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No kidding: California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires

Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse complex. They were hired to clear vegetation that could fuel wildfires as temperatures rise this summer.

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Pumping Mississippi River water west: solution or dream?

In 2012, the Bureau of Reclamation completed “the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken within the Colorado River Basin” at the time, which analyzed solutions to water supply issues — including importing water from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

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Pumping Mississippi River water west: solution or dream?

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