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A federal-state task force charged with reducing the nutrients that form the annual low-oxygen dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana's coast on Tuesday (Dec. 6) outlined a variety of bright spots in their efforts to help Midwest farmers reduce fertilizer use or block it from entering rivers and streams. But task force members also heard that modeling indicates the size of 2016 summer low-oxygen area was still nowhere near the 1,930 square miles that the task force has repeatedly set as its long-term goal. [Source: The Times-Picayune]
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