$2.7 Million in Grant Awards
The Great Lakes Protection Fund is pleased to announce grant awards totaling over $2.7 million made to project teams comprised of more than 50 organizations working to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
At its December, 2011 meeting, the Board of Directors awarded 4 grants that further the Fund’s mission to identify, demonstrate, and promote regional action to enhance the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Characterizing the Risk-Release Relationship for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
A grant of up to $1,027,000 was awarded to a team (comprised of 9 organizations) led by the Northeast-Midwest Institute’s Great Ships Initiative, working in the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. They will develop a new scientific method to estimate the risk of establishment of aquatic invasive species with the goal of fewer successful invasions of the Great Lakes by aquatic nuisance species.
Market Based Approaches to Green Infrastructure to Restore Hydrologic Function
A grant of up to $692,000 was awarded to a team (comprised of 17 organizations) co-led by Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. and Geosyntec Consultants to test how to expand the pool of capital for sustainable stormwater management solutions with the goal to reestablish more natural flows and improve water quality and function for Great Lakes tributaries.
Watershed Ecological Sustainability Strategy—Transactions for Agricultural Ecosystem Services
A grant of up to $940,000 was awarded to a team (comprised of 23 organizations) led by The Nature Conservancy to design and test a set of pay-for-performance transaction frameworks to improve how funds flow to water stewardship practices to reduce the release of phosphorus, sediment, and runoff from farmlands in the Great Lakes watersheds.
Great Lakes River Mouths and the Region’s Economic and Environmental Future
A grant of up to $65,000 was awarded to the Northeast-Midwest Institute to explore a regional approach to Great Lakes river mouth re-development that will be founded on protecting and restoring hydrologic and ecologic services and managing Great Lakes river mouths as a network.
These awards further the Great Lakes Governors’ priorities of stopping the introduction and spread of non-native aquatic invasive species; controlling pollution from diffuse sources into water, land and air; and adopting sustainable use practices that protect environmental resources and may enhance the recreational and commercial value of our Great Lakes.
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