Project Grant NA21NOS4290010

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 Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will deliver two experiential learning programs focused on Great Lakes literacy and environmental stewardship through $133,650 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ODNR's Interpretive Paddle Program and H2Ohio Students Take Action Program (IPP + H2Ohio) will provide guided kayaking experiences for...

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Office of Coastal Management, received a $108,972 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement the Great Lakes Literacy and Experiences Program. This program will provide approximately 1,000 students in grades K-12 within Ohio's Lake Erie watershed with place-based, experiential learning opportunities to enhance their understanding of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $105,325 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE). The funding will be used to expand the current Lending Station Place Based Education Program by creating three new satellite locations in Michigan to house educational materials for loan to youth programs across the state. The project activities include...

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will use a $417,830 Environmental Protection Agency grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to purchase a trash collection boat and install trash trapping devices. The boat will collect trash from three major northeast Wisconsin rivers discharging into Lake Michigan and transit between shoreline communities. Trapping devices will capture trash at fixed locations in high-use marinas. This project aims to clean up approximately 6,000 acres...

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...

The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) was awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service to promote efforts reducing nutrient and sediment runoff in the Great Lakes watershed from April 2023 through December 2027. Through this award, the GLC will provide conservation technical assistance to organizations across the Great Lakes states. As an interstate compact agency established to promote integrated development...

This $192,352 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports the Inland Seas Education Association in Suttons Bay, Michigan. The funding will enable the grantee to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behavior in the local community. Key activities include...

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The key activities include identifying potential green infrastructure and climate resilient practices to treat and capture untreated stormwater runoff in the Veterans Lagoon. This involves a feasibility study conducted through a sub-award to Milwaukee...