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Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No. Total Amount
Earmarks No. 512 Total Amount $1,276,541,038
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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description To work with the University of Massachusetts and the National Science Foundation, under the umbrella of the Collaborative Adapting Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) program, to conduct a study to determine the applicability to northeastern Wyoming and other regions the feasibility of integrating a number of small-scale Doppler radar technologies into future National Weather Service observing systems Amount $94,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Amherst; National Science Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Improved Hydrologic modeling of water resources for snow-dominated regions, funds will be used to develop an operational hydrology model for mountain-front hydrologic systems based on new research that advances knowledge on physical mechanisms by which water moves from mountains to valleys, Boise State University Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Locations Boise, Idaho Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Right Whale Conservation/Disentanglement Program) Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI) Locations Wisconsin Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Radar technology study, a feasibility study to determine the applicability of advanced radar technologies to cover the radar hole in northeastern Wyoming with low level radar coverage, Advanced Radar Technologies Amount $94,000 Sponsors Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Former Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Locations Wyoming Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Hampshire Volunteer Lake Assessment Program, for evaluation of quality of lakes and ponds in NH through trained volunteer program Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Former Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)
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Locations New Hampshire Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description New Hampshire Lakes Association to prevent the spread of exotic aquatic weeds, such as milfoil and others, in NH lakes Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Locations Concord, New Hampshire Recipients New Hampshire Lakes Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Georgia Institute of Technology National Textile Center Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
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Locations Atlanta, Georgia Recipients Georgia Institute of Technology
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marine Environmental Research Institute Seals as Sentinels Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Blue Hill, Maine Recipients Shaw Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation to provide economic relief to Maine lobstermen Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Kennebunk, Maine Recipients Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation

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