Waterways funding available for Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) - Indiana is one of a dozen states that could be getting a slice of about $75 million in federal funds this year to improve the water quality of its rivers and streams.
 

State Conservationist Jane Hardisty is urging farmer cooperatives, local governments, producer associations and others to apply for some of the money before the May 3rd deadline.
 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture money will go to projects that cut the amount of nutrients entering waterways in dozens of watersheds.

The agency expects to award about $320 million for such projects over the next four years.

Indiana's five eligible watersheds are the Eel River, the Upper East Fork of the White River, Wildcat Creek, the upper Wabash River, Vermillion River and upper Great Miami River.