LWV Upper Mississippi River Region ILO Annual Meeting and Conference
Date: May 21, 2022 - via Zoom - 9-noon Central Daylight Time. Our virtual Annual Meeting will take place via Zoom.
Date: May 21, 2022 - via Zoom - 9-noon Central Daylight Time. Our virtual Annual Meeting will take place via Zoom.
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Educational session: The Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative
The Mississippi River is an enduring and defining feature of North America – and a vital source of jobs, recreation, and drinking water. Congresswoman Betty McCollum has a new initiative - the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative. The MRRRI provision in Rep. McCollum's FY 21 Interior bill directs EPA to develop a strategy with federal, tribal, state and local entities to improve water quality, resilience to natural disasters, native ecosystems, and more – restoring the vitality of The Great River for generations to come. The LWV UMRR Annual Meeting featured remarks by Representative McCollum and an excellent talk by Kelly McGinnis, Executive Director of the Mississippi River Network. LWV UMRR's Communications Director Gretchen Sabel also shares information on a similar program - the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - and how it has helped to clean up long-time pollution problems in the Great Lakes. |
Watch the video from the Educational Session on the LWV UMRR YouTube Channel, link above.
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