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Great Lakes Could Take a Funding Cut Under New Budget Proposal

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Image: SkooDee/Shutterstock.com

There are new concerns about the future health of Lake Erie and the rest of the Great Lakes because of possible funding cuts being considered by the Trump administration.  The President's budget -- details of which were leaked -- reportedly would slash funding in the U-S Environmental Protection Agency, and the part of the EPA budget for Great Lakes health initiatives would be drastically cut, taking it from $300 million to just $10 million.

Jeffrey Reutter, Ph.D, Special Advisor, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab; The Ohio State University  
Todd Ambs, Campaign Director, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition 
James McCarty, Reporter, Columnist, The Plain Dealer