NOAA AWARDS $2.5 MILLION TO WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans while in Wisconsin touting jobs
and economic growth took a break from his message and announced
a $2.5 million grant to preserve the natural and historic resources
of Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Coasts.
The
grant will be given to the Wisconsin Department of Administration
to implement a coastal zone management program. The program works
cooperatively with state, local and tribal government agencies and
non-profits in managing the ecological, economic and aesthetic assets
of the Great Lakes and their coastal areas. Commerce’s National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funded the grant.
“We
are constantly working to improve the understanding of our environment
and to strengthen local initiatives like Wisconsin’s Coastal
Management Program,” said Evans. “This grant allows
Wisconsin to manage their coastal resources while actively supporting
efforts that reinforce NOAA’s and the Bush Administration’s
commitment to the environment.”
NOAA
is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety
through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related
events and providing environmental stewardship of our nation’s
coastal and marine resources. To learn more about NOAA, please visit
http://www.noaa.gov