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DEP Providing $575K to Protect, Improve Ecosystem in the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone

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Local organizations are receiving about $575,000 to safeguard the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone. WHYY's Zoe Read reports federal grants administered by Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection will help pay for 12 education, design and engineering projects to benefit the river's habitat and ecosystem.

(Original air-date: 1/7/22)

Zoë Read is WHYY’s watershed reporter. She joined WHYY in 2015 as a multimedia reporter covering Delaware news for the web and FM.