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Max Baucus: Take the Mississippi River. We took away two-thirds of nature's floodplains.

On the recordOctober 17, 2011
Take the Mississippi River. We took away two-thirds of nature's floodplains.
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Max Baucus
Democratic · Montana

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Senator Baucus highlights the impact of floodplain loss on flooding.

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