Project Grant 00E06004
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,458,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District. The funding will be used to mitigate soil erosion and restore two streambanks along 1,900 linear feet of Cattaraugus Creek in New York, which flows into Lake Erie. The restoration activities will reduce sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen inputs to the creek, and add a new...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded a $1,034,940 Project Grant to Erie County, New York. The grant will fund a collaborative effort between Erie County and the City of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences to enhance a 75-acre coastal marsh in Buffalo, adjacent to underserved communities. Key activities include replacing a failed pump structure to manipulate water levels, native plantings, woody...
- 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 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) will receive $1,025,108 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct invasive species control and habitat enhancements across the 52.1-acre Four Mile Creek Coastal Wetland in Youngstown, New York from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. Specifically, OPRHP will expand ongoing efforts to map and control invasive plant species...
- 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...
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges received a $628,188 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The award will support efforts to stabilize 4.3 miles of an abandoned canal connecting Crooked Lake to Keuka Lake Outlet in Yates County, New York. This work will reduce phosphorus inputs to Seneca Lake by an estimated 1,521 pounds annually and mitigate flooding in the Oswego River watershed. A...
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $520,000 Project Grant to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant will fund the treatment of 530 acres of hemlock forest in 4 New York state parks to address the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). The project activities include chemical treatment of hemlock trees using Imidacloprid and...
- 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,...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program, funds two high-priority wetland restoration projects in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will partner with the Heritage Trails Park District, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and The Nature Conservancy to implement these restoration activities. The...
- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) was awarded a $837,500 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to control invasive species and restore approximately 110 acres of silver maple-ash swamps at Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island State Parks. The key activities funded include invasive species control, forest restoration plantings, deer impact...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the restoration and stabilization of 2.5 acres of stream corridor habitat along the Tonawanda Creek in Attica, New York. The $490,328 award to the Wyoming County Soil & Water Conservation District will support activities such as final engineering design, permitting, restoration implementation, native vegetation planting, and invasive species management. The project aims to create 2.38 acres of successional wetland and flood water retention, seed 0.20 acres of exposed cutbank, stabilize 800 linear feet of streambank, and enhance in-stream habitat. The key outcomes include improved aquatic habitat for endangered species, vital habitat for migratory birds, and enhanced flood retention capacity, benefiting local landowners, the Town of Attica, and the City of Batavia. The award period runs from October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $490.3k | 7/16/25 |