In order to combat invasive species in Michigan, the federal government has allocated more than $2.5 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds. The Environmental Protection Agency manages the program.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking measures to combat invasive species in the Great Lakes basin. Therefore, it has announced award of 15 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grants totaling over $8 million.

Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman was of the view that these grants will be utilized to target aquatic and terrestrial invasive species in the Great Lakes Basin. "The projects will also help to prevent the introduction of new invasive species that pose significant risks to the Great Lakes ecosystem", said Hedman.

Experts affirmed that there is a need to wipe out invasive species. The money will be distributed across the state in order to remove invasive species and plants and it will also pay for the pest management plans.

Invasive species has become a problem both on land as well as in water. Therefore, funds have a lot of importance, as it will help in removing these species. Almost $1 million dollars of the grant will go towards an Upper Peninsula conservation group in order to fight invasive plants on 800 acres of shore lines.

In late February, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources provided 20 statewide grant projects worth over $4 million under the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. The DNR said that the other projects will help map and treat oak wilt in Alpena, Dickinson and Menominee counties.

In Michigan, the funded projects include the Upper Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council. There, invasive phragmites will be treated. Other projects that have been funded are for the Wayne County Department of Public Services and partners. They will implement an integrated pest management program for invasive species.