News Release: EPA Awards Over $1 Million to Northern California Tribe to Protect Klamath River, Enhance Tribal Environmental Program
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today [Sept. 16] announces it has awarded a $1.3 million grant under its Performance Partnership Grant Program to the Yurok Tribe in Klamath, Calif. to support the tribe’s efforts to control water pollution, enhance the tribe’s wetlands preservation and restoration program, and provide community outreach and staff environmental training. The grant will support tribal environmental protection activities for two years.
“’The Yurok Tribe is working to preserve and improve ecosystems along 45 miles of the Klamath River, including approximately 5800 acres of wetlands,’ said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest.”
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