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Feds designate $320 million to improve Mississippi River water quality
The river that begins as a trickle in Itasca State Park in Minnesota and ends 2,350 miles later at the Gulf of Mexico will get a $320 million infusion from the federal government to improve water quality.
Michael Reuter, director of conservation strategies for the Nature Conservancy in the central U.S., applauded the effort and called it the "right approach" to protect "a national treasure and a national icon."