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RECOVERY FUNDING TO REPAIR PIPESTONE NATURE AND QUARRY TRAIL
For Immediate Release
April 22, 2009
Contact: Meredith Salsbery
507-388-2149
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman Walz announced that U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar will send $148,000 in Recovery Act funding to replace a 1.2 mile Nature and Quarry Trail in Pipestone. The National Park Service will invest $750 million in nearly 800 projects across the country to stimulate the economy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
“Our National Parks are one of our nation’s greatest treasures,” said Walz. “This investment will put people back to work in Pipestone and rehabilitate a trail for future generations to enjoy.”
Projects will preserve and protect national icons and historic landscapes, improve energy efficiency and renewable energy use, remediate abandoned mine lands, and provide $15 million in grants to protect and restore buildings at historically black colleges and universities. Additional funding through the Federal Highway Administration will improve park roads for millions of visitors.
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