E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to Declare Great Lakes Grants in Green Bay Today

CHICAGO - E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will declare EPA's 1st Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grants at an event today in Green Bay, Wis.

She will be joined in Green Bay by Senator Russ Feingold, Representative Steve Kagan, and Jeff Skelding, Director, Healing Our Waters Coalition.

The 1st of the Wisconsin Great Lakes Restoration Grants (totalling $2,273,169) are:
• $1.5 million to Brown Co. for Cat Island chain restoration.
• $395,815 to Brown Co. Land and Water Conservation District for West Shore Green Bay Northern Pike habitat restoration.
• $377,354 to Brown Co. Land and Water Conservation District for Baird Creek riparian protection .

Other Wisconsin Great Lakes Restoration Grants (totalling $2,989,427) being awarded today are:
• $2 million to Brown Co. for Renard Island soil capping project.
• $489,427 to Oconto Co. Land Conservation District for riparian buffers and wetlands.
• $250,000 to University of Wisconsin Oshkosh for sanitary surveys of southern beaches.
• $250,000 to University of Wisconsin Oshkosh for sanitary surveys of northern beaches.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

2:30 p.m. CDT Green Bay Press Conference
Jack Day Environmental Education Center
90 Bay Beach Rd.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
OPEN PRESS

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