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Success Stories
June 18th 2013
Grants preserve two rare Lake Erie ecosystems
Two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants purchased 57 acres of land that preserved two rare ecosystems on Lake Erie’s Kelleys Island. Read more here.
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June 14th 2013
EPA says Sheboygan River cleanup is done
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that a massive cleanup of contaminated sediment in Wisconsin’s Sheboygan River is complete. The cleanup, which cost more than $80 million and was partially funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, resulted in … Continue reading
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June 9th 2013
New sea lamprey barrier protects Lake Ontario fishery
A new sea lamprey barrier in New York’s Orwell Brook will reduce the number of those deadly invaders in Lake Ontario and decrease the use of chemical lampricides, lowering the cost of controlling the sea lamprey population. A single female lamprey … Continue reading
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June 6th 2013
With dams removed, an urban stream recovers
The removal of four small dams in Baldwin Creek restored nine miles of the stream, which flows into Lake Erie near Cleveland. The $506,000 project, funded in part by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, re-established the creek’s natural flow, removed barriers … Continue reading
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May 20th 2013
Groups restoring coastal wetlands along Lake Erie
A $1.3 million project funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is restoring critically important coastal wetlands in western Lake Erie. Urban and agricultural development over the past two centuries destroyed more than half of all coastal wetlands in the … Continue reading
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Grants preserve two rare Lake Erie ecosystems
Two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants purchased 57 acres of land that preserved two rare ecosystems on Lake Erie’s Kelleys Island. Read more here.
No comment
EPA says Sheboygan River cleanup is done
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that a massive cleanup of contaminated sediment in Wisconsin’s Sheboygan River is complete. The cleanup, which cost more than $80 million and was partially funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, resulted in … Continue reading
No comment
New sea lamprey barrier protects Lake Ontario fishery
A new sea lamprey barrier in New York’s Orwell Brook will reduce the number of those deadly invaders in Lake Ontario and decrease the use of chemical lampricides, lowering the cost of controlling the sea lamprey population. A single female lamprey … Continue reading
No comment
With dams removed, an urban stream recovers
The removal of four small dams in Baldwin Creek restored nine miles of the stream, which flows into Lake Erie near Cleveland. The $506,000 project, funded in part by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, re-established the creek’s natural flow, removed barriers … Continue reading
No comment
Groups restoring coastal wetlands along Lake Erie
A $1.3 million project funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is restoring critically important coastal wetlands in western Lake Erie. Urban and agricultural development over the past two centuries destroyed more than half of all coastal wetlands in the … Continue reading
No comment