USDA funds $370 million in projects from dead zones to birds

Swamped by proposals, USDA selected 115 “high impact” projects to receive $370 million in funding in the initial awards through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. The projects range from improving habitat for endangered birds to preventing a “dead zone” in Long Island Sound and reducing runoff in the lush wheat-growing Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Federal funds will… » Read More

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