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Great Lakes Restoration

Program Information

Popular name

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Great Lakes Restoration Program

Program Number

15.662

Program objective

To provide technical and financial assistance to implement the highest priority actions in order to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Priority actions are to: identify, protect, conserve, manage, enhance or restore habitat or species on both public and private lands within the Great Lakes Basin.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Projects not yet selected for funding. Programs anticipate continuing to fund projects to address aquatic invasive species, nearshore health, environmental contaminants and protection and restoration of fish, wildlife, and their habitats in the Great Lakes. More than 50 competitive grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners under various sub programs.

  2. 2018

    More than 50 competitive grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners under various sub programs.

  3. 2019

    More than 40 competitive grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners under various sub programs.

  4. 2020

    Up to 20 grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners.

  5. 2021

    Up to 50 grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners.

  6. 2022

    Up to 50 grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners.

  7. 2023

    50 grants and cooperative agreements awarded to non-federal partners.

  8. 2024

    Projects not yet selected for funding. Anticipate continuing to fund projects to address aquatic invasive species, environmental contaminants, and protection and restoration of fish, wildlife, and their habitats in the Great Lakes.

  9. 2025

    No current data available.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. Federal Water Pollution Control Act—Great Lakes (33 U.S.C. §1268).