CONTACT: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 7, 2010 EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants Awarded WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun to award its competitive grants under President Barack Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is targeting the most significant environmental problems in the region. EPA Administrator Lisa...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce EPA’s first Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grants at events in Toledo, Ohio, and Green Bay, Wis., on Tuesday, Sept. 7. She will be joined in Toledo by Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski, Mayor Michael Bell, City...
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Provide advice, guidance, and recommendations that will assist EPA in making annual decisions on restoration priorities, activities, projects, and funding levels that reflect the highest priority needs. Loading…
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Lidar is a laser-based technology used to map land, beach, and underwater elevations. Planes equipped with lidar sensors have been surveying much of Lake Superior’s nearshore bathymetry since early July, and as of August 12, 2010, this bathymetric lidar data collection effort is complete. Over 900 linear kilometers of data were collected in forty-seven...
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This 2-hour interactive session discusses real world examples preparing Project-Level Quality Documentation. Also during the interactive session, individuals with experience preparing and reviewing quality documentation discuss their procedures, approaches, and challenges. Marion Kelly – Office of Water Amberina Khan & Kevin Bolger – Region 5 Craig Palmer, Molly Middlebrook Amos, Judy Schofield, Lynn Walters,...
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This 2-hour interactive session includes discussion of real world examples of QAPP review. Also during the interactive session, individuals with experience reviewing quality documentation discussed their procedures, approaches, and challenges. Marion Kelly – Office of Water Amberina Khan & Kevin Bolger – Region 5 Craig Palmer, Molly Middlebrook Amos, Judy Schofield, Lynn Walters, Marguerite...
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Midwest Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Tom Melius, recently announced more than $3.2 million in Federal funding under the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act to support Regional Projects that will expand mass marking capabilities for lake trout and salmon, and protect important habitat surrounding state and federal...
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NOAA’s Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program protects more than 1,600 acres in the Great Lakes The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) has selected five new projects in the Great Lakes region to be funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The $4.75M funding will help...
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NOAA has awarded $2.5 million to the University of Notre Dame and its partners to predict the next wave of invasive species likely to enter the Great Lakes and to identify cost-effective countermeasures. Invasive species such as zebra mussels are already a large problem, costing the region more than $200 million annually by disrupting...
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On July 6th, he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted contract solicitation WC133R-10-0839 for the Near-term Design of the Great Lakes Coastal Observing System. The contract is to be the confluence of three similar and complimentary initiatives and programs and a funding opportunity for business community to participate in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. ...
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