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Get to know Great Lakes B-WET Video: Huron Pines
Get to know NOAA’s Great Lakes B-WET program through this profile of grant recipient, Huron Pines, exploring Lake Huron’s Coastal Ecosystems with Michigan High School students.
April 21, 2022
Joint Statement by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Statement issued by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan and Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault.
April 14, 2022
Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Releases 2022 Invasive Carp Action Plan
The Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee has released the 2022 Invasive Carp Action Plan which describes the activities that will be taken to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp.
April 1, 2022
EPA Awards $6.7 Million to Cornell University to Monitor Food Web in the Great Lakes Ecosystem
EPA announced that Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, will receive a $6,749,825 grant to continue monitoring zooplankton, Mysis, and benthic invertebrates in the Great Lakes. EPA’s grant is funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, or GLRI.
March 28, 2022
Great Waters Research Collaborative Awards a Grant to Study the Performance of a Ballast Water Management System in The Great Lakes
In February 2022, the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute awarded a $980,000 grant to a collaborative team consisting of VanEnkevort Tug and Barge and DESMI Ocean Guard to evaluate the operational efficacy of a ballast water management system.
March 28, 2022
Phosphorous Optimal Wetland Demonstration Project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demonstration project explores use of wetlands to decrease nutrient loadings to the Great Lakes.
March 17, 2022
Restoration of Michele Wheeler Wetland in Port Wing, Wisconsin
GLRI funding helps restore 10 acres of critical wetland in the Flag River estuary within the Town of Port Wing, Wisconsin.
March 16, 2022
2022 Request for Proposals: Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program
The Great Lakes Commission has issued a request for proposals for the 2022 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Grants Program. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Eastern on April 22, 2022.
March 14, 2022
NOAA Habitat Restoration in the Great Lakes: By the Numbers Through 2021
NOAA’s By the Numbers web story shows the scope of restoration work NOAA has completed in the Great Lakes to strengthen fisheries and ecosystems, benefit local economies, and support resilient communities.
March 4, 2022
President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes
EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030
February 22, 2022