Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Environmental Protection Agency
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was launched in 2010 as a nonregulatory program to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world by providing additional resources to help achieve the most critical long-term goals for this important ecosystem. The EPA leads an interagency group of 16 federal agencies to implement the GLRI. Since 2010, the GLRI has funded more than 8,000 projects that have been implemented by federal agencies, states
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Helps organizations restore and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem. Provides grants to support environmental projects in line with federal water quality laws.
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Provides funding through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for diverse projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Great Lakes ecosystem. Activities include planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and direct implementation to address major threats like toxic substances, invasive species, and nonpoint source pollution.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: environmental protection, water quality, conservation, research
Region: Great Lakes ecosystem, US Great Lakes region
Other Criteria: nonfederal partners (e.g., state, local, tribal governments, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and businesses), projects focused on planning, research, monitoring, outreach, or implementation for Great Lakes ecosystem protection and restoration, activities advancing protection and restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem in support of GLRI Action Plan IV and EPA’s Strategic Plan
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