{
  "projectDescription": "Sugar Island is a 29-acre island in the lower Detroit River at the mouth of Lake Erie located in the Township of Grosse Ile about 800 feet off the eastern shore of Meso Island. This area of the Detroit River serves as one of the most important spawning areas for western Lake Erie. Because the southern end of Sugar Island faces western Lake Erie, it is exposed to high wind and wave action resulting in erosion. This project explored the ecological value and feasibility of controlling shoreline erosion and simultaneously enhancing fish and wildlife habitat. The analysis/pre-design phase of the project is establishing practical limits of upland, wetland and submergent habitat that could be restored within the degraded and eroded areas on and adjacent to Sugar Island. Preliminary discussions suggested that over 1,000 linear feet of coastal shoreline and approximately 5 acres of marsh and submergent habitat might be created and/or protected from further degradation. Up to 30 acres of upland habitat could also be enhanced.  Through GLRI, NOAA  provided funding for the engineering and design and construction phases of the project.",
  "program": "Great Lakes",
  "name": "Sugar Island Habitat Restoration",
  "id": "4652",
  "state": "Michigan",
  "state_abbr": "MI",
  "region": "GLR - Great Lakes",
  "constructionStartDate": "2018-09-29 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2025-06-30 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "42.0902",
      "longitude": "-83.1439",
      "county": "Galveston County",
      "city": "Texas City",
      "congDistrict": "14",
      "riverBasin": "Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake",
      "huc": "120000000000"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "submerged aquatic vegetation",
      "fiscalYear": "2025",
      "actAcresRehabCnt": "22"
    },
    {
      "name": "hard bottom",
      "fiscalYear": "2025",
      "actAcresCreateCnt": "7.35"
    },
    {
      "name": "freshwater wetland",
      "fiscalYear": "2025",
      "actAcresCreateCnt": "5"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "flavescens",
      "genus": "Perca",
      "commonName": "Perch, yellow",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "dolomieu",
      "genus": "Micropterus",
      "commonName": "Bass, Smallmouth",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "masquinongy",
      "genus": "Esox",
      "commonName": "Muskellunge",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "lucious",
      "genus": "Esox",
      "commonName": "Pike, Northern",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Friends of Detroit River"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Does not fall under a strategy",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Species enhancement"
    },
    {
      "name": "Artificial fish habitat reef construction"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "0C1120E3-1402-F111-8406-001DD80663E3",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2024-07-31 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "Y",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2020",
      "noaaContribution": "12,422,115.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "GLRI - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Friends of Detroit River"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "activityType": "Planning and Assessment",
      "fyAwarded": "2016",
      "noaaContribution": "225,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "GLRI - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Friends of Detroit River"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "activityType": "Planning and Assessment",
      "fyAwarded": "2019",
      "noaaContribution": "681,185.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "GLRI - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Friends of Detroit River"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2021",
      "noaaContribution": "6,349,322.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "GLRI - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative"
    }
  ]
}