The U.S. Geological Survey is taking an innovative approach to simultaneously restoring two native fish species — Atlantic salmon and bloater — at different levels of Lake Ontario’s food web.

The dredging of 140,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from Milwaukee’s Lincoln Creek and the Milwaukee River channel removed the largest source of toxic PCBs in the river, which will reduce contaminant concentrations in fish.

The Lake Erie watersnake, a subspecies of the Northern watersnake found only on Lake Erie’s islands, was brought back from the brink of extinction.

A dredging project removed 43,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the bottom of Muskegon Lake and advanced efforts to remove the lake from a list of 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern.

A barrier installed in northern Indiana’s Trail Creek will reduce the number of sea lamprey in Lake Michigan, where the blood-sucking invaders prey on fish.

Restoration of fish and wildlife habitat on Hog Island is transforming a Great Lakes Area of Concern into a haven for anglers, fish and wildlife, including the federally endangered piping plover.

The project gave fish access to two miles of invaluable spawning habitat in Troutmere Creek, a tributary of the Marengo River.