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... fact that there are at least four government studies of the Connecticut River under way . There is an Army Engineers ' study to determine the feasibility of dredging a boat channel from Hartford to Holyoke ; there is an Interior ...
... fact that there are at least four government studies of the Connecticut River under way . There is an Army Engineers ' study to determine the feasibility of dredging a boat channel from Hartford to Holyoke ; there is an Interior ...
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... fact was that 90 percent of the national forest is open for cutting anyway . The new bill merely called for an increase in the rate of cutting . Logging in the national forests has increased from about 5,000,000,000 board feet a year in ...
... fact was that 90 percent of the national forest is open for cutting anyway . The new bill merely called for an increase in the rate of cutting . Logging in the national forests has increased from about 5,000,000,000 board feet a year in ...
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... fact that a farmer often uses more than one chemical to spray a crop . As biologist Clarence Cottam suggests , if that healthy - looking , un- blemished , worm - free vegetable you buy contains only half the legal limit of each of four ...
... fact that a farmer often uses more than one chemical to spray a crop . As biologist Clarence Cottam suggests , if that healthy - looking , un- blemished , worm - free vegetable you buy contains only half the legal limit of each of four ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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