MANCHESTER – Over the years, New Hampshire has been the recipient of many federal earmarks. Here's a look at some of the major ones.

Environmental projects

Great Bay: Nearly $53 million in federal funds has been used to protect 4,456 acres of key wetland tracts and to leverage millions of additional conservation dollars from public and private sources.

Connecticut Lakes Headwaters: Approximately $11.6 million in federal funds was used to secure 171,500 acres of forest in northern New Hampshire land.

White Mountain National Forest: Sen. Gregg earmarked $14.8 million for land acquisition and trail head protection throughout the national forest; to purchase land in Bretton Woods, and bordering Jericho Lake, Pond of Safety and Lake Tarleton; and for facility upgrades to the Tuckerman Ravine Administrative site.

Lake Umbagog: About $5 million in federal funds was used to purchase land and leverage other funds to protect land around the last wilderness lake in New Hampshire.

Rossview Farm: About $2 million in federal funds was used to purchase a conservation easement on 550 acres of the 670-acre Concord farm.

State highways

Granite Street highway interchange: Sen. Gregg has secured a total of $15 million for the Granite Street project, an initiative to widen the Granite Street Bridge and upgrade Granite Street into downtown Manchester. The total project includes about $28 million in federal funds.

Little Bay Bridges: About $28 million in federal money has been allocated to upgrade and expand the Little Bay Bridges in Newington and Dover.

Law enforcement

Streetsweeper: Approximately $10 million has been secured for Operation Streetsweeper and Operation Streetsweeper Task Force, a collaboration between the state police, the U.S. Attorney's Office and New Hampshire towns and cities to combat gang- and drug-related violence and crime throughout the state.

CATlab: Gregg secured more than $32 million for the CATlab program, a collaborative effort between the University of New Hampshire and the state Department of Safety, which addresses problems with electronic devices inside police cruisers and improves communications between officers and headquarters.

€¢ÂoBerlin Prison: The state's Congressional delegation worked to secure the funds necessary to construct a new federal correctional facility in Berlin at a cost of $260 million. The prison is expected to create 350 full-time jobs once construction is completed.

Higher education

University of New Hampshire: Approximately $59 million for the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, $34 million for the NOAA-UNH Joint Hydrographic Center, and $12.6 million for the National Crimes Against Children Research Center.