3-M In Fed Funds To Help Flood Areas

Georgia will get more than $3 million in federal money to help restore flood-prone areas. The funds will cover over 500 acres within the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. That program allows the government to acquire easements on land—either private or owned by state and local governments—that’s been damaged at least once within a year’s time, or twice in 10 years. Federal conservation officials will fund the work to restore land to its natural state.