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On the recordDecember 12, 1989
This important legislation will allow the Federal Government, in cooperation with the State of Florida, to acquire over 100,000 acres of valuable resource lands and restore those lands to their once-natural wetlands state.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement on Signing the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989

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