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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demonstration project explores use of wetlands to decrease nutrient loadings to the Great Lakes.

GLRI funding helps restore 10 acres of critical wetland in the Flag River estuary within the Town of Port Wing, Wisconsin.

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.

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.

EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

The University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute has awarded a grant to set up a land-based ballast water reception and treatment facility for a test period of one year.

Eric Jones and his wife, Sandra, own a 160-acre forest and partnered with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to combat invasive species on their property.

NOAA and Partners restored habitat and improved fish passage on Kids Creek in Traverse City, M.I., helping enhance habitat and food sources for species such as brook trout.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that purple martins are returning to a 13.5-acre marsh near Buckhorn Island State Park, in the Town of Grand Island, NY (Erie County). Along with several additional habitat projects, approximately $5.5 million of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding has gone towards restoring and protecting the marsh habitat. Rock reefs have been established to prevent erosion and extensive vegetation has been planted in the marsh, known as Grass Island.

To read the full story, please visit EPA’s Newsroom.

After two years of hard work the Howards Bay Project has completed dredging just in time for winter.