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River Restoration Argumentative Essay

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$88 milion sounds like a lot of money, imagine throwing it all away. Instead of using money for say, the funding of schools, Nasa, and/or hospitals our government has decided to spend it all on a worthless endeavor. The project can not be allowed to continue for it will result in failure and with horrible consequences. Studies have shown that the salmon population will not increase over time. In Mcewen’s article river restoration project offers a sprinkling of hope” he states that “san joaquin... has temperatures more suited for bass and bluegill. So thanks to the choice of fish, the project will result in failure thanks to the salmon when it could have succeeded with bass or bluegill. Due to the poor thought on the matter the government

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