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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced projects selected for a new conservation initiative. The program sets out eight critical conservation areas covering many states. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama also are among 13 states in an area designated as the Mississippi River Basin. The overall goal for that region is to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment getting into the river from private lands, improving water quality across the area and reducing the annual Gulf of Mexico dead zone. [Source: SFGate]
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