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Water
Loss
Trump’s move to redefine water rule threatens wetlands banks
A puddle blocks a path that leads into the Panther Island Mitigation Bank, Thursday, June 7, 2018, near Naples, Fla.
Associated Press
By JASON DEAREN land boondoggle, but part of a federal system ern edge of the Everglades where they cleared
Associated Press designed to restore wetlands across the United away invasive plants and welcomed back
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A private firm is making States. wood storks, otters and other native flora and
big money selling promises about some gator- Panther Island’s owners preserved one of the fauna.
infested Florida swampland. nation’s last stands of virgin bald cypress, 4
The Panther Island Mitigation Bank isn’t another square miles (10 square kilometers) on the west- Continued on Page 2
