences for up to 1,000 students in Ohio's Lake Erie watershed to...
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement a three-year invasive species mapping and control project in the Lake Erie watershed. The project activities include surveying wetland areas, inventorying and mapping invasive species, and implementing herbicide treatment to control invasive vegetation across 7,813...
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Office of Coastal Management, received a $685,436 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement a 35-acre nature-based barrier wetland on the south shore of Sandusky Bay, Ohio. The project will establish a native wetland, provide habitat for aquatic and bird species, improve water quality through reduced nutrient and sediment...
- The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to place conservation agronomists within the Western Lake Erie Basin region. The agronomists will work closely with farmers to implement sustainable farming practices and strengthen local conservation networks, with the goal of reducing off-site movement of nutrients. Key activities...
- The Ohio Department of Health (ODH), in collaboration with other Ohio state agencies, will collect and analyze composite fish tissue and concurrent surface water samples from the Lake Erie Basin under a $152,925 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded on May 15, 2021. The two-year grant project will expand knowledge about the uptake of cyanotoxins by fish exposed to harmful algal blooms and update fish consumption advisories and public health messaging. This work...
- This $3,026,300 federal project grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund environmental restoration activities in Fostoria, Ohio. The grant supports the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in reconnecting a decommissioned drinking water reservoir to the adjacent stream, excavating the reservoir to increase floodplain storage, and constructing armored inflow and...
- 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 Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will implement the $311,000 Fish and Benthos Improvements with Urban Chloride Reductions Project under a Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The project aims to develop a three-phased approach to reducing chloride levels in the Maumee Area of Concern and implement the first phase, helping to restore biological communities impaired by degraded benthos and fish populations. The Ohio...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to implement a technology assistance program. The program will demonstrate how advances in automated drainage water management (ADWM) systems can benefit water quality in Lake Erie by reducing nutrient loading, as well as provide farming benefits through improved conditions....
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will implement the H2Ohio Students Take Action Program, a Project Grant award under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). This $131,180 grant, awarded on July 15, 2025, will provide experiential learning opportunities for approximately 3,660 primary and secondary students (grades K-12) in Northwestern Ohio related to watershed education, freshwater habitat stewardship, invasive species, and wetland restoration projects funded through the H2Ohio program. The program will also train 10 teachers to deliver the H2Ohio and wetland-related programming. This project aims to educate participants about the ecology, watersheds, invasive species, and other topics related to the wetlands of the Lake Erie watershed, ultimately benefiting the local youth and residents.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $100.0k | 8/8/25 |