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Canal Park Controversy Over Dam Reservation Stalls Bill
Washington lawmakers wrestle with creating a Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park stretching 485 miles from near Washington to Cumberland Maryland. National Park Service director Conrad Wirth warned a bill that reserves a dam site risks defeat, with critics urging no bill rather than concessions. The debate includes National Wildlife Federation’s Stewart Brandborg and Army Engineer cautions on reservoir plans between Great Falls and Brunswick and River Bend.
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Washington
Doub‘s
Chesapeake and Co
River Benc
Potomac River
Stewart M. Brandborg
National Wildlife Federation
Brandberg
Great Falls
Potomac
Brunswick
Army Engineers
National Park Service
Cumberland
Iready
George B. Summer
Washington District Army
Foley
Congress
C and D Canals
Ruer Bend
Brandborg