Project Grant 23DG11094200237

The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District received a $326,894 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant supports the implementation of agricultural best management practices on 2-4 high priority livestock farms over approximately 350 acres within the Waishkey River watershed in Michigan. Key activities include installing exclusion fencing, developing manure management plans,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662), awarded a $199,954 Cooperative Agreement to Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (Huron Pines) on March 1, 2024. This grant will fund Huron Pines to continue management and stewardship activities on over 6,800 acres of the Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area in Michigan's northern lower peninsula. The project aims to restore and enhance pine barrens habitat to...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) was awarded a $207,997 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct natural community surveys on Lake Superior islands. EGLE will collaborate with the Michigan Natural Feature Inventory (MNFI) on activities including geographic information systems analysis, aerial photo interpretation to delineate preliminary...

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 Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will receive $149,025 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #66.469) to expand its "From Students to Stewards Initiative" program. This program will award grant opportunities to K-12 schools in Michigan to integrate place-based education into their curriculums focused on the Great Lakes. The goal is to help close the Great Lakes literacy gap and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $312,379 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to implement an adaptive management framework for grass carp in Lake Erie from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The award supports the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative's goal of protecting and restoring the Great Lakes ecosystem. Specifically, the funding will allow the Michigan DNR to develop an adaptive management plan for grass carp, an...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $876,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The purpose of this grant is for MDEGLE to conduct a feasibility study and design future restoration of nearshore habitat and replacement of a failing concrete seawall along 3 miles of the Lake St. Clair shoreline, with a focus on...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $2.48 million Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The grant will fund six projects through March 2027 to improve habitat conditions and water quality in three Areas of Concern within the Great Lakes basin in Wisconsin. Projects include completing the Pickle Pond restoration by implementing stormwater best practices; constructing a fishway...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) was awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement a large agricultural wetland restoration pilot project in Lenawee County, Michigan. The project aims to reduce phosphorus, nitrogen, and sediment runoff to the Western Lake Erie Basin. Key activities include permitting, compliance, and implementation of a 140-acre...

This Project Grant award of $1,300,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund the implementation of a green infrastructure project in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) will oversee the project, with Southwest Michigan Planning Council (SWMPC) serving as the sub-recipient to administer the project design and installation of green...