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$12 Million Available for Great Lakes Habitat Restoration
NOAA is seeking proposals for new grant awards that will restore habitat for Great Lakes fisheries, helping to support local ecosystems and communities.September 5, 2024
Significant Restoration Milestones reached in Buffalo Outer Harbor Slip #3
The US Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and local partners have reached a significant milestone by beginning the construction of a multi-year coastal wetland habitat restoration project in the Buffalo Outer Harbor Slip #3. The project uses clean sediment dredged from the navigation channel to create wetland habitat that will benefit native plants, fish, and birds and the local community.
August 30, 2024
Utilizing Abandoned Canal Infrastructure to Create Innovative Water Quality Solutions in the Finger Lakes, NY
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is supporting innovative projects in the Finger Lakes region of New York that are increasing aquatic habitat connectivity and helping to improve water quality in Seneca Lake by reducing excess phosphorus pollution.August 27, 2024
Wetland enhancement and water quality improvements at Woodlawn Beach State Park
Major strides made in water quality and habitat improvement efforts by New York’s State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Woodlawn Beach State Park.
August 7, 2024
Further Recovery for The Freshwater Filter Feeding Saginaw Bay
A 10,000-acre national wildlife refuge in Michigan is the site of impressive GLRI-funded habitat restoration that reconnects rivers to floodplains. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is partnering with researchers and biologists to study how aquatic species use this coastal ecosystem.May 3, 2024
Toledo students help with restoration project in the Maumee AOC
Toledo Public School students contribute to a stream restoration project in the Maumee AOC funded by the GLRI with support from H2Ohio.May 1, 2024
Community Forest Project connects vital river habitat in northern Michigan
A 226-acre parcel of pristine waterfront land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been conserved through USDA Forest Service’s Community Forest program.
March 18, 2024
Buffalo River Habitat Restoration Completed at Katherine Street
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has completed closeout of the habitat restoration along the Buffalo River near Katherine Street.
January 24, 2024
Habitat restoration complete at Powderhorn Lake near Illinois/Indiana Border
A three-year restoration project at Powderhorn Lake has restored more than 100 acres of wetland habitat and reestablished fish passage to Lake Michigan.
January 12, 2024
Northland College highlights restoration of Fish Creek in northwestern Wisconsin
Northland College recently highlighted this restoration work in a video on the first two phases of its Sediment Reduction Project on North Fish Creek—the largest source of sediment flowing into Lake Superior’s Chequamegon Bay.
November 7, 2023