Great Lakes Mass Marking Initiative

Press Contact: 202/225-4071 (office)

Project Name:	Great Lakes Mass Marking Initiative
Project Address:	One Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Amount Requested:	$6,500,000
Federal Department or Agency:	Department of the Interior
Individual or entity requesting this appropriation:	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Value to Michigan’s 15th Congressional District and the American taxpayer:
Funding to purchase automated equipment to tag and mark fish stocked into the Great Lakes, and to hire staff to operate equipment and manage data. Efforts will improve state and federal hatchery operations, and benefit all areas of the Great Lakes.

Representative John Dingell