Hawaii awarded $2.4 M to protect wetlands

The U-S Fish and Wildlife Service will award two-point-four (m) million dollars to the state of Hawaii to help conserve, restore and protect coastal wetlands.
The grant is a slice of nearly nineteen (m) million dollars given out to 14 states under the National Coastal Wetlands Grant program to protect wetlands.
The Hawaii grants will fund three projects on Kauai, Oahu and Maui and will be supplemented with more than three (m) million dollars from state government, private landowners and conservation groups.
The projects all aim to protect the habitats of endangered water birds.