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The Great Lakes Commission has issued a request for proposals for the 2021 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Eastern on April 16, 2021.

A collaborative demonstration control project near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan, was successful in removing invasive quagga mussels on an offshore rocky reef. See the project results and a video.

Oxbow wetland restoration provides habitat, resting locations for migratory fish, and recreational opportunities in the Rouge River Area of Concern.

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation has published its 2018-2020 Great Lakes Program Report, highlighting progress on actions to improve water quality and shoreline restoration in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Scientists and students connect virtually while working and learning from home.

The Lake Superior Research Institute, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, is issuing a Request for Applications for ballast water management system manufacturers interested in partnering to provide solutions to mitigate ballast-borne aquatic nuisance species. Applications are due March 4.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have signed a $16 million project agreement to remediate contaminated sediment in the “ponds behind Erie Pier,” two backwater ponds surrounded by shallow marsh wetlands in Duluth, Minnesota.

Sustain Our Great Lakes program is requesting proposals to benefit fish, wildlife, habitat, and water quality in the Great Lakes basin. The program will award approximately $8.5 million in grants in 2021 to improve and enhance: stream, riparian, and coastal habitats and water quality in the Great Lakes and its tributaries, including a focal area within Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Watershed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the removal of the 100th Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) from a U.S. Area of Concern (AOC), a historic milestone in restoring the Great Lakes. At the Black River AOC near Lorain, Ohio, EPA removed the 'degradation of aesthetics' BUI.

NOAA extends its Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting (DIVER) application to the St. Louis River AOC to aid in habitat restoration.