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As grasslands shrink, a rural war rages over mowing ditches

A showdown over roadside mowing in rural Minnesota has unleashed a surprisingly passionate debate at the Legislature about the culture of farming, property rights and the desperate plight of bees and monarch butterflies.

It’s put wildlife in a fierce — but so far losing — competition with Minnesota farmers for the right to the increasingly valuable grass, flowers and other vegetation that grow along 175,000 acres of state-owned roads across the state.

http://www.startribune.com/as-grasslands-shrink-a-rural-war-rages-over-mowing-ditches/415437494/

 

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