Assistance program
Great Lakes Restoration
$249.5 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 15.662
- What it does
- The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) provides environmental and public health benefits to the region’s twenty million Americans who rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, recreation, and fishing. GLRI also fuels local and regional economies across the basin. Technical and financial assistance are provided in five focus areas: Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern, Invasive Species, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Habitats and Species, and Foundations for Future Restoration Actions.
- Who benefits
- Program-specific.
- Who applies
- Program-specific.
- Authorized by
- Federal Water Pollution Control Act—Great Lakes (33 U.S.C. §1268)
- Program site
- http://www.fws.gov/glri ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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Direct payments