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Will $6 Billion be enough for Great Lakes restoration?

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July 1, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


Fourteen months after President Bush recognized the Great Lakes as an “economic engine and recreational haven,” a special task force is about to introduce a draft plan to fund environmental restoration of the waters within that basin, the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem. The plan offers a decades-long strategy to reclaim heavily polluted waterways, rehabilitate degraded natural habitats, and promote sustainable economic growth in the Great Lakes region.

Thanks to Keith Schneider

Thursday, June 30, 2005 in Michigan Land Use Institute

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