Earmark details  |
Year 2008 |
Description
Shedd Aquarium Invasive Species Program |
Amount
$940,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) |
Locations
Illinois |
Recipients
John G. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, Ill.) |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative, cooperative research and monitoring projects in southern New England, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation |
Amount
$1,339,500
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Sponsors
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) |
Locations
Narragansett, Rhode Island |
Recipients
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Suisun Bay, CA Assessment Study |
Amount
$1,500,000
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Sponsors
No sponsor indicated |
Locations
California |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Susquehanna River Basin Flood System, funding for flood inundation maps and capitol improvements to flood warning system, Susquehanna River Basin Commission |
Amount
$1,786,000
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Sponsors
Former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Former Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Former Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA)
...more |
Locations
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Thunder Bay NMS exhibit, for the completion of permanent displays for the facility's new visitor center, Thunder Bay NMS |
Amount
$1,786,000
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Sponsors
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) |
Locations
Apena, Michigan |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
To conduct a sampling and analysis study on Suisun Bay |
Amount
$1,500,000
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Sponsors
No sponsor indicated |
Locations
California |
Recipients
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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
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Sponsors
No sponsor indicated |
Locations
Massachusetts |
Recipients
University of Massachusetts Amherst; National Science Foundation |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Tornado and Hurricane Operations and Research, to improve detection, tracking, and forecasting of tornadic thunderstorms and land-falling hurricanes in the Southeast United States, University of Alabama at Huntsville |
Amount
$846,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Trawl Survey-Chesapeake Bay, to establish population assessments of juvenile marine and estuarine fish and invertebrates |
Amount
$446,500
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Sponsors
Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Former Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)
...more |
Locations
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Advanced Undersea Vehicle, for an advanced undersea mapping sonar, Mystic Aquarium--Institute for Exploration |
Amount
$401,850
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) |
Locations
Mystic, Connecticut |
Recipients
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