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Author Archives: Madeline Heim and Caitlin Looby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Posted inEnvironment, Region

A federal funding program with bipartisan support helped clean up the Great Lakes. Could it work for the Mississippi River too?

by Madeline Heim and Caitlin Looby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 27, 2022August 4, 2022

Mississippi River watershed communities like Bay City, Wisconsin are feeling the effects of environmental degradation. Advocates hope a proposed federal funding program, based on a successful initiative in the Great Lakes, could change this.

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