President Obama’s 2015 budget includes some cuts to Great Lakes programs.
Obama is asking for $275 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. That would be $25 million less than the current funding level.
Todd Ambs is the campaign director of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. He says if the cuts go through, you'd see projects slow down.
“Whether it’s a contaminated cleanup project that’s underway but not completed, or a habitat restoration effort or dealing with the problems of keeping aquatic invasive species out of the Great Lakes.”