USDA announces $50m for restoring Gulf Coast river basins
Scheme targets pollution, would bolster wetlands
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday pledged $50 million to a program designed to restore seven river basins from Florida to Texas in an attempt to show a blueprint for rebuilding the Gulf Coast’s fragile ecosystem is more than just another federal report. The USDA’s announcement accompanied the presentation of the final report of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, a team established by President Obama after the April 2010 oil spill that highlighted decades of environmental decline in the Gulf of Mexico.
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