Great Lakes Protection Initiative: Restoring Areas of Concern (AOC)

Applicants must be:
1. Conservation Authorities;
2. Indigenous communities or their governments;
3. Indigenous organizations or associations;
4. Municipalities;
5. Non-governmental organizations;
6. Not for profit organizations;
7. For profit organization; and
8. Research, academic and educational institutions.
Eligible Projects that contribute to directly eliminating identified “beneficial use impairments” through Action, Engagement and/or Science:
1. Implement remedial actions that result in environmental improvement in AOCs, including habitat rehabilitation, rural non-point source control, contaminated sediment remediation, municipal wastewater treatment, urban storm water/combined sewer overflow control;
2. Support strategic engagement with local communities for Remedial Action Plan work planning, implementation and decision-making towards restoring beneficial use impairments; and
3. Conduct science and monitoring to assess the status of beneficial use impairments against delisting targets and inform remedial action planning and implementation.