If all eight Great Lakes states put up some of their own funds to begin Great Lakes restoration (or at least put together plans and priorities), it might induce the feds to help.
ELYRIA - The state plans to move ahead with its initiative to clean up Lake Erie, even without federal funding.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has announced a list of projects, with goals ranging from combatting invasive species to mapping all of Ohio’s wetlands.
Implementing the Ohio Lake Erie Action List will cost at least $175 million, an amount that includes a $50 million cleanup that already has started on the Ashtabula River, Ohio EPA Director Joe Koncelik said at the quarterly meeting of the Lake Erie Commission.
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Posted by Dave at September 13, 2006 09:04 AM