Source: Saipan Tribune
July 2, 2009

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - The CNMI Division of Environmental Quality will receive a grant of $2,990,919 for work around Laolao Bay to protect coral reefs there, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an announcement Tuesday in Washington D.C.

The CNMI DEQ was one of only 50 applicants to win some of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money that NOAA awarded and the Laolao Bay restoration project was one of only two territories that will be receiving millions to protect coral reef and address sources of sedimentation. Over 800 local agencies nationwide competed for the grant funds.

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