Project Grant 16DG11420004024

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...

Washtenaw County, Michigan will receive $5.1 million from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to restore portions of Johnson Creek in the Rouge River Area of Concern. Through this Project Grant award dating from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025, the County will restore 6 acres of riparian habitat and 2 miles of stream. Specific activities include creating a more diverse and natural stream bed with over...

This $337,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 supports the City of Northwood, Ohio to improve habitat conditions within Dry Creek at Nature Trails Park in the Maumee River Area of Concern through June 2025. Funded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grant program (CFDA #66.469), key deliverables include restoring 350 feet of riparian buffer, stabilizing 1,400 feet of eroding streambank, and enhancing instream and riparian habitat through the...

The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority will partner with the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation to implement green infrastructure measures at Lake Erie Metropark and the Six Points site in Rockwood, Michigan under a $1.1 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded May 1, 2022 for completion by April 30, 2025. Funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the award will support construction of 16 naturalized swales and two rain gardens at Lake Erie Metropark totaling...

The City of Northwood, Ohio received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to restore aquatic and riparian habitat along Dry Creek within the Maumee River Area of Concern. The project activities include increasing stream sinuosity, creating a wider floodplain with more in-stream cover, and restoring wetland habitat. The anticipated outcomes include 0.8 acres and 560...

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of the state of Michigan was awarded a $660,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The funding will support the development and launch of a voluntary certification program for firewood, mulch, and fill products sold in Michigan. This initiative aims to reduce the continued spread of invasive species through these pathways. Key...

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #66.469). ARC will develop project designs to restore one acre of habitat and create wetlands on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan. Once implemented, these wetlands and habitat areas will address degraded fish and wildlife populations, degradation of benthos,...

The City of Milwaukee was awarded a $760,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative CFDA 66.469 to redevelop an industrial brownfield site adjacent to an existing public playground in an underserved community. The City will create a new neighborhood park that will manage over 93,000 gallons of stormwater per rain event through green infrastructure features such as bioswales, native plantings, and porous...

The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District received a $153,994.42 Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program. The grant will support the Munuscong River Watershed Green Infrastructure and Tree/Shrub Management Project from February 2022 through September 2023. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the project aims to advance forest resources management and...

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...