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Grant
funding goes to wetland restoration in Basin
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Region 10 Administrator Ron
Kreizenbeck presented a grant award totaling almost $800,000 to
representatives of recipient organizations Sept. 7 during a ceremony at
the Wayne Ranch on the
The
site will receive funding from the EPA to remove levees, restoring
former wetlands. The Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust is the lead partner
on the project.
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Pictured, from left, are Terry Morton, Klamath Basin Ecosystem
Foundation; Suzanne Knapp, policy adviser on natural resources from Gov.
Ted Kulongoski’s office; Mark Stern, The Natural Conservancy; Jim
Wayne, landowner; Mike Shannon, Ducks Unlimited; Dave Ross, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service; Ron Kreizenbeck, Environmental Protection Agency;
and Shannon Peterson, Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust.
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