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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Achieves its Action Plan III Target with Monumental Remediation Efforts
The recent removal of the 128th Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) marks the completion of a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan III target.March 31, 2025
National Park Service assists in improving the Waabizheshikana trail in the second largest Area of Concern in the U.S.
Utilizing funding from GLRI, the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) has supported the City of Duluth, Minnesota, to improve and expand park and trail spaces near historically disadvantaged neighborhoods located along the St. Louis River Estuary. The initial revitalization efforts to improve Waabizheshikana: The Marten Trail will enhance residents’ opportunities to connect back to a cultural and ecologically significant area of the waterfront. Partners are working together to preserve and enhance this trail while promoting awareness of the interconnectedness between Indigenous heritage and environmental stewardship.January 17, 2025
Thomson Reservoir Remedial Action Project Wraps Up First Season of Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrates the completion of the first of two construction seasons at the Thomson Reservoir Remedial Action project in the St. Louis River Area of Concern.December 16, 2024
Final Remaining BUI, Degradation of Benthos, Removed at Muskegon Lake AOC
The last remaining BUI in the Michigan AOC, the Degradation of Benthos, was removed after federal, state, and local partners determined that measures of benthic community health met established criteria.December 12, 2024
EPA completes Drum Removal Pilot Study in the Hubbell Processing Area of the Torch Lake Area of Concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency completed a Drum Removal Pilot Study in the Hubbell Processing Area of the Torch Lake Area of Concern.November 13, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Largest Ever Clean-up under EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to Address Milwaukee Area of Concern
Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding agreement between EPA and partners will invest an estimated $450 million to cleanup of nearly two million cubic yards of contaminated sediments.
November 1, 2023
Dredging of Contaminated Sediment Complete at Munger Landing, Duluth MN
Dredging at the Munger Landing in Duluth, MN is complete, and restoration is underway. The project is part of the St. Louis River Area of Concern effort to remediate contaminated sediment and restore degraded habitat.
September 21, 2023
Scanlon Reservoir Sediment Remediation in St. Louis Area of Concern, Minnesota
U.S. EPA and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency substantially complete remediation of 55,000 cubic yards of sediment contaminated with legacy pollutants at Scanlon Reservoir in the St. Louis River Area of Concern.
November 29, 2022