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FILE - In this June 28, 2015, file photo, Lois Paul, left, of Port Republic, with her Appaloosa, Classy, and Pat Brady, of Penn Laird, with her quarter horse, Dewey, stop while on a trail ride to take a drink out of the formation of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River at the confluence of the South and North Rivers in Port Republic, Va. Excessive livestock manure runoff is making its way into the Shenandoah River, overloading the scenic waterway with E. coli and phosphorous pollution, according to a new report from an environmental advocacy group. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record via AP, File)
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FILE – In this April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of steam drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. FirstEnergy Corp. President Chuck Jones is telling state lawmakers that a proposal to keep alive its two nuclear plants along Lake Erie is more than just a bailout. Jones said the plants need to keep operating to ensure Ohio has a diverse lineup of homegrown energy sources and that electricity prices aren't vulnerable to wild swings. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
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This April 24, 2017 photo provided by MERR Institute, Inc. shows a dead whale at Port Mahon, Del. Federal officials said humpback whales have been dying in unusually large numbers along the Atlantic Coast. (Suzanne Thurman/MERR Institute, Inc. via AP)
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FILE - This April 30, 1992 file photo shows smoke rising as fires like this one near Vermont Street burn out of control in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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President Donald Trump holds a signed Antiquities Executive Order during a ceremony at the Interior Department in Washington, Wednesday, April, 26, 2017. The president is asking for a review of the designation of tens of millions of acres of land as "national monuments." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this March 21, 2017 photo, a sample of wild boar sausage simmers in a frying pan at the Springfield Slaughterhouse in Springfield, La. The small Louisiana slaughterhouse has a big mission: getting restaurants and home cooks to take a bite out of the state's $74 million-plus in annual damage from feral hogs. Their main business is butchering wild boar, which otherwise would be gobbling crops, competing with local wildlife and ripping up levees, fragile wetlands and other green spaces. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this March 21, 2017 photo, wild boar sausage to be smoked hangs on racks at the Springfield Slaughterhouse in Springfield, La. Their main business is butchering wild boar, which otherwise would be gobbling crops, competing with local wildlife and ripping up levees, fragile wetlands and other green spaces. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this March 2, 2017 photo, Rene Bajeux, executive chef for the Palace Cafe at the Palace Cafe, inspects wild boar he is aging at the restaurant in New Orleans. The restaurant uses wild boar, which otherwise would be gobbling crops, competing with local wildlife and ripping up levees, fragile wetlands and other green spaces. And in a region that takes its food seriously, and has the James Beard awards to back it up, the meat passes muster with area chefs who praise its taste and have turned it into savory prosciutto, chorizo and meatballs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - In this June 17, 2014 file photo, John Schmidt, a wildlife trapper, walks past damage from feral hogs that happened overnight while foraging near one of his traps in New Orleans. Feral hogs probably do more than $1.5 billion damage nationwide each year, according to the USDA, and the problem is only getting bigger: between 1982 and 2012, the invasive species spread from 17 states to 36. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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In this March 2, 2017 photo, chef's apprentice Stevie Gonzales unwraps a hog that will be processed for meat at the Palace Cafe in New Orleans. The restaurant uses wild boar, which otherwise would be gobbling crops, competing with local wildlife and ripping up levees, fragile wetlands and other green spaces. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Thursday, April 13, 2017, photo, a wild boar walks in a swamp, in Slidell, La. Feral hogs are believed to cause $76 million or more in damage across the state every year but in recent years a small Louisiana slaughterhouse has begun butchering the hogs and selling the product to grocery stores and restaurants as part of an effort to help control the hogs' numbers. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, a new shelter is installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine. April 26 marks the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986, leading to an explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, small trees grow on a balcony in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine. Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 3 kilometers (2 miles away) exploded on April 26, 1986. The explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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This photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, shows a room in a dilapidated building, part of a school in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine. Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 3 kilometers (2 miles away) exploded on April 26, 1986. The explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, a bulletin board with pictures of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin hangs on a wall in a school in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine. Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 3 kilometers (2 miles away) exploded on April 26, 1986. The explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, a broken clock hangs on a wall in a school in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine. Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 3 kilometers (2 miles away) exploded on April 26, 1986. The explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, a decrepit piano stands in a school in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine. Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 3 kilometers (2 miles away) exploded on April 26, 1986. The explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, journalists take a selfie in front of the monument of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Chernobyl, Ukraine. April 26 marks the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986, leading to an explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, a radioactivity sign stands in the ground, outside Chernobyl, Ukraine. April 26 marks the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986, leading to an explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Ukrainians light candles at the memorial to the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Ukraine marked the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
