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November 19, 2019

US officials granting $29M for coastal protection

  • The effort seeks to blunt the impact of extreme weather, flooding and other threats on areas such as wetlands, coastal beaches, rivers, streams, oyster beds and coral reefs.
    • By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
    Associated Press

    NEW ORLEANS — Projects to protect Texas marshes from erosion and an Alaska village from the Bering Sea are getting help from some of the 44 grants awarded by the National Coastal Resilience Fund, a public-private partnership assisting communities threatened by storms and flooding from rising and warming seas.

    The $29 million in grants announced Monday are being matched by nearly $60 million from government agencies and nonprofits in 20 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories.


     
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