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Push for a national park in Alabama is an upstream battle

Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the most biologically diverse spots.

04/22/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Push for a national park in Alabama is an upstream battle

Clip: 4/22/2016 | 8m 24s

Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the most biologically diverse spots.

Southern Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the most biologically diverse spots in North America. Some environmental activists, among them E.O. Wilson, are pushing for a new national park in the area to protect the delta’s biodiversity from development. But support is limited in a state that views federal interference with suspicion. Jeffrey Brown reports.

04/22/2016 | Rating NR

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