The Great Lakes Commission will award over $1.7 million in grants to local groups to reduce the runoff of pollutants such as sediment and nutrients from entering the Great Lakes and their tributaries through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program. Funding for the grant program is provided by the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Each year, the program provides competitive grants to local and state governments, Indigenous Nations, and nonprofit organizations to install erosion and nutrient control practices in the Great Lakes basin not typically funded by other federal cost-share programs.
The 2025 projects continue to promote two approaches: long-term sediment and nutrient management through engagement with the agricultural community and streambank restoration.
Over the last nine years, projects funded by the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program have protected the Great Lakes through the prevention of nearly 200,000 pounds of phosphorus, 400,000 tons of sediment and millions of gallons of stormwater from leaving the landscape.
Read the full news release on the Great Lakes Commission’s website: Great Lakes Commission awards more than $1.7 million to reduce runoff and improve Great Lakes water quality