Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act (GLFWRA) The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act Grant Program provides federal grants on a competitive basis to states, tribes and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration and management of fish and wildlife resources and their habitat in the Great Lakes basin. The projects are funded under authority of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006. FY 2010 Request For Project Proposals The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting project pre-proposals that focus on the restoration of fish and/or wildlife resources and their habitats in the Great Lakes Basin. Supported in part by President Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a total of $8 million will be available to support projects this fiscal year. This represents the largest amount appropriated for this effort since the grants program began in 1998. / Pre-proposals are due on Friday, January 22, 2010, by 11 p.m. EST. Application materials can be downloaded here: http://greatlakesrestoration.us/?p=188 FY 2010 Request for Proposals FY 2010 Pre-Proposal Application Details of the application process can be found at http://www.grants.gov or http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Fisheries/glfwra-grants.html Follow us at http://twitter.com/glrestore _______________________ Pranas Pranckevicius, CISSP U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office 77 West Jackson Blvd. G-17J Chicago, IL 60604-3590 pranckevicius.pranas at epa.gov 312 353-3437 Tel 312 385-5446 Fax www.epa.gov/greatlakes