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• EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  Launched in 2010, GLRI has funded over 5,400 projects totaling more than $2.7 billion; $16 million slated for two newly selected projects

  EPA News Release: EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  Endangered shorebird recovering thanks to GLRI support and partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  • Release Date: August 13, 2020

• EPA Authorizes Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to Set Water Quality Standards for L’Anse Reservation in Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA Authorizes Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to Set Water Quality Standards for L’Anse Reservation in Michigan

  • Release Date: April 28, 2020

• EPA awards over $9 million in GLRI funding for projects to reduce excess nutrients in the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $9 million in GLRI funding for projects to reduce excess nutrients in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: April 14, 2020

• EPA announces $2.9 million Great Lakes project to clean up contaminated sediment in Detroit River, enabling expansion of city’s Riverwalk

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $2.9 million Great Lakes project to clean up contaminated sediment in Detroit River, enabling expansion of city’s Riverwalk

  • Release Date: April 14, 2020

• EPA awards $6.4 million to Great Lakes Fishery Commission for projects to restore and manage fish species

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $6.4 million to Great Lakes Fishery Commission for projects to restore and manage fish species

  • Release Date: April 13, 2020

• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative receives $20 million in additional funding

  EPA proposes allocations of FY 2020 funding increase

  EPA News Release: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative receives $20 million in additional funding

  • Release Date: April 9, 2020

• EPA announces $4.5 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.5 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: March 30, 2020

• EPA Awards Michigan $1.19 Million in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Michigan $1.19 Million in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: March 19, 2020

• EPA highlights projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2019

  EPA News Release: EPA highlights projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2019

  • Release Date: February 14, 2020

• EPA, States Making Progress Toward “Delisting” Lower Menominee River Area of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA, States Making Progress Toward “Delisting” Lower Menominee River Area of Concern

  • Release Date: January 29, 2020

• EPA announces finalists for GLRI grants to address nutrients in the Great Lakes

  Projects to receive $11.5 million in funding, including $2 million for water-quality trading projects

  EPA News Release: EPA announces finalists for GLRI grants to address nutrients in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: December 19, 2019

• EPA announces grant to enhance mussel populations in New York’s lower Grasse River

  Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe receives $160,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant to enhance mussel populations in New York’s lower Grasse River

  • Release Date: December 18, 2019

• EPA requests applications for $2 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the first time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $2 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019