Project Grant F17AP00243

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $448,159 Project Grant to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) program. The funding will be used by NYSDEC to increase aquatic plant surveys and monitoring as well as management capacity and research efforts regarding best management practices for water chestnut (Trapa natans) in the Finger Lakes, Eastern Lake Ontario, and St....

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 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program provides $125,247 to continue the Long Island Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program for the fifth year. The award supports the work of an AIS Coordinator and multi-purpose AIS team to control and contain aquatic invasive species in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. Key activities include watercraft inspection, aquatic plant surveys and...

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 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $219,507 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to develop a restoration plan for the 115.3-acre Yanty Marsh coastal wetland on Lake Ontario. The design will include plans to create open water channels and potholes through dredging of cattail monocultures to provide fish and wildlife access to spawning and nesting sites while enhancing habitat. The...

This two-year, $369,325.67 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) will enable the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) to continue expanding the regional Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Landing Blitz program. Key objectives include: Providing at least 15 subawards to increase capacity for boat inspections and in-person outreach to prevent the spread of AIS through the recreational boating pathway. This will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) provides $199,619.74 to the Great Lakes Commission to operationalize an aquatic invasive plant (AIP) surveillance program in the Great Lakes basin. The project builds on previous work to develop an early detection survey approach for invasive aquatic plants, and will conduct semi-quantitative surveys of aquatic plant species at high-risk sites...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) was awarded a $837,500 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to control invasive species and restore approximately 110 acres of silver maple-ash swamps at Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island State Parks. The key activities funded include invasive species control, forest restoration plantings, deer impact...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), provides $347,160 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to identify critical spawning habitat for walleye, lake trout, and lake whitefish along New York's Lake Erie shoreline. The project involves capturing, tagging, and tracking the movement of these three species using acoustic telemetry in order to...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $115,000 Project Grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) to the Great Lakes Commission (GLC). The grant will establish the level of aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention in organism-in-trade (OIT) pathways across participating Great Lakes states and tribes, and identify opportunities for harmonizing regional prevention programs. The project will: Develop a set of standardized AIS prevention program components based on...