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Alabama NewsCenter: Alabama Gulf Coast Projects Will Enhance Conservation, Habitat Protection

| November 24, 2020 @ 6:00 pm

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By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has awarded nearly $26 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) to four new projects in Alabama.

The projects, developed in consultation with state and federal resource agencies, are designed to remedy harm and reduce the risk of future harm to natural resources that were affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Alabama projects address high-priority conservation needs, including the protection of important habitats.

NFWF created the fund in 2013 to receive and administer resources resulting from remedial orders in plea agreements between the U.S. Department of Justice, BP and Transocean.

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