The federal government will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River, including Illinois and Indiana.
DES MOINES, Iowa — The federal government said Friday that it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other pollution that contribute to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
Naig is the co-chairman of the 12-member Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force. It was designed to cut the amount of phosphorous and nitrogen that flows from rivers and streams into the Mississippi River and causes the Gulf’s dead zone. In 2001, the task force set a long-term goal of reducing the dead zone, or hypoxic area, to 1,900 square miles , which is about 35% of its current average area.
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