Everglades Expansion Bill Signed by Bush
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
President Bush signed legislation today clearing the way to expand Everglades National Park and ordering the Army Corps of Engineers to restore the natural flow of water to the Florida “river of grass.”
Bush, in a statement, said the legislation is a step toward meeting his campaign promise to help save the nation’s dwindling wetlands.
The 107,600-acre expansion will be undertaken in cooperation with the state of Florida, which will donate 35,000 acres to the federal park.
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