Two coastal restoration projects totaling $68.5M get approval
Five additional projects in the Gulf of Mexico will also benefit the Mississippi coast.
Two coastal restoration projects totaling $68.5M get approval By Chancelor Winn | April 29, 2021 at 8:51 AM CDT - Updated April 29 at 8:52 AM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Nearly $70 million has been approved for two restoration projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that will help improve water quality and enhance the coastal habitat for fish and wildlife.
Gov. Reeves announced Wednesday that the RESTORE Council approved a plan that includes the two restoration projects for Mississippi, as well as five additional projects in the Gulf of Mexico that will also benefit the coast.
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Participants in the Gulf of Mexico Conservation Corps, aka GulfCorps, get information about a project on the shoreline of Mobile Bay in 2018. Funding approved Wednesday will extend the program for four years.Lawrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.com
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A $302 million slate of restoration projects approved Wednesday by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council includes well over $20 million in work intended to improve water quality and sustain ecosystems in coastal Alabama.
Alabama-centric projects approved for funding Wednesday include efforts to measure, protect and improve water quality in Mobile Bay, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and the Perdido River Watershed.
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Lawmakers to vote on gambling, marijuana and trans bills
KIM CHANDLER , Associated Press
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama legislators in the closing days of the session will face decisions on gambling, medical marijuana as well as legislation that would ban the use of medications to help transgender youth transition.
House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said he expects all three measures, which have already cleared the Alabama Senate, to get votes in the House of Representatives in the final days of the session. Lawmakers plan to meet for two more weeks and then return to Montgomery for a final day on May 17.
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The Alabama Senate works on legislation to allow voters to decide whether to allow a lottery and casinos in Alabama.
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By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Alabama legislators in the closing days of the session will face decisions on gambling, medical marijuana as well as legislation that would ban the use of medications to help transgender youth transition.
House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said he expects all three measures, which have already cleared the Alabama Senate, to get votes in the House of Representatives in the final days of the session. Lawmakers plan to meet for two more weeks and then return to Montgomery for a final day on May 17.