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Brian Mast: Army Corps is reluctant to marry their flood control mission at Lake Okeechobee with their ecological restoration…

On the recordMarch 7, 2017
Army Corps is reluctant to marry their flood control mission at Lake Okeechobee with their ecological restoration mission in the Everglades.
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Brian Mast
Republican · Florida

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Mast discusses the conflict between flood control and ecological restoration efforts.

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