Pork to greedy, overpaid university insiders----- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Big On Spending, Light On Restoring – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Big On Spending, Light On Restoring – Michigan Capitol Confidential

• Spent $117,198 in seven years studying the Michigan Monkey Flower
  

"Many politicians, along with mainstream media outlets, often praise a federal grant and spending program called the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, characterizing it as a savior of Michigan’s lakes and rivers.

...The link between spending the money and saving the Great Lakes is often unclear in many projects.
Typical of the glowing media coverage was a recent story from the MLive news service, which said the handouts put “hundreds of millions of dollars toward Great Lakes cleanups and protection projects.”
Yet hundreds of the grants go to recipients and projects that have little impact on the Great Lakes.
For example, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative spent $117,198 over a seven-year period on efforts to study the Michigan Monkey Flower, a species placed on the federal endangered list in 1990...Read all.