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Branstool Orchards owner Marshall Branstool stands behind the one peach tree in his whole orchard that has living buds. The freeze from this year's winter destroyed this year's peach crop.(AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch,Fred Squillante)
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In this Nov. 19, 2013 file photo small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay in the suburb of Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil will not make good on its commitment to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s sewage-filled Guanabara Bay by the 2016 Olympic Games, state environmental officials acknowledged in a letter obtained Saturday May 17, 2014 by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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In this May 16, 2014 photo, a paddle boarder watches as two firefighting helicopters take on water from the Pacific Ocean off of San Clemente, Calif. The water-dropping helicopters were part of a larger effort combating three wildfires at the nearby Camp Pendleton Marine base. The fires prompted about 8,400 military personnel and their families to be sent home from various parts of the sprawling coastal base between Los Angeles and San Diego. (AP Photo/Bailey Bianco)
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Cullen Hall, right, 3, and his brother, Oliver Hall, 5, both of Sanford, Mich., carries buckets of mulch as they help plant trees on Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Detroit. Volunteers planted one tree at a time, as an entrepreneur began turning a tumble-down neighborhood into an urban forest. John Hantz figures trees are better than blighted neighborhoods. His Woodlands project calls for eventually cleaning up 140 acres and knocking down 50 vacant homes in a city that has thousands. He believes agriculture and forestry can play an important role in Detroit, which hopes to emerge from bankruptcy this year. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Todd McInturf) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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Amy Draybuck, right, 28, of Detroit, plants trees with others at a lot on Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Detroit. Volunteers planted one tree at a time, as an entrepreneur began turning a tumble-down neighborhood into an urban forest. John Hantz figures trees are better than blighted neighborhoods. His Woodlands project calls for eventually cleaning up 140 acres and knocking down 50 vacant homes in a city that has thousands. He believes agriculture and forestry can play an important role in Detroit, which hopes to emerge from bankruptcy this year. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Todd McInturf) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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Terrence Lakey, left, 40, his son, Jimeel Lakey, right, 11, both of Redford Mich., and Kamari Bowens, center, 8, plant plant trees on Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Detroit. Volunteers planted one tree at a time, as an entrepreneur began turning a tumble-down neighborhood into an urban forest. John Hantz figures trees are better than blighted neighborhoods. His Woodlands project calls for eventually cleaning up 140 acres and knocking down 50 vacant homes in a city that has thousands. He believes agriculture and forestry can play an important role in Detroit, which hopes to emerge from bankruptcy this year. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Todd McInturf) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
