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"An environmental history of Freeborn County, Minnesota's Big Marsh, which was tilled and drained 130 years ago at public expense for agricultural purposes. Told from a personal point of view, this story shows the enduring value of wild places and the importance of the fight to preserve them, both then and now"-- "A rural community is changed forever when moneyed interests conspire to transform a treasured wetland"--
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1 edition- Other · English · 2016Minnesota Historical Society Press · 271 pages · 9780873519953
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