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Mike Massie it* stirml up
The prymuient Rapptihannmk County turmer and cuttle ratser tears that a looming nuvt>rtutu.’tit effort to get livestock out of local rivers and streams tu reduce water pollution ts unfairly target uig the backbone’ of the county's agriculture.
“The cow us not the culprit." suid Massic. reacting to recent news that state and local officials plan to develop u clean up pro gram for the Kush. Hu^cl ami Hughes rivers. "The cow is stand mg accused of being bad for the environment, and if they do that, then l thmk the next step is to make it mandatory* to fence off all streams from cuttle, and that could spell the end of livestock gracing m Rappahannock County, he said.
“If you believe that the cow is bad for the waterways, then you'd also have to believe that the tens of millions of buffalo on the prairie were bad tor the west, and youd have to give a post humous award to Buffalo Bill.'* tor helping
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