Project Grant 23DG11094200289

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $1,381,977 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The WDNR will administer four projects focused on controlling and monitoring invasive species in Wisconsin waterways and wetlands. Specifically, the WDNR will: 1) control and monitor the spread of European frogbit in coastal areas; 2) conduct...

This Project Grant award, with a total funding of $597,545, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) federal grant program. The award to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) will support a comprehensive project to address all three of the state's Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Management Plan's main goals and six priority areas. Key activities include preventing the introduction of new...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $238,796.06 Cooperative Agreement to the Door County Land Trust, Inc. from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program. The primary objective of this award is to restore critical breeding habitat for the endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly and surrounding coastal wetlands at Kellner Fen Natural Area in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by reducing densities of invasive woody species by 90-95% through the end of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $255,060 Cooperative Agreement under their Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Crossroads At Big Creek, Inc., a non-profit organization in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The purpose of this award is to provide additional capacity for Crossroads At Big Creek to manage 53 acres of invasive woody species in their Ida Bay Preserve. Funding will enable the organization to hire a contractor to perform the most arduous invasive species treatments and plant...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $149,468.41 Project Grant under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and its partners. The funding will be used to restore or improve management on 866 acres of oak and pine barrens habitat in northwestern Wisconsin. Key deliverables include creating or improving firebreaks supporting 585 acres of barrens habitat and restoring or...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $119,969 through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve Inc., a non-profit organization in Wisconsin, for the Woodland Dunes Riparian Forest Restoration project. The 2-year project, commencing in March 2024, will support activities such as producing tree seeds and seedlings, controlling invasive species, restoring hardwood swamp canopy, and realigning a degraded stream tributary....

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) $935,000 on July 1, 2025, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to administer two coordinated projects addressing aquatic invasive species (AIS) control and prevention across Wisconsin. The prime awardee will conduct permitting activities, develop solicitation packages for herbicide contractors, identify...

This $215,000 Project Grant was awarded on February 20, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP), a non-profit organization in Wisconsin. The funding will support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Lake Michigan Coastal and Riparian Restoration Project Phase Four, which involves mitigating invasive forest insects and diseases, reducing stormwater runoff...

Oconto County will receive $376,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) to restore wetlands and remove impediments benefiting fish species in Wisconsin's coastal wetlands and tributaries of Green Bay from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027. The County will create, restore and connect wetlands to spawning routes for northern pike, remove fish impediments such as improperly...