Two western #Wisconsin rivers will get $500,000 in #Biden's Inflation Reduction Act funding to make their #floodplains more resilient to #ClimateChange — and protect an endangered #snake species that resides there https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/01/23/chippewa-black-rivers-get-funding-to-fight-climate-change-save-snake/72124486007/ #USpol

"Much of that work will be concentrated on clearing brush and #InvasiveSpecies from the floodplain's #forests, #meadows, and #savannas... Eastern Massasauga #rattlesnake populations can rebound when they have enough habitat"

Wisconsin's Chippewa, Black rivers will get $500,000 to fight climate change and save an endangered snake

The project will restore natural floodplain habitat where each river meets the Mississippi in western Wisconsin.

Journal Sentinel