Who in NH got federal earmarks (complete article from source)
Source: UnionLeader.com
March 09, 2008
MANCHESTER – Over the years, New Hampshire has been the recipient of many federal earmarks. Here's a look at some of the major ones.
Environmental projects
Great Bay: Nearly $53 million in federal funds has been used to protect 4,456 acres of key wetland tracts and to leverage millions of additional conservation dollars from public and private sources.
Connecticut Lakes Headwaters: Approximately $11.6 million in federal funds was used to secure 171,500 acres of forest in northern New Hampshire land.
White Mountain National Forest: Sen. Gregg earmarked $14.8 million for land acquisition and trail head protection throughout the national forest; to purchase land in Bretton Woods, and bordering Jericho Lake, Pond of Safety and Lake Tarleton; and for facility upgrades to the Tuckerman Ravine Administrative site.
NH projects make '08 federal budget
In the 2008 federal budget, projects earmarked for New Hampshire include:
- $3.5 million to conserve land around the Great Bay.
- $2.3 million to purchase the Ossipee Pine Barrens.
- $1.7 million for the Little Bay Bridges on the Spaulding Turnpike.
- $706,000 for Community Health Centers.
- $589,000 for a technology initiative at St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua.
- $500,000 for renovating the Littleton Opera House.
- $432,000 to develop a program to allow students to "virtually visit" the Mt. Washington Observatory.
- $400,000 for the Avis Goodwin Community Health Center in Dover and Somersworth.
- $275,000 for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon and $350,000 for Franklin Pierce College for a technology-based education program.
- $9 million for the Air National Guard headquarters at Pease International Airport.
- $11 million for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
- $2.8 million for dredging the Cocheco River in Dover.
Lake Umbagog: About $5 million in federal funds was used to purchase land and leverage other funds to protect land around the last wilderness lake in New Hampshire.
Rossview Farm: About $2 million in federal funds was used to purchase a conservation easement on 550 acres of the 670-acre Concord farm.
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