GLRI pilots a rapid assessment method to map invasive mussel distributions in Lake Erie.

EPA will soon call for GLRI grant applications to fund projects in the Great Lakes basin aimed at addressing stormwater runoff which carries pollution from the land into water bodies. These projects include innovative ways to reduce nutrients from agricultural runoff and a special consideration for underserved communities.

This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency begins dredging contaminated sediment in the St. Louis River Area of Concern at Howards Bay in Superior, Wisconsin. The $12.1 million cleanup is funded by the GLRI and non-federal partners Fraser Shipyards Inc., Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the city of Superior.

The Pollinator Task Force is working to conserve bees and other Great Lakes native insect pollinators.

GLRI and partners are working to protect and restore the endangered Lakeside Daisy - a threatened plant that only exists at a handful of locations in the Great Lakes region.