News
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EPA Re-Establishes Great Lakes Advisory Board
(Dec. 13, 2018) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the re-establishment of the Great Lakes Advisory Board following EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s approval of the Board’s charter.
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GLRI-Funded Removal of Sabin Dam Underway in Grand Traverse County, Mich.
(Dec. 11, 2018) Construction is underway in Michigan’s Grand Traverse County to finally relocate the Ottaway-Boardman River channel to its intended new location. This accomplishment follows previous milestones this year to lower the dam spillway, remove the former hydroelectric powerhouse, and restore the river channel upstream in the former impoundment. Removal of the Sabin Dam on the Ottaway-Boardman River in northwestern Michigan is on-schedule to be completed in 2019.
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NOAA Seeks Restoration Proposals for GLRI Funding
(Dec. 10, 2018) NOAA is seeking proposals from non-federal partners for GLRI funding to help continue our work restoring Great Lakes coastal ecosystems. Up to $5 million in awards will be provided through new multi-year regional partnerships in 2019. Proposals are due February 4, 2018.
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Minnesota Slip Sediment Remediation Projects Completed in Duluth, Minn.
(Nov. 29, 2018) U.S. EPA and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have completed the remediation of contaminated sediments in Minnesota Slip, Slip C and Slip 3 in Duluth Harbor in the St. Louis River Area of Concern. This work was completed under a GLRI Great Lakes Legacy Act partnership between EPA and MPCA.
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GLRI-Funded Study Identifies Overwintering Cyanobacteria Cells as Algae Bloom Contributors
(Nov. 28, 2018) A University of Michigan study funded by the GLRI has concluded that cyanobacteria cells that survive the winter in lake-bottom sediments contribute to annual algae blooms in the western Lake Erie basin.
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More Success in the Rouge River AOC: Oxbow Restoration Phase 3
(Nov. 28, 2018) In 2018, construction began on the $1 million Oxbow Restoration Phase 3 Project.
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Detroit River AOC: Milliken State Park Habitat Restoration Project is Complete
(Nov. 27, 2018) In September 2018, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources completed the Milliken State Park Habitat Restoration Project in the Detroit River Area of Concern. The $255,165 project was funded by the GLRI through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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GLRI Funding Allows for Enhanced Protection of Fish Spawning Habitat
(Nov. 21, 2018) Additional GLRI funding will let the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge an additional 50,000 cubic yards of stamp sands from the ancient riverbed area north of Buffalo Reef in Lake Superior known as the 'trough'.
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Restoration of Fish Passage at the Henry Ford Estate Dam – Rouge River Area of Concern
(Nov. 20, 2018) Thanks to the GLRI, construction is underway on the $2 million Henry Ford Estate Dam Fishway Project. Providing fish passage at the HFE Dam has been identified by the Rouge River Advisory Council as a critical step in eliminating long-standing environmental impairments in the Rouge River Area of Concern.
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GLRI Funds Habitat Improvement and Green Infrastructure Projects in Chicago-Calumet Region
(Nov. 14, 2018) Chi-Cal Rivers Fund partners recently announced the selection of six projects to receive $1.25 million in grants to improve and enhance waterways in the Chicago-Calumet region. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding totaling $462,000 was provided through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to support two of the six projects.