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GLRI Supports 145 Great Lakes Projects in the First Six Months of Fiscal Year 2021
In the first six months of Fiscal Year 2021, EPA and its federal partners supported 145 projects totaling more than $72 million which will protect and restore the Great Lakes and fuel community revitalization efforts throughout the Great Lakes basin.
October 4, 2021
USGS and EPA Research Shows High Susceptibility for Methylmercury to Enter Great Lakes Food Web
Study shows that despite low methylmercury concentrations, the susceptibility for methylmercury to enter the Great Lakes food web via phytoplankton is higher than expected.
September 29, 2021
Brandenburg Park Shoreline Restoration in Michigan is Complete
Local officials announce the completion of a GLRI-funded habitat restoration project in Chesterfield Township, Michigan. The project goal was to improve wildlife habitat and public access to Brandenburg Park.
September 27, 2021
Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan
City of Erie, Pennsylvania, and University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh will implement trash collection projects to reduce trash in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan.
September 23, 2021
EPA’s Lake Guardian 2021 Summer Water Quality and Biology Survey Underway
From Sept. 3-17, scientists aboard the EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian will conduct the 2021 EPA Great Lakes Summer Water Quality Monitoring Program and Biology Monitoring Program surveys on Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior.
September 3, 2021
EPA Confirms Habitat Improvements at Rochester Embayment Area of Concern in New York
EPA announces that habitat for mink and bottom-dwelling plants has improved enough to remove the Degradation of Fish and Wildlife Populations Beneficial Use Impairment from the Rochester Embayment AOC in Lake Ontario.
September 2, 2021
EPA Seeks Applications for the Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Zooplankton, Mysis, and Benthic Components
EPA has issued a request for applications for the Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Zooplankton, Mysis, and Benthic Components. The deadline to apply is October 29, 2021.
September 1, 2021
EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Ashtabula River has been removed from the binational list of the Great Lakes' most environmentally degraded areas after decades of work. In the 1980s, the United States and Canada identified 43 "Areas of Concern" on the Great Lakes affected by historical contamination dating back over many decades. The Ashtabula River is the sixth AOC to be delisted in the United States and first of four in Ohio.
August 20, 2021
Pilot Project to Reduce Shoreline Erosion at Illinois Beach State Park
Illinois Beach State Park project to reduce shore erosion and nearshore habitat loss nears halfway completion mark. This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pilot project will help determine whether similar technology can reduce shore erosion and improve habitat elsewhere in the Great Lakes.
August 2, 2021