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