(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will dole out $20 million this year for projects to help the Great Lakes. The EPA recently invited states, cities, Indian tribes, universities and nonprofits to apply for the grants.
The funds were appropriated by Congress under the Obama Administration's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Projects will focus on invasive species, toxic pollution and runoff from farms and cities.
Applications are due May 24.
The initiative is a multi-year effort to make progress on some of the freshwater seas' biggest ecological problems.
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