NOAA has selected three projects, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), totaling nearly $1 million, to restore habitat in severely degraded areas of the Great Lakes.
Funded projects in Michigan and Ohio will restore spawning and nursery grounds for muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed sunfish, largemouth bass, yellow perch, channel catfish, and bullhead.
Funded Projects include:
Maumee River Wetland Restoration at Penn 7 Project
Toledo, OH ($175,000 awarded to the City of Toledo)
Funding will support initial site characterization and feasibility study on the lower Maumee River to determine the restoration potential of 15.2 acres of emergent coastal/floodplain wetland habitat at the Penn 7 property site.
Rouge River – Henry Ford Estate Dam Fish Passage and Habitat Restoration Design Project
Dearborn, MI ($350,000 awarded to the Alliance of Rouge Communities)
Planners will determine the appropriate design to hydrologically reconnect 50 miles of the Rouge River and 108 additional miles of its tributaries to the Great Lakes system. Once implemented, this project will improve fish and wildlife habitat to promote healthy populations of desirable native fish, wildlife and bottom-dwelling organisms within the Rouge River Watershed.
Detroit River – Stony Island Habitat Restoration Project
Detroit, MI ($415,605 awarded to Friends of the Detroit River)
This is a multi-year project supporting the restoration of approximately 3,000 linear feet of habitat shoals, creation and protection of 50 acres of backwater habitat within Stony Island. This implementation project is a major step in completing a habitat re-construction among the islands in the lower part of the Detroit River.
source: NOAA Fisheries