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Why does Baton Rouge want to buy empty land? It’s about stopping floods.

July 7, 2021

BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | PUBLISHED JUL 7, 2021

East Baton Rouge is considering buying large swaths of empty swamps, fields and woods throughout the parish as a way to hold rain runoff in an effort to prevent floods.

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Why does Baton Rouge want to buy empty land? It’s about stopping floods.

BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | PUBLISHED JUL 7, 2021

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