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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 23, 2008

A Watershed Moment for Rivers

The extreme differences between these types of “rivers” exasperates regulators and courts alike, which must apply the narrow phrasing of the Clean Water Act to myriad different situations, writes Matthew E. Cohen. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Matthew E. Cohen
This article appears on Page 7

      When many people hear the word "river," their minds probably evoke a scene of broad channels of white water racing through a picturesque canyon. For others, especially those from the Midwest, the word conjures up visions of the mighty Mississippi, the grand waterway that divides a continent. In much of California and other arid states, however, the ...

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