Stabenow, Peters Applaud Funding To Fight Invasive Species

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, and Gary Peters say they are pleased with  the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative announcement to spend more than $1,1 million to battle invasive species in the Great Lakes.

The money will help the efforts of the Upper Peninsula Resource Conservation & Development Council and the Alger Conservation District.

This funding comes through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

The U.P. Resource Conservation and Development Council and Alger Conservation District are two of five groups chosen in Michigan to receive a total of more than $2.5 million in funds to combat invasive species.

The U.P. Resource Conservation and Development Council will receive $964,922 to fight invasive plant species along 800 acres of coastal shoreline and wetlands in the Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior watersheds.

Alger Conservation District will get $187,462 to control invasive species on 130 acres of land in the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior basins.