The Great Lakes Commission has announced funding to reduce runoff of sediment, nutrients and other pollutants into the Great Lakes through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications to monitor ecological conditions in the coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes. Approximately $10 million of GLRI funding will be made available to one applicant to implement the Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program for five years. The deadline for applications is Oct. 26, 2020.

The GLRI has funded projects to promote recovery of the federally endangered Great Lakes Piping plover. In July 2020, four chicks that were reared in captivity by the Detroit Zoological Society were released at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

U.S. EPA is seeking applications under a GLRI grant program focused on monitoring contaminants in Great Lakes fish. Approximately $6 million is available through the Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program to fund one project over five years. The deadline for applications is Sept. 21, 2020.
 

On July 20, 2020, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited northwest Ohio where he announced more than $12 million in grants and projects that will benefit Great Lakes cleanup efforts in the Toledo area.