Restoration of Wetland Habitat in Long Pond, Buck Pond East, Salmon Creek Preserve

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative targets the most significant environmental problems in the Great Lakes ecosystem by funding and implementing federal projects that address these problems. One goal is to improve habitat for wildlife protection and restoration. Using appropriations from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program anticipates funding wetland and associated upland habitat restoration and enhancement projects for conservation of native Great Lakes fish and wildlife populations, particularly migratory birds. Projects will be completed in the Rochester Embayment Area of Concern (AOC), Monroe County, New York. This is an announcement for issuing a single source financial assistance award to the Wetland Trust Inc., Burdett, New York. This announcement is for notification purposes only. The intent of the award is to perform wetland restoration in the Long Pond, Buck Pond East and Salmon Creek Preserve in the Town of Greece, Monroe County.