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The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (MEDEI) works to strengthen job creation and growth at home while increasing competitiveness abroad. The Ministry collaborates closely with private and public sector partners to make Ontario a smart place to invest, develop key industry clusters, foster an efficient and streamlined business climate, and grow a strong, innovative economy that is inclusive to people of all abilities.

The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) funds research projects related to the use, development, and conservation of Lake Michigan coastal resources in Illinois and Indiana.

The NERRS Science Collaborative is a network of network of 28 coastal reserves designated to protect and study estuarine systems around the country. The Science Collaborative fosters the development and application of research that addresses coastal management problems important to the reserves. The Science Collaborative administers annual requests for proposals to identify, fund, and foster science-based projects that address coastal management problems that important to the coastal reserves.

To date, the program has funded collaborative projects addressing the following:

The HYDROMAP software generates current and water level predictions for any coastal waters around the world. HYDROMAP allows users to hindcast/forecast simulations of water levels and analyze currents and open geometry for the coastal shelf.

With a focus on the major waterways of the Chicago and Calumet region, NFWF's Chi-Cal River Fund awards grants to projects that reduce stormwater runoff with green infrastructure, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and improve public-use opportunities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is developing e-Estuary, a decision-support system for coastal management. E-Estuary has three elements: an estuarine geo-referenced relational database, associated estuarine and watershed GIS coverages, and tools to support decision-making. A population of 300 estuaries with associated watersheds at the HUC-10 scale (16-100 ha) or larger within the conterminous U.S. has been identified for characterization of estuarine geomorphology, tidal and hydrologic regime, and land-use/land-cover of associated watersheds.

The Fund for Lake Michigan's grant making is focused on projects in southeastern Wisconsin that will:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are focusing on restoring natural water flow and ecological processes between coastal wetlands in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Ohio) and adjacent to Lake Erie to improve fish and wildlife habitat. Thus far, this pilot project has resulted in a model that can be used to estimate total phosphorus and total sediment loads to a reconnected wetland using high frequency turbidity and discharge measurements.

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center (MSC) is the official public source for flood hazard information produced in support of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Users can use the MSC to find their official flood map, access a range of other flood hazard products, and take advantage of tools for better understanding flood risk.