Project Grant 14DG11420004145

The Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group received a $299,196 Cooperative Watershed Management Program grant from the Bureau of Reclamation to expand existing watershed management planning within the St. Vrain watershed in Colorado. The group will develop a wildfire risk assessment, conduct a watershed-scale analysis, and identify, prioritize, and develop two to three key river restoration projects that complement ongoing forest mitigation efforts. The project aims to address the impacts of climate...

The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District will receive $315,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) federal grant program to restore riparian corridors along 16 miles of Ashwaubenon Creek and 10 miles of Dutchman Creek in Wisconsin. Over the next three years, the Sewerage District will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat through...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $294,326 Project Grant to the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on September 18, 2023. This grant funding will support a three-year initiative to reduce runoff in Brown County, Wisconsin as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Key activities include planting vegetative buffers, removing invasive species along streams, stabilizing eroded streambanks,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded $277,223 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on August 1, 2025, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to design and implement green stormwater infrastructure at University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Ranger Hall parking lot. The primary deliverable is a bioswale system designed to reduce stormwater runoff into the Pike River and Lake Michigan, treating approximately 1.3 million gallons of...

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $700,000.01 to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR) under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) on September 16, 2025, with a performance period extending through May 3, 2027. The grant supports the establishment and maintenance of riparian forest buffers (RFB) on non-industrial private forest lands throughout Pennsylvania. This initiative aligns with the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation...

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...

This Kenosha County Division of Parks project funded through a $1,887,220 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 aims to control erosion and prevent untreated stormwater overflows into Lake Michigan through green infrastructure improvements. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program (CFDA #66.469), native vegetation will be planted along streambanks to stabilize soils and enhance infiltration, reducing an estimated...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $1.73 million Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund to develop and implement a green stormwater infrastructure curriculum and engagement program. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Under the award, SFEI will partner with Urban Tilth, University of California Berkeley, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to...

The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...