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Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Restoration Act
Projects 1998-2006

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Final reports for completed projects can be downloaded by following the links provided below.

 

Year	Project Title	Recipient	Sponsor	Award	Match
2006
	Boggy bottoms wetland restoration	Ducks Unlimited	OH DNR	$54,263	$18,136
	Linking yellow perch movements to nearshore bottom substrate	University of Illinois	IL DNR	$71,612	$23,872
	Habitat and biological community characterization, mapping, and modeling in eastern Lake Michigan nearshore zones	Michigan State University	MI DNR	$79,822	$26,720
	Modeling historic and temporal variation of Great Lakes walleye maturation schedules	University of Michigan	MI DNR	$75,170	$30,186
	Estimating spawning date, hatch date, and strain contribution for lake trout at Lake Michigan’s Mid Lake Reef complex	University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee	WI DNR	$84,220	$31,511
	Development of a GIS for Great Lakes aquatic habitat	University of Michigan	MI DNR	$142,360	$54,090
	Lake St. Clair coastal wetland enhancement	Ducks Unlimited	MI DNR	$56,468	$23,251
2005
	Responses of lake trout and chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron	Michigan State University	MI DNR	$142,000	$93,575
	Lake sturgeon rehabilitation using stream-side rearing facilities*	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	WI DNR	$40,000	$13,333
	Developing and testing models of lake herring (Coregonus artedi) population dynamics in Lake Superior: Implications for restoration in the Lower Great Lakes	Michigan State University	GLIFWC	$95,996	$31,999
	Lake Erie watersnake recovery plan implementation: Demographic responses to invasive round gobies	Northern Illinois University	OH DNR	$40,912	$31,362
	Development of a GIS for Great Lakes aquatic habitat: Lakes Superior and Ontario	University of Michigan	MI DNR	$132,124	$51,831
	Identification of putative pheromones in lake trout	Michigan State University	MI DNR	$103,976	$34,660
	Quality assurance of proposal development and review process	Great Lakes Fishery Commission	MN DNR	$12,000	$5,070
2004
	Dynamics and biology of siscowet lake trout in Lake Superior	Michigan State University	GLIFWC	$81,498	$27,166
	Use of unmanned submersibles to study lake trout spawning on the Lake Michigan mid-lake reef	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	Wisconsin DNR	$45,995	$17,648

 

	A biophysical model of Lake Erie walleye recruitment: explaining historical recruitment and anticipating consequences of future climate change	Michigan State University	Michigan DNR		$97,272	$32,424
	Quality control of proposals	Great Lakes Fishery Commission	Minnesota DNR		$8,000	$5,460
	Development of genetic management guidelines for lake sturgeon	University of California-Davis	Wisconsin DNR		$84,600	$28,200
	Huron-Erie corridor system habitat assessment- changing water levels and effects of global climate change	Ohio State University	Michigan DNR		$34,107	$14,455
	Food habits of Lake Ontario offshore prey fish: a reassessment of the magnitude and dynamics of planktivory	Great Lakes Fishery Commission	New York DEC		$34,000	$12,000
	Evaluations of pilot-scale venturi oxygen stripping to prevent ballast water invasions Report 1 Report 2	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science	Illinois DNR		$75,784	$25,261
	Assessment of pit tags for estimating exploitation of walleyes in Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	Ohio DNR		$105,000	$38,420
2003
	Analysis of tagging data to quantify lake trout migration in Lake Huron	University of Michigan- Ann Arbor	Michigan DNR		$30,000	$10,000
	In situ determination of the depth and thermal habitat used by chinook salmon	U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center	Michigan DNR		$40,000	$25,927
	An analysis of the diet of steelhead trout in Lake Erie to provide resource managers with a basic understanding of their role in lake-wide predator/prey dynamics	State University of New York- Fredonia	New York DEC		$18,000	$7,861
	Potential impact of steel-hulled barges on movement of fish across an electric barrier to prevent the entry of invasive carp into Lake Michigan	University of Illinois	Illinois DNR		$59,500	$10,096
	Lake Huron lake whitefish distribution study	Chippewa / Ottawa Resources Authority (CORA)	CORA		$174,334	$114,000
	Use of unmanned submersibles to study lake trout spawning on the Lake Michigan mid-lake reef	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	Wisconsin DNR		$42,732	$14,556
	Quality control of proposals	Great Lakes Fishery Commission	Michigan DNR		$16,000	$5,333
	Comparison of techniques for stock discrimination of Lake Erie walleye	Great Lakes Fishery Commission	Ohio DNR		$3,191	$1,063
	Otolith microchemistry for percid production in Lake Erie	Great Lakes Fishery Commission	Ohio DNR		$23,000	$26,520
2002
	In situ determination of the depth and thermal habitat used by chinook salmon	U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center	Michigan DNR		$34,500	$25,000
	A geographic information system (GIS) for Great Lakes aquatic habitat	University of Michigan- Ann Arbor	Michigan DNR		$164,993	$57,437