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Article: SECRETARY SALAZAR ANNOUNCES $3.75 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEOSHO NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY VISITOR FACILITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release:
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that Neosho National Fish Hatchery in Missouri will receive $3.75 million in funding to support the construction of a two-story, 9,200 sq. ft., energy-efficient visitor center. A portion of the construction costs ($109,105) will be funded by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The $3,753,627 contract was awarded to Kansas-based Crossland Construction Co., Inc. at a recent groundbreaking ceremony of the hatchery visitor center.
"The new visitor center will improve community education about our aquatic ...