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• Purple Martins Thrive Again in New York’s Niagara River Area of Concern

  EPA and New York State’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative project helps restore habitat at Buckhorn Island State Park

  EPA News Release: Purple Martins Thrive Again in New York’s Niagara River Area of Concern

  • Release Date: January 6, 2022

• Senior EPA Officials Announce Great Lakes Grants During Visit to Superior and Duluth

  Funding for ballast water research highlighted

  EPA News Release: Senior EPA Officials Announce Great Lakes Grants During Visit to Superior and Duluth

  • Release Date: September 8, 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 Requests Applications for $6 Million Grant to Monitor Contaminants in Great Lakes Fish

  EPA News Release: EPA Requests Applications for $6 Million Grant to Monitor Contaminants in Great Lakes Fish

  • Release Date: July 27, 2020

• EPA Announces Over $12 Million in Grants to Improve Great Lakes Fisheries and Michigan Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $12 Million in Grants to Improve Great Lakes Fisheries and Michigan Water Quality

  • Release Date: July 27, 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 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 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 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