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Mayor Mitch Reynolds on a Mississippi River water compact

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

September 29, 2023

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La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds describes why elected officials in communities on the Mississippi River seek to enact a compact to manage and protect its water resources from diversion to drier states.

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