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LANSING -- The state this year has allocated $13 million for wetland restoration, including $550,000 for urban projects.
"It is something that benefits everybody, and I think it really is a good use of tax dollars -- those things that really improve the environment for everybody," said Michael Van Loan, who works as a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy Voluntary Wetland Restoration project coordinator.
The funding comes at a convenient time with the recent detection of hydrilla, one of the world's most invasive aquatic plants, in Berrien Springs.