by David Shepardson, The Detroit News
The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program is announcing $370 million in projects, including $40 million in Great Lakes region projects, Sen. Debbie Stabenow said Wednesday.
The Great Lakes projects — backed by 130 local projects — were created by the farm bill signed into law last year. Stabenow was chair of the Agriculture Committee that passed the five-year, $956 billion farm bill.
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