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Florida getting $53M in BP oil spill settlement funds

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(WTXL) - Florida is one of four Gulf states getting another $280 million in restoration grants from the BP oil spill of 2010.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation said Monday that Florida is getting $53 million.

That includes $16 million to protect coastal forest and wetlands along the Lower Suwannee River and Big Bend coast.

Louisiana is the state getting the most money, $161 million.

Alabama and Texas are also receiving restoration grant money.