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Instilled with commitment to land stewardship, the next generation of Kane Dairy farmers sets out to take their parent’s vision for helping the family land to new levels with financial and technical assistance from Natural Resource Conservation Service programs.

On March 7, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office issued a request for applications (RFA) to conduct sample collection and analyses in support of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN). 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the availability of new, high-resolution land cover data—used to document key geographic and landscape features covering Earth’s surface—for coastal communities across the country, including the Great Lakes. This new data can be used to inform wetland restoration projects and enable other activities to build climate resilience.

Several tribes in Wisconsin are making progress removing invasive plant species through this USDA Forest Service Eastern Region grant.

A 226-acre parcel of pristine waterfront land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been conserved through USDA Forest Service’s Community Forest program.

: The EPA Great Lakes National Program Office has issued a request for applications to conduct sample collection and analysis in support of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network. The deadline to apply is May 6, 2024.

The Great Lakes Commission has issued a request for proposals for the 2024 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Grants Program. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Eastern on April 29, 2024. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has completed closeout of the habitat restoration along the Buffalo River near Katherine Street.

A three-year restoration project at Powderhorn Lake has restored more than 100 acres of wetland habitat and reestablished fish passage to Lake Michigan.