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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. 

Recent study finds that more juvenile fish have been using the rapids restored by NOAA and partners on the St. Marys River.

Citing tremendous progress, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Lake Erie Commission, and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, with support from the Ashtabula River Advisory Council, are recommending that Ohio’s Ashtabula River be removed from the U.S.-Canadian list of the most heavily polluted areas on the Great Lakes.

Report finds historical mercury is still a source to fish in the Duluth-Superior Harbor. An innovative method for source mercury identification let researchers differentiate century-old industrial contamination from current-day mercury sources, like precipitation or watershed runoff.

NOAA’s Great Lakes B-WET program provides enriching outdoor STEM experiences for local students. The Calumet Is My Back Yard (CIMBY) program has reached over 1,000 high school students from the south side of Chicago.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded two grants totaling $16 million to continue monitoring coastal wetlands and levels of contaminants in fish throughout the Great Lakes basin. The grants -- $10 million to Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and approximately $6 million to Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York -- will be funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and are part of a larger effort to restore and protect the Great Lakes.