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Mary Landrieu: We are losing 25 to 35 square miles of wetlands per year--about a football field an hour--which places millions of lives…

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
We are losing 25 to 35 square miles of wetlands per year--about a football field an hour--which places millions of lives and critical national resources at alarming risk.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu highlights the urgent environmental crisis facing Louisiana's wetlands.

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