The cuts aren't as drastic as feared go Great Lakes Initiative
Green Bay Press Gazette
Feb 15 2010

On further review, we're no longer as upset as we were when we first learned President Barack Obama is proposing a 37 percent reduction in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

The $475 million restoration program was the biggest proposed investment in the lakes ever made by a president. The Interior Department spending bill approved for the current fiscal year contained the full funding amount. But the president's budget pared that down to $300 million.


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