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the Chesapeake over the last 100 years or so * says Massie, “you look at the watershed and say, ‘What changes have taken place in that time frame that made the bay worse.’
“1 can’t hardly imagine that livestock numbers have gone up in the region in that time - I mean, look at Fairfax County. It one time was the largest dairy farm area in the state, but not one is left.
“So then you have to look at what has changed in those 100 years - the roads, parking lots, buildings, residences, commercial development. 1 mean, millions more people live here than years ago."
Massie pauses.
“I just can’t see how a reasonable person could come to the conclusion that the problem is with farms and livestock ” Fencing the streams
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