The Department of Commerce has recommended $74.4 million for projects across Washington to help communities fight climate change and create jobs.
A majority of Washington state families live in coastal communities and know all too well what’s at stake in our own backyards with rising sea levels and more extreme weather events. We’ve got to tackle climate change and prepare our coastlines to respond to the serious threats it poses—and that’s what exactly this funding will help do,” said Senator Patty Murray.
The projects are part of the NOAA’s almost $6 billion total investment under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. A few of the recommended projects in Washington are:This project will remove large marine debris from five national marine sanctuaries and two Tribal ancestral waters located off the coasts of Washington, California, Texas, and Louisiana.
Assessing the Eelgrass Habitat on the Lummi Nation Tidelands that are threatened by an invasion of the European Green Crab- The Lummi Nation will conduct an assessment to help determine the potential risk that invasive European green crabs pose to eelgrass beds on the Lummi Reservation tidelands.
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