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Multiple Milwaukee-Area GLRI Projects Advance
Thirteen Greater Milwaukee area watershed-related projects advanced in the first round of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) project funding, announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late May. The projects are to receive $7,478,746 in GLRI funds. The grant requests are among the 270 finalists from 13 states and one Canadian province that are advancing for $161 million in GLRI funding. Congratulations to all the GLRI winners and their partners. These successes bode well for our joint work on the Milwaukee area waterways and Lake Michigan.
Here is a listing of the Milwaukee area projects in alphabetical order by the submitting agency (though most of the projects have multiple partners):
Groundwork Milwaukee, Inc. |
HIPEE: Habitat Improvement Project in the Estuary Environment $140,000. |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Water Quality Subsurface Gravel Wetland; Green Tree Basin $200,000 |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Kinnickinnic River Habitat Restoration Project $1,605,000. |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Menomonee River AOC (Area of Concern) Fish Passage Project $1,103,000. |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Develop Multiple TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) for Kinnickinnic River Watershed $132,839. |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Develop Multiple TMDLs for Menomonee River $170,252. |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Develop Multiple TMDLs for Milwaukee River $349,854. |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
Develop Multiple TMDLs for Milwaukee River Estuary $225,752 |
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Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department |
Enhancing Ecologic Productivity of Milwaukee Estuary AOC Watersheds $1,478,640. |
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Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department |
Monitoring to Address 9 of 11 BUIs (beneficial use impairments) - Milwaukee Estuary AOC $491,000. |
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Urban Ecology Center |
Habitat Protection and Restoration in Milwaukee River Estuary AOC $953,450. |
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UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute |
Development of Optics to Quantify Organisms in Ballast Water $378,959 |
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Village of Shorewood |
Shorewood Atwater Beach - Sewage Contamination Prevention $250,000 |
Of the 270 GLRI projects advancing in this round, 50 were from the State of Wisconsin. To see a complete listing of GLRI projects, including both statewide or location-specific Wisconsin GLRI projects, visit http://epa.gov/greatlakes/fund/2010rfp01. This news is only the beginning of the GLRI process. Best wishes to all those planning to submit projects for future GLRI funding.