Project Grant 21DG11094200022

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...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) provides $169,459.00 to the Western New York Land Conservancy Inc. for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Western New York Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Collaborative Project. The award, with a performance period from September 5, 2024 to August 3, 2027, will support the land conservancy's efforts to protect ecologically significant properties in Western...

The Finger Lakes Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance will restore approximately two acres of spawning habitat in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario under a $712,621 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Working with partners including the Service, U.S. Geological Survey and New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the Alliance will place spawning bed material in the Black River mouth and Chaumont Bay. The project aims to benefit native fish species...

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...

This two-year cooperative agreement award of $101,707 from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will fund a project at Michigan State University to assess radial growth and canopy condition of eastern hemlock trees treated with imidacloprid or dinotefuran to control hemlock woolly adelgid. Specifically, the awardee will quantify annual and mean radial growth and current condition of 110 hemlock trees with known histories of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $798,203 Project Grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) program to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct aquatic invasive species management and habitat restoration efforts in the Erie Canal. The grant will fund 1.5 seasons of hydrilla control and eradication activities, including aquatic plant surveys, tuber density monitoring, herbicide treatments, and water quality sampling. This work...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to Cornell University to conduct research on hemlock woolly adelgid predators on the West Coast and rear them for release and research on the East Coast. The 4.5-year project, which runs from March 2024 through September 2028, aims to identify natural predators of the hemlock woolly adelgid and evaluate their potential for use in managing this...

The Department of Environmental Conservation New York was awarded a $448,159 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) program. The award will fund efforts to increase aquatic plant surveys and monitoring, as well as management capacity and research regarding best practices for controlling water chestnut (Trapa natans) in New York's Finger Lakes, Eastern Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Seaway, Erie Canal, and Mohawk River regions....

This federal Project Grant award for $183,019.00, provided by the Region 9 - Eastern Region division of the U.S. Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), supports the conservation of hemlock forests in Finger Lakes State Parks in New York. The award to Hobart & William Smith Colleges will fund efforts to restore and protect these environmentally sensitive hemlock forests through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The project aims to mitigate...

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...