The bipartisan effort authorized funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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Joey Dillon, left, pulls out a net for scientist Sara Rybak to inspect as fifth-graders from Cooper Elementary School help look for crayfish at Billings Park on Sept. 26, 2019. The fifth-graders helped the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve look for crayfish for a study to be done by the EPA. The reserve is a site designated for long-term research on coastal resources nationwide. Congress recently authorized funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which helps the reserve complete its projects. (File / Superior Telegram)
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Dec 22, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) A program that has pumped $2.7 billion into healing long-term injuries to the Great Lakes environment has received authorization from Congress to continue another five years.
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Sunday to extend the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as the House did earlier this year. The bill, which requires President Donald Trump’s signature to take effect, calls for gradually boosting the program’s annual funding from $300 million to $475 million by 2026.
The measure doesn’t guarantee the money, which lawmakers will need to provide in annual spending bills. But authorizing the program for multiple years is an important step.