Project Grant F23AP03280

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) received a $800,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) for FY 2023. These funds will allow WDNR to continue and enhance its aquatic invasive species (AIS) response, pathways, and partnership activities that support its State AIS Management Plan and the GLRI Action Plan III within the Great Lakes basin. Key grant activities include: 1) Working with Great Lakes states and tribes to conduct rapid response actions or exercises, 2) Managing pathways to prevent introduction of new AIS, 3) Conducting early detection and surveillance, 4) Implementing control projects for GLRI-targeted invasive species, and 5) Continuing AIS containment efforts. This grant will help WDNR achieve its AIS management goals of preventing new introductions, containing spread, and controlling existing populations to minimize harmful impacts within the Great Lakes ecosystem.