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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

GLRI partners have begun efforts to draft a plan that will cover actions in FY2025-2029. EPA will regularly post updates on these efforts.

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  • The Sample Collection Team from GWRC On Board the Articulated Tug Barge Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41
    Sampling Ballast Water Management Systems Onboard Ships in the Great Lakes
    July 10, 2024 - Thanks to funding from GLRI, the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Great Waters Research Collaborative has been working with shipping companies to collect data on board Laker vessels to assess the performance of ballast water management systems.
  • Person planting a tree
    Forest Service Supports Great Lakes with $6.28M in Grants
    May 7, 2024 - The Forest Service is awarding $6.28 million in grants to support restoration projects on nonfederal lands in Great Lakes states. These projects improve the quality of water flowing into the Great Lakes through planting trees to intercept stormwater runoff and controlling invasive species.
  • A wood duck drake in the water at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.
    Further Recovery for The Freshwater Filter Feeding Saginaw Bay
    May 3, 2024 - 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.
  • A hand holding an invasive red swamp crayfish.
    Research Reveals Hope for Managing Invasive Red Swamp Crayfish
    May 3, 2024 - GLRI funds support researchers working quickly to find solutions to an invasive species sweeping the Great Lakes - the red swamp crayfish. Researchers, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are hopeful as they try various combinations of management and eradication techniques.
  • Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee logo.
    Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Releases 2024 Invasive Carp Action Plan
    May 2, 2024 - To support the ongoing battle to reduce the destructiveness of invasive carp and the threats they pose to the Great Lakes, the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee announced the release of its annual Invasive Carp Action Plan for 2024.
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