(The Center Square) – The federal government is closer to spending $500 million a year to extend a nearly 15-year effort to stop contamination throughout the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 20.
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From the editorial, "The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024 would extend the program another five years with a robust and ready-to-do-more-good $500 million annually."
From the editorial: "In Duluth, especially along the St. Louis River, the initiative has helped to restore wild rice beds, sturgeon spawning grounds, and the habitats of piping plover and other nesting birds."
Four U.S. representatives, including two from Michigan, and the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2024 Tuesday in Washington.