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Great Lakes Commission Awards More than $1.5 Million to Reduce Runoff to the Great Lakes
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.
October 27, 2021
Great Lakes Airspace Map Decision Support Tool Informs Great Lakes Bird and Bat Conservation. Webinar on November 4
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!
October 26, 2021
USDA awards over $5.5 million in GLRI grants
The USDA Forest Service awards over $5.5 million in grants to support 47 Great Lakes restoration projects in Great Lakes states.
October 26, 2021
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Success from the Field: Stewardship, Sustainability and Economic Viability
Matt Winker’s Red Line Dairy farm in Belgium, Wisc., has developed a nutrient management plan and implemented soil health practices to ensure stewardship of the Great Lakes, sustainability of the soil and the farm’s economic viability.
October 26, 2021
Soil Health Farm Feeds Local Community
The Boerst farm in Manawa, WI implements, soil health and conservation practices to improve their land and, with a “chaos garden” helps feed their community.
October 25, 2021
Collaboration Initiates Work to Restore Marshland in Powderhorn Lake Near Indiana/Illinois Border
A collaboration to restore wetland and connect Powderhorn Lake and Wolf Lake begins the work necessary to create more than 100 acres of wetland and reduce flooding.
October 25, 2021
Contract Awarded for Stanford Run Habitat Restoration in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awards contract for additional improvements to Stanford Run watershed in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
October 22, 2021
Reminder: October 29 deadline for EPA Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program applications
The deadline for applications for the Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Zooplankton, Mysis, and Benthic Components is Oct. 29, 2021.
October 13, 2021
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