What’s a Wetland? — Part Two

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Debate rages in Washington about the definition of wetlands. Property owners, developers and industry say the current regulations are too broad. But environmentalists claim that rule changes proposed in Congress and the EPA could sacrifice millions of acres of the crucial lands. Ann Goodwin Sides reports.

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