Two specially designed boats remove tons of debris from Cleveland’s waterfront each year.

The removal of more than 1 million cubic yards of steel waste along the Lower Black River is improving water quality and habitat for fish and wildlife.

Fish and wildlife have returned to a Minnesota waterway that for decades was one of the worst pollution sites in the Great Lakes.

The failure of a dam in northern Michigan led to a solution that restored fish passage in an important Lake Huron tributary and for a time, saved a popular community festival in the process.

Restoring the Lacustrine Refuge, a four-acre wetland adjacent to a Lake Erie tributary in Cleveland, created wildlife habitat, reduced polluted runoff and is expected to generate recreational opportunities valued at $2.4 million — nearly twice the project cost.

Uncovering a creek at Indiana Dunes State Park and restoring the stream’s natural flow created new fish habitat and reduced the volume of polluted runoff entering Lake Michigan.

Replacing two dysfunctional culverts with a bridge over the Black River reconnected 18 miles of free-flowing trout stream to Lake Huron in northern Michigan and created miles of prime spawning habitat for lake-run coaster brook trout, steelhead and salmon.