USDA Launches $41 Million Initiative to Improve Water Quality for Western Lake Erie Basin

<> USDA Launches $41 Million Initiative to Improve Water Quality for Western Lake Erie Basin - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest $41 million in a three-year initiative to support the work of farmers in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana to improve water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) -- the initiative helps farmers and ranchers implement science-based conservation measures to reduce runoff from farms entering the region's waterways.