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Update and “Thank You!”: Request for Applications to Create Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Programs
The Great Lakes National Program Office is pleased to announce that it received a total of 15 applications in response to the FY 2023 Request for Applications (RFA) to Create Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Programs. The RFA closed on September 15th, 2023, and the submitted applications are now under review.
October 11, 2023
Great Lakes Commission awards more than $1.5 million to reduce runoff and improve water quality
The Great Lakes Commission announced that it will award more than $1.5 million in grants to reduce the runoff of sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants into the Great Lakes and their tributaries through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program.
October 3, 2023
USDA Wildlife Services and partners work to protect state endangered terns in the Great Lakes region
USDA Wildlife Services collaborates with natural resources managers to address predation on Ohio’s breeding colonies of common terns, fortifying the future for populations of this state endangered species.
September 28, 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
NOAA Announces 2023 Great Lakes B-WET Indigenous Communities Awards
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced $367,694 in funding for four projects in the inaugural indigenous communities priority under the Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program.
September 20, 2023
EPA scientists discuss 40 years of Great Lakes water quality monitoring on “Lake Effect” podcast
EPA Great Lakes National Program Office scientists Megan O’Brien and Matt Pawlowski were interviewed by reporter Susan Bence for WUWM’s podcast “Lake Effect.” In the interview, O’Brien and Pawlowski give Bence a tour of EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian, explain how various sampling equipment is deployed, and discuss the different types of data collected while the GLNPO Summer Water Quality Survey is underway.
September 19, 2023
Degradation of Benthos BUI removed at Buffalo River AOC
After extensive sediment remediation work, which reduced sediment toxicity to levels that are no longer harmful to bottom-dwelling invertebrates in the river, the Degradation of Benthos BUI has been removed at the Buffalo River AOC.
September 14, 2023
GLRI Demo Farm Produces Next Generation of Caterpillar Caretakers
A father-and-son farming team in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin are demonstrating what conservation practices and welcoming vital pollinators can do for soil health and crop yields.
September 8, 2023
Loss of Fish and Wildlife Habitat BUI removed at Buffalo River AOC
Through extensive habitat restoration work, modified dredging practices, and implementation of long-term plans to improve wastewater and stormwater management, habitat connectivity and water quality in the Buffalo River Area of Concern AOC have sufficiently improved to remove the Loss of Fish and Wildlife Habitat Beneficial Use Impairment.
September 6, 2023
U.S. Forest Service Grants Available for Restoration Projects in the Great Lakes Basin
Grant applications requested by October 23 for Cooperative Weed Management Areas and Forest Restoration. Informational webinars will be held September 5.
September 5, 2023