The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pleased to announce the recipients of the Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants!
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COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010 FOR THE LINCOLN PARK AND MILWAUKEE RIVER CHANNELS SEDIMENT REMEDIATION PROJECT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! You can receive updates, provide input, and voice your concerns about the sediment remediation project and related habitat restoration, health, and recreation issues. Date/Time: Wednesday, June 16. 6-8 pm...
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A comprehensive inventory of elevation data sets for the Great Lakes is now available from the NOAA Coastal Services Center.  This Topographic and Bathymetric Data Inventory is focused on best-available datasets and is accessed through an online, interactive viewer that displays the extent of data, helpful information about data set quality, and a link...
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership are pleased to announce the approval of over $1 million in grants aimed at supporting on-the-ground fish habitat work in the Great Lakes under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
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Ottawa River dredging activities, May 2010 The Ottawa River Great Lakes Legacy Act project is underway in Toledo and will remove 240,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the River over the next 6-9 months. Approximately 10,000 cubic yards has already been removed from Sibley Creek. Ottawa River dredging activities (pdf, 8 pages, 580...
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The Conference Report accompanying Public Law 111-88, House Report 111-316, requires EPA to develop a process that “ensures monitoring and reporting on the progress of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative” (GLRI).  EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office is developing the Great Lakes Accountability System (GLAS) as the primary mechanism for collecting information to monitor...
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