Project Grant F21AP00286

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $173,560 Project Grant under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Great Lakes / Atlantic Region Division. The purpose of the grant is to restore 35 acres of emergent marsh and submergent aquatic vegetation at historical waterfowl migration stopover sites in northeastern Wisconsin. This includes reestablishing native plants like wild rice and wild celery to...

The City of Manitowoc received a $244,200 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to stabilize eroding streambanks, enhance riparian habitat, and improve water quality and aquatic habitats along Silver Creek and its estuary. The project activities will include final design, permitting, construction, oversight, and native revegetation within the stabilization areas and the larger riparian corridor. The key objectives...

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 the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $619,866 Project Grant under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program to the County of Marinette, Wisconsin. The 3-year grant, awarded on June 30, 2024, will fund the Marinette County Fish Habitat Enhancements Project Phase II. This project aims to increase the number of adult northern pike in Green Bay by evaluating and implementing projects to improve fish passage, create and restore...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $549,164 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to conduct a study on bird community changes in the St. Louis River Estuary (SLRE). The goal is to determine how recent remediation and restoration efforts in the heavily degraded SLRE have improved breeding habitat conditions for wetland-dependent birds at both the site and...

The County of Brown in Wisconsin will receive $430,000 through August 31, 2026 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program (CFDA 15.658). The Northern Pike Restoration Project will improve northern pike spawning and wetland habitat along Duck Creek, the Suamico and East Rivers, and their tributaries. The project seeks to restore natural resources and their services that have been...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) provides $202,219 to the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc. for habitat restoration and enhancement activities in several Wisconsin counties. The project aims to restore 197 wetland acres and 15 upland acres, and enhance an additional 20 wetland acres, with the goal of increasing breeding, foraging, and migratory resting habitat for waterfowl and other...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $1.14 million Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The award will support two projects delivering critical habitat restoration in Wisconsin waterways from July 1, 2021 to March 31, 2025. Specifically, WDNR will replace an aging culvert on Little Balsam Creek to improve fish passage and open 5.07 miles of...

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...