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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is accepting Fiscal Year 2022 project proposals to protect, restore and enhance Great Lakes fish and wildlife habitat. The deadline for proposal submissions is Wednesday, January 5, 2022 by 5:00 PM EST.

The EPA Great Lakes National Program Office has issued a request for applications for the Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components. The deadline to apply is February 8, 2022.

Partners complete final phase of restoration at the Toussaint State Wildlife Area in the Maumee Area of Concern. Actions enhanced 125 acres of Great Lakes coastal wetlands.

GLRI Distinct Tribal Program Framework developed in support of Great Lakes protection and restoration by Great Lakes Tribes.

Multiple partners and funding sources came together to complete a large and complex project at sites in Kingsbury Bay and Grassy Point in the St. Louis River Area of Concern. The project is expected to restore open water, coastal wetland, and shallow sheltered bay habitat.

Scientists will analyze Lake Superior sediment collected in Sept. 2021 to track spatial and temporal distributions of contaminants in sediment in the lake.

Kenosha County, WI, celebrated the completion of the riverbank stabilization portion of the Pike River Phase II Restoration project with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The project will improve habitat and water quality of the Pike River and surrounding areas.

The Great Lakes Commission will award over $1.5 million in grants to reduce runoff of sediment, nutrients and other pollutants into the Great Lakes through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has mapped bird and bat activity in the Great Lakes basin with avian and acoustic monitors. Attend the November 4 webinar!

The USDA Forest Service awards over $5.5 million in grants to support 47 Great Lakes restoration projects in Great Lakes states.