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Steve Womack: The critical habitat designation for rabbitsfoot mussels and neosho muckets will affect nearly half of my State's…

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
The critical habitat designation for rabbitsfoot mussels and neosho muckets will affect nearly half of my State's surface area and, simply put, jeopardizes the livelihood of Arkansans.
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Steve Womack
Republican · Arkansas

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Womack warns about the negative impact of habitat designations on Arkansas livelihoods.

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