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Eric Jones and his wife, Sandra, own a 160-acre forest and partnered with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to combat invasive species on their property.

NOAA and Partners restored habitat and improved fish passage on Kids Creek in Traverse City, M.I., helping enhance habitat and food sources for species such as brook trout.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that purple martins are returning to a 13.5-acre marsh near Buckhorn Island State Park, in the Town of Grand Island, NY (Erie County). Along with several additional habitat projects, approximately $5.5 million of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding has gone towards restoring and protecting the marsh habitat. Rock reefs have been established to prevent erosion and extensive vegetation has been planted in the marsh, known as Grass Island.

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After two years of hard work the Howards Bay Project has completed dredging just in time for winter.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is accepting Fiscal Year 2022 project proposals to protect, restore and enhance Great Lakes fish and wildlife habitat. The deadline for proposal submissions is Wednesday, January 5, 2022 by 5:00 PM EST.

The EPA Great Lakes National Program Office has issued a request for applications for the Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components. The deadline to apply is February 8, 2022.

Partners complete final phase of restoration at the Toussaint State Wildlife Area in the Maumee Area of Concern. Actions enhanced 125 acres of Great Lakes coastal wetlands.

GLRI Distinct Tribal Program Framework developed in support of Great Lakes protection and restoration by Great Lakes Tribes.

Multiple partners and funding sources came together to complete a large and complex project at sites in Kingsbury Bay and Grassy Point in the St. Louis River Area of Concern. The project is expected to restore open water, coastal wetland, and shallow sheltered bay habitat.

Scientists will analyze Lake Superior sediment collected in Sept. 2021 to track spatial and temporal distributions of contaminants in sediment in the lake.