Supporting federal, state, and local efforts to clean up and remove marine debris from the state; urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional funding for those efforts and to remove barriers faced by tribes and rural communities in accessing those funds; and urging the Alaska Congressional delegation to advocate for increased federal funding and support for marine debris prevention, clean up, removal, backhaul, and e...

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The joint resolution asks NOAA, EPA and other federal agencies to increase funding for marine debris cleanup in Alaska and to remove barriers that limit tribal and rural community access to those funds. It also calls on Alaska’s congressional delegation to advocate for more federal resources for debris prevention, removal, backhaul, and education. The measure encourages the state to work with coastal communities, tribes, nonprofits and the private sector on these issues.

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