$15 million approved in restoration projects

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Published on September 18, 2020 -

$15 million approved in restoration projects

Governor Tate Reeves announced the Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group approved of $15 million in restoration projects.


$15 million approved in restoration projects

Governor reeves announced the - mississippi - trustee implementation group- approved 15 million - dollars in restoration projects- after the 2010 deepwater horizo- - - - oil spill, the mississippi soun- and other coastal habitats were- left with devastating - damage.

- the mississippi department of - environmental quality serves- as one of the trustees in the - mississippi trustee - implementation group and want t- reform the ecology and the- economy through various - - - - projects.

The current - restoration projects include, - wolf- river coastal preserve habitat,- hancock county coastal- preserve habitat management,- oyster spawning reefs, and the- mississippi oyster gardening- program.- - chris wells, executive director- mdeq: "all of this fits into a bigger, - overall effort to restore and t- do as much restoration work - as we can to contribute to the- recovery from an ecological - standpoint- and from an economic standpoint- to the recovery from the impact- of the spill."

- - - the 15 million serves as part o- the criminal and civil- settlement- with bp oil and other - responsible

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