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So the question is why can't we divert these kind of funds towards a restoration and access rather than running out there and stuffing money in people's pockets, which seems to me to be significantly unnecessary?

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Fleming questions the allocation of funds for land purchases instead of restoration efforts.

11/02/2011

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