4.
MITIGATION BLANK
A program allowing developers in the U.S. to destroy some wetlands if
they create new ones or restore old ones is failing, according to a
panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences.  The panel found
that federal agencies weren't even tracking the country's wetlands
accurately to see if the losses to development were being
compensated.  When he created the program in 1989, President Bush the
Elder pledged there would be "no net loss" of wetlands.  But the
panel concluded that the promise was not being met.

straight to the source:  New York Times, Andrew C. Revkin, 27 Jun 2001
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/science/27WETL.html>

straight to the source:  MSNBC.com, Associated Press, 27 Jun 2001
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/593078.asp>

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