The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is the largest investment in the Great Lakes in two decades.

Federal agencies use GLRI resources to strategically target the biggest threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem and to accelerate progress toward long term goals. Combining GLRI resources with agency base budgets, we work with nonfederal partners to implement protection and restoration projects.

To guide this work, federal agencies have drafted GLRI Action Plan II, which summarizes the actions that federal agencies plan to implement during FY15-19 using GLRI funding.

• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan II (30 pp, 5.1 MB, About PDF) September 2014 Exit
• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative interagency website. Exit
• GLRI projects that EPA has funded  Exit

Focus areas

• Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern
• Invasive Species
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts on Nearshore Health
• Habitats and Species
• Foundations for Future Restoration Actions

News Releases

• EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant to Clarkson University for Monitoring Pollutants in Fish - Aug. 11, 2015
• Up To $13.9 Million Available From EPA for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Projects - July 29, 2015
• EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants to Reduce Runoff that Contributes to Algal Blooms - March 26, 2015
• EPA Awards 15 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants Totaling Over $8 Million to Combat Invasive Species - March 5, 2015