OUTDOORS: Funds to help state make environmental upgrades | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser

OUTDOORS: Funds to help state make environmental upgrades | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser: "Although there were many obvious down sides to the spike in fuel prices of 2007 and 2008, Alabama will at least gain one benefit from those economic conditions.

The U.S. Department of Interior is in the process of distributing some of the proceeds from gas and oil leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. Alabama's share for those aforementioned years is $51.1 million, which will be distributed through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)."